N e w H a v e n

2 0 1 0 A n n u a l R e p o r t

L e ó n

S i s t e r C i t y P r o j e c t

New Haven/León Sister City Project

608 Whitney Avenue

New Haven, CT 06511

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PERMIT NO 726NEW HAVEN, CT

Dear Friends of NH/LSCP,

This past August I went to Colombia to work with a human rightsorganization (see www.cpt.org) in Barrancabermeja. I was struck byhow different Colombia is from Nicaragua, with so much violence,displacement and fear. The Colombian government for years hassided with the elite and their corporate allies (many of them foreign)in an effort to grab more gold and coal mines, palm oil plantations,oil fields. It’s this process that’s uprooting so many campesinos. In the face of the related militaryand paramilitary violence, the Colombian women’s, union, and campesino organizations arestruggling, but not silent.

In Nicaragua - while lacking the violence and political repression - the struggle between life anddeath is very real (Nicaragua continues to be the second poorest country in the Hemisphere). Lackof fair wages in Goyena continue to be the primary concern that keeps families living on the edgeand scrambling to make ends meet. In 2010 NH/LSCP continued to support community-basedprojects and was able to significantly improve the Goyena preschool through training, equipment,additional staff and resources. We also brought three of our Leon staff to New Haven in October formeetings and a slew of presentation in schools and universities; worked with Goyena 5th graders tostart a reading club, and built the One World House exhibit to educate people in Connecticut aboutthe impact of climate change on rural communities.

In the coming year we will be organizing two new efforts. We have started, with a committee ofvolunteers, a theater project that will create Latin America/social justice focused theater in NewHaven and support local community-based theater in Leon/Goyena. We have also begun a process -working with Goyena leadership - to try to meet the Millennium Development Goals (coming out ofa UN-lead global commitment to eradicate the worst of poverty) related to primary education andfood security in Goyena by 2015

While we celebrate these successes and new projects, the larger economic/political trends aredisturbing. US foreign policy in Latin America continues to be driven by corporate interests (everwonder who has lobbyists in DC affecting U.S. policy ...the US Chamber of Commerce or LatinAmerican campesinos?), and far too often involves inserting more military aid into political conflicts.We continue to work here in the US to support sister efforts working to address immigration, trade,and debt issues, and hope you can participate in these efforts also.

Of course, we also celebrate such a wealth of great volunteers and supporters that keep NH/LSCPgrowing and strong. This report (see pages 4 and 5) will focus on a few of these energized peopleand their contributions to our work.

We look forward continuing these projects, as always based in committed communities here inConnecticut and in León.

Sincerely,Chris SchweitzerProgram Director

P 3 and 62010 CONTRIBUTIONSFoundationsNew England Biolabs FoundationTrico Foundation

School Coin DrivesEast Ridge Middle SchoolSt. Martin De Porres Academy

ContributorsBruce & Susan AckermanRev. Harry & Manette AdamsJean-Christophe AgnewNancy ApfelBob AppicelliLeo & Nicole ArnaboldiKristen & Ron AxelradPatricia BalboniKimball Cartwright & Sherill BaldwinLouis BarskyD. Riding & Oliver BartonRobert J. BazinClarice BegemanChris BellDavid & Carolyn BeltSusan BennittClaire BennittJulia BergerBob & Evelyn BergstromMickey Kavanaugh & Henry BerlinerDean Singewald & Kathy BidneyRobert BlackBill BlossEric & Lou Ann BohmanJames & Susan BondPeter & Gina Dunston BooneLydia BornickMarie BorroffTaffy & Jay BowesShelly Altman & Susan BramhallAllan BrisonDon Wunderlee & Janet BrodieLois BromsonJanet BrooksGeorge & Josephine BuchananCecelia BuckiMaz BurbankLucile Burgo-BlackJenny Tate & Walker BurnsTrudy & Ron BuxenbaumDorreen Labby & Bill CareyNancy L. CarringtonJohn & Wendy ChampionDavid Thompson & Ginger ChapmanOlive ChupkaShannon ClarksonPaul CochraneElena & Patrick CoffeyMary ColwellSally ConnollyKate CookMary Rebecca CooperJudy & Rob CopeLynn CovilleJerome CzechDenise & Chris DaleyJane DavisRichard & Margaret DeanFran DennisEleanor & Miriam DevineSusan Hill & David DicksonPaula DiehlVictoria Dodd

Mildred & Jay DoodyDouglas Gollin & Cheryl DossMelinda Tuhus & Rob DubrowDavid DuffnerSean DuffyMaribeth & Frank DulferKate Manning & Carey DunneBill DysonDeb ElkinThomas & Geraldine GiaimoDavid Elkin-GinnettiSherrill & John EllisElliot & Emma EphraimKai & Joanna EriksonGloria EustisBob & Alice EvansRobert & Lucille EvansEdith FairgrieveEvelyn FarbmanJim FarnamElaine FitzpatrickGilda Outremont & Dave FormanCatherine & John ForrestJoan ForsbergTeresa FreemanRebecca FriedkinKathy Davis & Bob GelbachLiz GerstenBill Collins & Tish GibbsFrances GiffinKitty & Richard GladstoneDavid GoffJoy GordonCarol & Michael GordonWilliam GrausteinMillie GrenoughFrances GrodzinskyIoanna & Dmitri GutasM.T. HallaranHildegarde HannumJohn & Carol HayArlene & David HenickAnne HigginsLesley & John Higgins-BiddleBarbara HobbsRob HoffnungSusan HolahanHoughton MifflinMary & Arthur HuntLucile HutchinsonCharisse HuttonIan Cristoph & Lucile IrwinMichael IskoAaron JafferisJames JohnsonLynn JohnsonMary JohnsonGil Joseph & Patricia PessarMerrily KaplanPat KaplanJonathan KatzEunice KaymenLinda & Drew KeyesJeff & Adrienne KleinJoan & Alan KligerAnne Somsel & Stephen KobasaLisa KochCarolyn KovelJane KovelStephen & Kathlyn KraffmillerHenry KraybillFranca LabellaLadies Home Missionary SocietyFrank & Pat Laduca

Maxine LampertRick Goodwin & RachelLampertKate LandonSusan & Richard LandonJohn LapidesJeffry LarsonRev. Kate & Arthur LatimerDietrich Moor & HeatherLauverMolly Le VanHannah LeckmanJohn LeinenweberLowell LevinRobin And Barbara LevinePeg LewisWilliam Scott LongAdriane LonzarichSusan Klein & Henry LowendorfSam MacdowellMichael Baron & Ruth MagrawAl MarderJohn Ullstrom & Patricia MarkiewiczVirginia Jeanne MaurerS.R. MayJane MayfieldDorothy & Donald McCluskeyPete & Alicia MckinnisLetitia McPhedranKathleen McTigueBarbara Greenwood & Fethi MeghelliJohn Watson & Susan MeredithRon & Cathie MillerRoy Money & Mary LesserMaria MonielloWilliam MoricoDerry MoritzBonnie MullerJudith & Charles NadenSam & Lola NashChristine & Scott NealKenneth & Barbara NeubergerLiz NeuseDavid NewtonLisa NewtonTrish NieceJohn & Sherry NiemanCharissa PacellaGenoveva PalmieriFrank & Paula PanzarellaKate ParanteauDavid Carter & Robert ParkerJohn M. & Linda J. PawelekJoelle Fishman & Art PerloCharles Pillsbury & Allie PerrySusan PokornyNorine PolioMartha PorterHenry & Margaret PowellWalter Scott & Nancy PowerNathan PriceMargaret Judd & Bennett PudlinJennifer PughMichael Diberardinis & Joan ReillyBeth RosenEmma & Robert RossEvan Markiewicz & Beth RubensteinPeter A. RubinsNina & John RuckesJill SavittAnne SchefflerAnne F. SchenckJohn & Karen SchneiderPeter & Ursula Schultheiss

Richard SchulzArlene SchwartzDr Ann SerowMaria SestitoGary SevitskyShalom U.C.C.Rise SiegelJean SilkStephen & Della SilvermanCarl Baniszewski & Nancy SmallEmily SmithGaddis & Barclay SmithToni SmithRichard & Kerala SnyderMichael SoaresCorrinda & Michael SoaresBob SolomonHumbert Polito & B. SorrentinoGary & Janet SpinnerBurke StansburyDaniel & Mary SternbachAlec & Jane StevensLee & Peter StolzmanDiana SwettTemple EmmanuelBeth TherienElsa Calderon & Paul ThomasJohn & Nancy ThursbySei TokudaVictoria TraubeJennifer Filardi & Eric TrucksessJim & Susan TrucksessSemeon TsalbinsMaria TupperShawn UptonFlora Zoe VandykeClaudia VestalDora ViacavaVincent VillanoWayne & Jennifer VolleroBarbara WareckRebecca WeinerIrm & Morris WesselRob & Sally Cole WhiffenJoan WhitneyCynthia WillauerLisa Kalner & Randolph WilliamsElizabeth & Mike WillsPaula Kline & Alan WrightYale Student Environmental CoalitionTim & Susan Yolen

NH/LSCP Board of DirectorsRay Pagliaro, Co-PresidentRoy MoneyVirginia ChapmanSusan Bramhall, TreasurerMike SoaresJoy Gordon, Co-PresidentHenry LowendorfSusan Power Trucksess

León StaffMaria Antonieta ChevezAdministrative Coordinator

Ivett FonsecaEducation Coordinator

Erendira VenegasDelegation Coordinator

New Haven StaffPatty NuelsenDirector of Development

Chris SchweitzerProgram Director

S I S T E R SNew Haven, Connecticut

León, Nicaragua

Since 1984

NHLSCP Financial Statements FY 2010Current AssetsCash and Other Current Assets 125,017Liabilities and EquityLiabilitiesAccrued Expenses 1,825Total Deferred Support 14,940Total Liabilities 16,765EquityTotal Net Assets 101,445Unrestricted Net Assets 6,551Net Income 256Total Equity 108,252Total Liabilities and Equity 125,017Statement of Revenue and ExpensesSupport and RevenueContributions 121,978Net Service Revenue 21,691Investment Income 244Total 143,913*ExpenseProgram 115,618Supporting Services 14,340Fundraising 13,698Total 143,656Net Income (Loss) 257* Does not include In-Kind Services - $ 6,970

Volunteer Christina Marmol (a Yaleundergrad) and teacher Marta Osejohelp preschool students line up to washtheir hands before lunch.

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Thank you.

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA. In July 1979, the people ofNicaragua electrified the world. Though theirs was a military victory, the victorsin the years following the Triumph of the Revolution did not engage in revenge.There were no mock trials or assassinations following the overthrow of the 40year long Somoza family dictatorship. In fact, the death penalty was abolishedand the maximum sentence set at 30 years.

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Today, the world isseeing the people rising up to claim their human dignity and agency against therepressive governments. All of these popular demonstrations have been non-violent, though the response of the governments has been violent. Thesepeaceful uprisings are changing the face of our world. We are deeply indebtedto this brave witness, a reminder in 2011, that oppressed people with courage and non-violence can effect change.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS AND VOLUNTEERS. You know that the struggle for justicecontinues in León at home and around the world. In these pages you can read about a few individuals working withthe Project. There are many more who work on projects and events, provide financial support, help organize andlead delegations, serve on our board of directors, and much more. YOU ARE A SPECIAL BUNCH. We would nothave reached our 27th anniversary without you. YOU ARE THE BEST.

Aaron Jafferis (left with students in Goyena)first traveled to León in high school and thenreturned last year as part of the TeachersDelegation (below). He has since written a rap“Dust” about that experience and about thestruggle of the sugar cane workers. InDecember he helped organize a NH/LSCPTheater Committee which is working topromote popular theater with a social justicefocus in New Haven and León/Goyena anAugust an August delegation is planned to learnabout theater in Nicaragua, offer trainings, andplan for further collaboration.

Emily Gordon, a senior at LehighUniversity, volunteered over the summerorganizing the March for EnvironmentalJustice (above) which called for changes inenvironmental/ economic policies; supportfor marginalized communities around thewould impacted by climate change andother environmental crises. Emily (right)heard about NH/LSCP from her brotherJake, who participated in the Daniel HandHigh School delegation last June.

Ray Pagliaro (NH/LSCP CoPresident -right) took on the construction of theOne World House exhibit (below at YaleSchool of Forestry and EnvironmentalScience), combining his commitment tothe environment with his greatknowledge of tools and wood. Theexhibit so far has traveled to a numberof local schools and universitieseducating students about the impact ofclimate change on rural communities likeGoyena around the world.

Due to the enthusiasm andperseverance of a group of5th and 6th graders, areading group was formedin Goyena for students whowere too old for the 1st-4thgrade after school program.The group of 15 studentsmeets a couple times aweek to read together andwere all very proud athaving recently finished thefirst complete novel theyhad ever read.

Some o f t h e many p e op l e a c t i ve i n Le ón and New Haven i n 20 10 .

Geylin Hernández (above in light bluespeaking with parents and right in purplewith another teacher) has been workingfor four years as a NH/LSCP afterschoolteacher in Goyena. Geylin is finishing upher studies in psycho-pedegagogy at aLeón university. She travels over an houreach way to teach thirty energetic 2ndgraders (above right) each afternoon inGoyena.

María Eugenia Muñoz (above rightand lower left), as the Goyenacommunity board president for thelast 12 years, has worked tirelesslyfor the betterment of her community.While Maria was unable to completeprimary schooling herself, she iscommitted to making sure communitychildren have a high qualityeducation. Maria, 49, is also themother of nine children.