We are a team with varied backgrounds in communications, reporting, law, geography, education and design, but we are united in our desire to cast light on the crisis in Central America and to tell the truth about our government’s failure to properly respond to the families fleeing that crisis.
Staff of the Office of the General Assembly – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Toya Richards, former Director of Communications
- Teresa Waggener, Manager of Legal Services
- Randy Hobson, Manager of Design and Multimedia
- Amanda Craft, Manager of Advocacy on Immigration Issues
- Brelin Tilford, cameraman
- Vicente Guna, Manager of Technologies
We did not accomplish this on our own but with the support of many:
Special thanks to Joyce Lieberman, then Director of Constitutional Services at the Office of the General Assembly, for her unconditional support and trust on this project.
Thanks for the hospitality, wisdom and guidance of the mission coworkers of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in El Salvador and Guatemala.
- Rev. Leslie Vogel, World Mission, Mission Co-Worker with the The Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Tracey King-Ortega, World Mission, Mission Co-Worker in Nicaragua, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Support of our global partners:
- The Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador
- The National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala
- The Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA)
The many organizations working to change the better the lives of Central Americans:
- Cristosal, Center for Human Rights, El Salvador
- Catholic Relief Services, Jóvenes Constructores, El Salvador
- USAID Office, U.S. Embassy, El Salvador
- Ursula Roldán Andrade, Director of Research and Social Projection on Global and Territorial Dynamics, Universidad Rafael Landívar
- RedK’at , Guatemala
- Presbyterian Women of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
And when change cannot come quickly enough, thanks to those providing assistance for those who journey to other countries:
- Casas Migrantes Scalabrinianos, Guatemala and Mexico
- Doña Olga Sánchez Martínez, founder of the shelter “Jesús El Buen Pastor del Pobre y el Migrante”, México
- El Centro de Derechos Humanos, Fray Matias de Cordoba, Mexico