Page 4, Portland Observer, July 1, 1987
People to People Relationships Urged at U.S.-Nicaragua
Sister City Conference
by Avel Gordly
The Seattle Managua Sister City
Association was host to a 3-day
U.S. Nicaragua Sister City Confer
ence June 26 28 at the Seattle Cen
ter Focus of the Conference was
on several seminars developed to
provide resources for the promotion
of Sister City relationships with
Nicaragua and for the development
of Sister programs among health
centers, schools and churches.
Fifty seven Sister City projects
between the U S. and Nicaragua
have already been developed.
Thirty more U.S. cities have de
cided to establish a Sister City re
lationship and have chosen a site in
Nicaragua. They are in the process
of formalizing ties which is usually
done through City County resolu
tions. Two Oregon cities, Albany
and Portland have relationships with
Chichigalpa, Chinandega and Corin-
to Chinandega respectively. Signi
ficantly, Black organizations in
Washington, D.C., Lower East Side
New York City and Detroit, Michi
gan, have established or are work
ing to establish relationships with
Bluefields located on the Atlantic
Coast of Nicaragua, which is largely
populated by Black Nicaraguans.
Over 300 delegates to the confer
ence celebrated "people to people
relationships," which included a
delegation of 26 Nicaraguans
among them. Comandante Monica
Baltodano, Vice Minister of the
Presidency, was in attendance, as
was Elizabeth Linder, mother of
Benjamin Linder, a Portland engi
neer killed by the Contras. She
spoke at the opening church ser
vice.
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nomic, social and political situa
tions. As well they reinforce our
common goals of friendship and
mutual respect during this most
difficult time of U.S. government
sponsored aggression against the
Nicaraguan people." The Embassy
statement also indicated that "over
the past several years, U.S. Sister
Cities have sent thousands of tons
and millions of dollars worth of
medical and other material aid to
Nicaraguan
cities
and
rural
villages."
For more information about Cen
tral America's diverse cultures, and
the economic and social conditions
presented from a third world per
spective, contact the following peo
pie: Martin Gonzales, Director of
the American Friends Service Com
mittee (AFSC) Central America Pro
gram at 230 9427. Gonzales recent
ly returned from a tour of Nicaragua
and El Salvador. Richard Brown, a
local photojournalist, who traveled
to Nicaragua including Bluefields in
1985, has also traveled to Honduras
to cover training exercises of the
Oregon National Guard. He can be
contacted at 289 0707. Education
Activist Sherrian Haggar traveled to
Nicaragua in 1986 and can be con
tacted at AFSC - 230 9429.
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Portland a c tivists attending the "S iste r City 1987
C onference" m et w ith Nicaraguan representa
tives. One o f the representatives they spoke w ith
was Azucena Baltadano, D irector o f Nicaraguan
Sister C ity Program (fro n t center).
Photo by Richard J. Brown
Black A c tiv ists Call fo r Links
A handful of Black delegates from
the U.S. attended the conference
including Charles Rolland, Co-Chair
of the National Black United Front,
Seattle Chapter, and Akua Budu-
Watkins of Detroit, who is also a
member of the Free South Africa
movement. In separate conversa
tions, Rolland and Watkins both
spoke of the need for Black activists
to make the links between U.S.
domestic issues and U.S. for
eign policy toward Central America
and Southern Africa. They both
cited the need to find creative ways
to make these issues clear and more
widely known in Black communi
ties. They also urged that Black
people in the U.S. learn more about
the Black population of Nicaragua.
Underscoring the call for "people
to people relationships" was a state
ment released by the Nicaraguan
embassy
in Washington, D.C.
These relationships were described
as fostering "an understanding bet
ween Nicaraguans and North Ame
ricans of diverse cultures and eco-
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