September 2023 Newsletter
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In this Issue
Human Agenda Promotes Coop Development
Centro Feliz: Meeting the Needs of Local Central Americans
Executive Director Lays Out Human Agenda Vision in Recent Letter to the Editor
Board Members Witness Struggle and Visionary Action in Honduras
Save the Date: Break the Mold on November 4
Human Agenda Promotes Coop Development
Human Agenda coop developer Adriana Cabrera with members of the emerging South County promotora cooperative
Human Agenda coop developer Adriana Cabrera with members of the emerging South County promotora cooperative. Eight of twelve workshops have been completed.
Six members of Alma Premium Care LLC meet in the Human Agenda office
Six members of Alma Premium Care LLC meet in the Human Agenda office. Final documents have been sent to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and Alma Premium Care will soon be licensed and ready to launch.
2. Centro Feliz: Meeting the Needs of Local Central Americans
Leaders meeting inside Tanchito’’s
Local leaders born in Central America met for pupusas and baleadas at Tanchito’s on September 15, 2023, the day of Central American independence, to plan the development of a local Central American support group. No such organization exists at this time in the South Bay. If you know a person from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, or Nicaragua interested in supporting the needs of Central Americans, please contact Human Agenda Board Member Amanda Carpio at sji.usal@gmail.com . The next planning meeting will be held on Saturday, October 14, with lunch included.
newspaper photo of the letter
3. Executive Director Lays Out Human Agenda Vision in Recent Letter to the Editor
4. Board Members Witness Struggle and Visionary Action in Honduras
Photo Board Members Perla Flores and Richard Hobbs visit the Chile Agricultural Cooperative in Honduras
Board Members Perla Flores and Richard Hobbs visit the Chile Agricultural Cooperative in Honduras. Earlier this year the 248 brave members of this cooperative occupied the land taken away from their parents over 30 years ago. They recently harvested their first crop.
Photo of Johnny Rivas, leader of the Agrarian Platform
Johnny Rivas, leader of the Agrarian Platform, reads the Resist and Build flyer of Human Agenda. The Plataforma Agraria consists of 14 agricultural cooperatives who have lost 171 members to violence in their struggle to protect land and water from multinational palm oil corporations in the Aguan region of Honduras. Human Agenda has been invited to present its Resist and Build ideas regarding values, vision, and praxis at a conference in Tocoa on October 19, 2023.
On the left, Garifona women in the port of Tela make pan de coco (coconut bread). On the right, Human Agenda Board Members meet with a Garifona leader
On the left, Garifona women in the port of Tela make pan de coco (coconut bread). On the right, Human Agenda Board Members meet with a Garifona leader. Albeit being a majority in Tela, the Garifonas have suffered decades of discrimination. A large number of men have immigrated to the United States. Powerful Garifona women continue their fight for justice, despite a recent armed attack on one of their leaders.
Over 100,000 Hondurans marched at the end of September to replace the corrupt Attorney General of Honduras, who for two terms of 5 years each refused to prosecute known narco-traffickers such as the ex-president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is now imprisoned in New York. The Partido Libre called for this massive march in favor of a prosecutor who will prosecute criminals in and outside of the government.
5. Save the Date: Break the Mold on November 4
On Saturday, November 4th in cooperation with the Associated Student Body and the Ethnic Studies Department at San Jose City College Human Agenda will hold its 7th Annual Break the Mold conference. The conference will focus on two basic necessities that every human being requires: food and housing.
Eight panelists will address the topic of how to provide quality food and housing to all. Following presentations time will be allocated for Q and A and dialogue.
The conference will be held in the Technology Building, room 415, at San Jose City College on Saturday, November 4 from 9:30 am to 2 pm with one hour allotted for lunch.
Admission is free. Save the date.