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Organization in Solidarity with Central Amercia Records Organization in Solidarity with Central America Collection Papers, 1977-1995 (Predominantly, 1980s) 21 linear feet 21 storage boxes Accession #1627 DALNET # OCLC # The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) was founded in 1980, the same year El Salvador’s five revolutionary groups united to form the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), an armed guerrilla group, in response to increasing human rights violations committed by the Salvadoran military and death squads. Beginning in 1980, the Michigan Interfaith Committee on Central American Human Rights (MICAH), a faith-based solidarity organization, educated and organized the public on issues in Central America. Detroit CISPES and the Nicaraguan Network merged in 1985 to become the Central America Solidarity Committee (CASC). CASC and MICAH merged to form the Organization in Solidarity with Central America (OSCA) in 1993. The fifteen-year civil war in El Salvador, which resulted in 75,000 deaths, ended with the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992. The FMLN then organized as a political party and participated in the 1994 elections. OSCA closed its office in 1995. The papers of OSCA consist of correspondence with public officials, activists, religious leaders, and national affiliates in the Latin American solidarity movement, organizing materials for local and national demonstrations, and many newsletters related to Latin American politics and popular movements. Also included are general membership and, Steering & Planning Committee minutes from Detroit CISPES, Detroit CASC, MICAH, and OSCA. PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading. Important subjects in the collection: Anti-clericalism--Central America Assassins--Central America Contra War Detroit Area Coalition for Central America (DACCA) El Salvador--Politics and government, 1979- Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front Five Hundred Years of Resistance Coalition Organization in Solidarity with Central America - 2 - Human rights--Central America Offenses against the environment--Central America Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC) Michigan Labor Committee for Democracy and Human Rights in Central America Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) Nicaragua--Politics and government, 1979- Nicaragua--Revolution, 1979 Archbishop Oscar Romero Important subjects (cont’d): United States--Federal Bureau of Investigation United States--Foreign relations--Central America--1979- United States--Foreign relations--Cuba--1959- Women guerrillas--Central America Important correspondents in the collection: George W. Crockett, Jr. Bernard Firestone Morris Gleicher Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Doug Lent Maryanne Mahaffey Bishop Coleman McGehee, Jr. Jackie Rubio Rudy Simons Non-manuscript material: A few photographs, stickers, and posters have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection. Organization in Solidarity with Central America - 3 - Box-folder Folder heading 2-36 14th Congressional District Committee, 1989 11-45 14th Congressional District; house meeting background, 1985 11-2 500 Years of Resistance Coalition; minutes, 1992 5-47 thru 48 500 Years of Resistance; quincentennial, 1990-92 3-30 Ad book, 1988 7-60 thru 61 Ad book, 1992 3-31 Ad book; responses, 1989 5-35 Ad book; several organizations, 1988-90 7-26 Agee, Phil; corres., minutes, 1992 10-46 Agrarian Reform in El Salvador: A Program of Rural Pacification, 1980 20-37 Alerta: Canadian Churches Reporting on Human Rights in Latin America, 1992 1-19 "Alsino & the Condor"; fund-raiser, 1986 20-21 American Friends Committee; Honor, Struggle, & Hope: Guatemala Faces the 1990s, 1990 20-12 thru 13 Americas Watch, 1989-91 1-17 Ames speaker, Central America Week, 1985 7-10 Amnesty International report, 1988 6-36 Amnesty International; urgent action, 1986-88 2-19 Ann Arbor Art Fair, 1986 2-14 Annual dinner, 1986 Jul 11-27 Anti-intervention rally, 1990 2-18 Anti-Reagan Demonstration, 1986 9-40 Arias talk at Cranbrook, 1991 2-20 Art with a Statement, 1986 2-32 Artists Against Contra Hill Apartheid; fund-raisers, 1987 8-11 Artists in Solidarity with the People of Central America, 1984 8-45 Awesome Responsibilities of Revolutionary Leadership; by James & Grace Boggs, 1973 13-3 Bankrolling Failure; U.S. Policy in El Salvador and the Urgent Need for Reform, 1987 16-6 thru 11 Barricada International, 1984, 1990-94 16-19 thru 20 BASTA!; National Journal of the Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, 1987-89 1-31 Benefits, 1984-85 13-9 Black Communities Against War, 1982 9-29 Brigadista, 1991 Feb 14-32 Campaign Against U.S. Intervention, 1985-87 5-43 Campbell, Francois Tour, 1992 Organization in Solidarity with Central America - 4 - Box-folder Folder heading 6-44 CARECEN(Central America Refugee Center); Delegation Report of the Investigation of the Sept. 21, 1988 Army Massacre, 1988 13-32 CASC (Central America Solidarity Committee) 14th District; notes, minutes, agenda, 1988 8-47 CASC; advertisements, 1987 7-27 CASC Annual Dinner, 1992 3-16 CASC brochures, 1980s-1990s 11-48 CASC; by-laws, n.d. 19-21 thru 22 CASC; Central America News, 1984-87, 1988-92 6-24 CASC; corres., sign-in sheets, 1989 9-27 CASC discussion meetings, 1991 11-31 CASC; leaflets, 1980-93 13-34 CASC; meeting notes, 1987 12-1 CASC; meeting notes, 1987-88 12-13 CASC meetings; agenda, minutes, 1987-88 13-33 CASC Membership & Steering Committees; meetings, 1986 4-10 CASC; misc., corres., updates, 1991 4-15 CASC; misc., updates, notes, 1990 1-45 CASC planning meeting/FMLN, 1989 12-14 CASC projects, 1987 1-13 CASC retreat, FMLN statement, 1987 11-52 CASC Steering Committee; corres., 1988-89 13-31 CASC Steering Committee report, 1988 4-25 CASC; updates, notes, 1989-90 12-27 CASC/MICAH Task Force, 1992 6-52 Castro, Fidel; Playboy interview, n.d. 13-22 CENSA'S Strategic Report, 1987-89 14-46 Central America Bulletin, 1984, 1986-89 15-21 Central America Bulletin, 1984-86 18-1 Central America Bulletin, 1987-88 6-66 Central America Education Report, 1984 6-65 Central America; flyers, n.d., 1984 18-8 Central America Fund; The Reporter on Latin America & the Caribbean, Central America Reporter, 1991-95 14-11 Central America Information Bulletin, 1986 7-14 "Central America: Its People & Its Problems," n.d. 13-15 Central America Newspak, 1989 20-4 thru 9 Central America Newspak, 1989-94 2-17 “Central America: Perspectives & Prospects”; class syllabus, 1986 Organization in Solidarity with Central America - 5 - Box-folder Folder heading 13-1 Central America; publications, information, 1983-85 14-38 Central America Report, 1985, 1989 19-1 thru 6 Central America Report, 1990-94 14-31 Central America Reporter, 1989 18-9 Central America Resource Center; Centroamerica, 1991-92 14-41 Central America Update, 1984, 1987 14-26 Central America Update, 1984-86 5-46 Central America updates, 1989-93 1-29 Central America Week, 1984 2-4 Central America Week, 1987 8-7 Central America Working Group ; Central America Macroanalysis Seminar, 1985 21-51 Central American political cartoons, n.d., 1987 14-16 Central American update, 1984, 1986 10-45 Central American War: A Guide to the U.S. Military Buildup, 1982 20-10 thru 11 CEPAD Report (Council of Evangelical Churches of Nicaragua), 1988-93 20-14 thru 17 Ceri-Gua, 1990-93 10-52 Chants, 1988 10-15 Chicago CISPES; pamphlets, 1986 9-46 Child Refugees Conference, 1990 7-50 Chomsky, Noam; lecture, 1991 11-28 Christiani election protest, 1989 Jun 20-19 Christianity & Crisis, 1985 6-38 Christic Institute case, n.d. 1-2 Christic Institute; corres., 1987-88 14-27 CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), 1986- 87 8-12 thru 13 CISPES, 2nd National Convention, 1987 13-36 CISPES, 6th National Convention; history, 1995 16-12 thru 18 CISPES; Alert!, 1980-92 14-52 thru 54 CISPES; Alert!, 1983-89 7-6 CISPES, Annual Midwest Regional Conference, 1980 10-4 CISPES annual report, 1989 12-38 CISPES; by-laws, 1985 8-20 CISPES; "Campaign to Stop the Bombing," 1986 11-54 CISPES; conference agenda, corres., 1989 8-6 CISPES; congressional pressure work, 1986 10-37 thru 38 CISPES; corres., 1981-82 4-28 CISPES; corres., 1983 10-23 CISPES; corres., 1985 Organization in Solidarity with Central America - 6 - Box-folder Folder heading 6-25 CISPES; corres., 1988-89 7-17 CISPES; corres., conference., 1987 7-12 thru 13 CISPES; corres., misc., 1988 6-51 CISPES; corres., press releases, 1987 4-20 CISPES; corres., updates, 1989-90 6-46 CISPES; debate whether to continue funding the FMLN, 1989 20-25 CISPES Discussion Bulletin, 1991 10-3 CISPES; discussion paper on Central America and Global Challenge, 1990 14-19 CISPES; El Salvador Peace Accords Watch, 1992 20-26 CISPES; El Salvador Peace Accords Watch, 1992 10-47 CISPES; grant application, 1982 10-10 thru 14 CISPES; mailings, 1990-91 4-11 CISPES; mailings, 1991 11-43 CISPES, Michigan Subregion of, 1987 10-7 CISPES Midwest Regional Conference, 1988 4-5 CISPES Midwest Regional meeting, 1991 Jan 8-50 CISPES Midwest Roundtable, Nicaragua Network Midwest Conference., 1991 6-58 CISPES; misc., 1984-86 13-27 CISPES-NAC meeting, 1981 8-17 CISPES-NAC meeting, 1986 10-9 CISPES, National, 1987 8-35 CISPES National Anti-Intervention Campaign, 1984 2-11 CISPES, National; articles, press releases, 1985-87 10-1 thru 2 CISPES National Convention, 1985, 1987 4-12 thru 13 CISPES National Convention, 1989, 1991 21-44 CISPES National Convention, 1990 4-23 CISPES National Convention, 1991 9-37 CISPES National Convention, 1991 6-3 thru 4 CISPES National Convention, 1987, 1989 4-19 CISPES National Convention; corres., statements, notes, 1990 4-21 CISPES National Convention; Jackie Rubio, 1990 11-14 CISPES National Convention, Second Annual, 1987 4-22 CISPES National Convention; Victor Rubio speech, updates, 1990 8-22 CISPES National Program, 1986-87 10-8 CISPES, National; updates, 1988 1-1 CISPES; notes, corres., updates, 1986-89 12-35 CISPES; office/organizing, functioning, n.d.
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