Sunday, July 5, 2009, former Carolina Peace Director Amanda Martin, now of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission (http://www.ghrc-usa.org) will be our Guest of Honor at a dinner/celebration and presentation focused on Migration from Guatemala to the US. Amanda will present a twenty-six minute DVD documenting the impact of the ICE raid on a Guatemalan community in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in March 2007.

The party and program will be at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Columbia social hall. UUFC is at the intersection of Woodrow and Heyward Streets between Devine Street and Rosewood Drive. There will be music, Guatemalan-style food and an evening of community with old and new friends.

Amanda was Director of Carolina Peace Resource Center in 2003 and 2004,after which she worked three years with Witness for Peace, conducting U.S. delegations to Colombia, South America. She now works with the GHRC in the District of Columbia, USA and Guatemala, promoting the rights of indigenous Guatemalans. In her talk, Amanda will focus on migration from Guatemala to the US: the push factors, the impact of free trade on Mayan villages.

Please plan to be with us for this special celebration of our oneness with the people of Guatemala. You may RSVP and make a donation below to support this and other works of Carolina Peace Resource Center. You may also volunteer to help prepare and/or serve the meal. We look forward to seeing you there!

En solidaridad y por la paz,
Arnold