Health

Pastors For Peace has been the U.S. promoter and pre-screener of students for the Latin America School of Medicine in Cuba. We have also visited several of the communities mentioned in Honduras reporting on human rights. -Rick

Ciriboya
Garifuna community is located in the municipality of Iriona, Department
of Colón, about 2 hours on a dirt road from the capital city of Tocoa.
It is in this community that the first Garifuna People's Hospital of
Honduras was strategically built and was declared real and intangible
Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

This training will be composed of introductory emergency medicine, support work in radical communities, anti-oppression, folk & herbal medicines. While this will largely focus on medical needs for urban marches and actions, this training is easily tailored to wilderness spaces, your place of work, and all your favorit haunts. We teach from our own manual, with lecture, practical, and scenario-based approaches--(almost) all materials provided.

As in the past, the training will last a 3-day weekend--June 11th -13th (Fri 5-9, Sat/Sun 9-6) and we are hoping to see faces both new & old. Out-of-towners will be accommodated, as well as other needs to the extent possible. Some food will be provided. Childcare references are available upon request.

You’re invited to c community forum…

Fund Health & Schools – Tax the Rich!

Washington State needs to pass Initiative 1098. We have one of the biggest concentrations of millionaires in the U.S, but also the most regressive tax structure in the nation. While the bill Gates Juniors and Howard Schultzes pay only 3% of their income in taxes, the poor pay as much as 17% and are hit even harder by cuts to public services during budget crises!

It’s time to demand that the wealthy pay their fair share!

Thursday, September 23, 7pm
Strategizing Meeting: Mobilize to Tax the Rich!

Join the next SOS meeting to build for a community forum on October 16^th about the need to tax the rich and why people should vote yes on Initiative 1098. We’ll make calls to supporters, prep mailings, brainstorm other outreach ideas and more.