Red Emma’s

Informal Spanish language practice group and Nicaraguan Arts & Crafts sale @ 6:30 pm Sarah Junkin Woodard comes to us from the Center for Development in Central America (CDCA), the Nicaraguan project of the non-profit, faith-based organization, the Jubilee House Community (JHC).  Before moving to Nicaragua in 1994, the JHC operated shelters for the homeless and battered women in Statesville, NC.  Working in Nicaragua for the past two decades, the CDCA continues to adapt, seeking to respond to human needs created by poverty in the second poorest nation in the western hemisphere. The CDCA focuses on justice now, working towards freedom from poverty, helping communities become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities, specifically in the areas of: sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, appropriate technology, education and health care.  Sarah says, “The CDCA has been called to work with, and speak on behalf of, the poor in our area of Nicaragua, and to share their lives and stories with folk in the U.S., to bridge the gap between us and our neighbors.” This evening of speakers, art and Spanish language practice is organized in partnership with Casa Baltimore/ Limay – a friendship-city project connecting the peoples of San Juan de Limay, Nicaragua, and Baltimore, MD, since 1985.  They operate within a worldwide network of linked communities in poorer and wealthier nations working toward global justice and peace.