Witness for Peace Midwest

04/22/2024

You won’t want to miss our first ever membership meeting this Thursday! Become a member and save-the-date for our first Membership Meeting on April 25th, from 6-7pm CST/ 7-8pm EST. We will share updates from each country site, reflect on the power of solidarity, and discuss our progress towards our fundraising goal.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/shnp4ycv

04/06/2024

03/29/2024

Don't miss out on this upcoming event in MN titled, Global Mining Justice: Water, Climate, and Community Advocacy from Honduras to Minnesota.

Date: Monday, Apr 01
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Price: Free, but registration is required

The Partnership for Participatory International Policy (P-PIP) brings together a panel of speakers to discuss the environmental and human impacts of mining, featuring Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Humphrey School alumni Kathryn Hoffman and JT Haines – both from the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) – with opening remarks by Dean Nisha Botchwey.

Drawing from their recent delegation to Honduras with Witness for Peace, Hoffman and Haines will offer insights into the environmental and human impacts of mining on affected communities.

See program details below:

The Partnership for Participatory International Policy (P-PIP) brings together a panel of speakers to discuss the environmental and human impacts o...

02/19/2024

Don't miss it! Next week, the MN Cuban Film festival will start and run from February 28th- April 4th. See the first film highlighted below.

THE BLACK BOX (LA CAJA NEGRA)

Wednesday, February 28 at 7:00 PM
Director: Enrique "Kiki" Alvarez | Fiction | Cuba | 2021 | 93 min

Cuban filmmaker Enrique "Kiki" Alvarez’s latest feature paints a slow-burning love story set in the years immediately following the Cuban Revolution in January of 1959. The Black Box is a secret diary written by Elsa, and read by her granddaughter several decades later.

The 15th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival (MCFF) features films that address the achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the eyes of its filmmakers.…

02/19/2024

Witness for Peace Midwest has dissolved as an organization. The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective continues to carry on the work. This page will stay live and be updated with local organizing events. If you should have any questions, reach out to [email protected].

03/16/2023

Contact your MN Senators to request they ask President Biden to remove Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Once the petition is collected, we will be emailing both Senators the list of petition signers. Deadline to sign on is extended to March 31!

Take Action Here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-minnesota-senators-to-remove-cuba-from-the-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-list?source=direct_link&