We are a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the Salvadoran people's struggle for social and economic justice. The alternative they are building is an example to all people who seek a world free of injustice and oppression. We also recognize the struggle of poor and working people, immigrants and refugees against the new economic order sponsored by the US government. We particularly focus our work on El Salvador because of the US government's role in sponsoring the unjust 12-year war there.



We work to achieve two basic goals:



* To end US economic, political, and military intervention in El Salvador, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the current context, to end US-sponsored global economic policies that devastate local cultures and economies, specifically in El Salvador.

* To give political and material support to the grassroots movement in El Salvador for economic democracy and social justice. We support labor, women's, gay and lesbian and other grassroots organizing. We stand in solidarity with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), as we have since our founding, because of its central role in building a new society.



We also support the other progressive forces in Central America and the Caribbean that are working for human rights and democracy, including the FSLN, the popular movement in Nicaragua, the URNG in Guatemala, the FZLN in Mexico, and the Cuban Revolution.



CISPES's organizing methodology is one of empowerment and respect for all people regardless of their race, gender, and sexual orientation. We challenge ourselves to meet the goals we struggle for globally in the actions of our own organization.... to be an activist community that reflects our vision for society as a whole.



CISPES uses a wide variety of creative tactics to achieve our goals. These include: public protest and education, grassroots lobbying of elected officials and fundraising for both our own work and humanitarian aid to El Salvador.