Current Campaigns
[Cajibío | SOA/WHINSEC | Bikes | CAFTA]

1. Cajibío Sister City Project

   Cajibío, is a small-scale farming community in southwestern Colombia. It is a sister city for the Central New York (Ithaca, Syracuse, Cortland) area. In pursuing a partnership with Cajibío, one of our goals is to provide an alternative to the militarism and exploitation that dominates U.S.-Colombian relations.

2. Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC

   The U.S. Army's School of the Americas, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/WHINSEC), is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers. Graduates have used their training against their own people: they have massacred entire villages, made thousands "disappear," and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their countries. SOA graduates have targeted grassroots leaders for assassination, torture, and rape. As an Army agency, SOA/WHINSEC is financed by U.S. taxpayers. HR 1217, the latest effort to close the SOA, has 78 bi-partisan introductory House co-sponsors.

Previous Campaigns

1. Bikes for Chiapas

   Bikes for Chiapas was a collaborative project between CUSLAR, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs), and Schools for Chiapas. Bikes for Chiapas sought to provide appropriate and sustainable transportation for thousands of Zapatista doctors and teachers.

2. No to the Central American Free Trade Agreement

   The CAFTA Working Group sought to address the Central American Free Trade Agreement, a trade pact among the United States, most Central American countries, and the Dominican Republic.