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¡Fun Facts of Nicaragua!

The infamous Dual Volcano is located in Nicaragua. It is the only volcano in the world that is fed by two different magma flows, meaning that it can erupt with two types of magma channels.

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¡Fun Facts of Nicaragua!

Fun Fact of the Week: Managuans don’t name their streets. How do they deliver mail? Your address is given by whatever major landmarks you happen to live near (such as three blocks north of the Flower Corner). Sometimes the names of the landmarks change, so it can get very confusing

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¡Fun Facts of Nicaragua!

Fun Fact of the Week: Baseball is the most popular sport in Nicaragua

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Meet CASP!

This semester, the Nicaragua Sister Partnership (NicSis) has helped to build the Central American Solidarity Partnerships (CASP) with Oberlin in Solidarity with El Salvador (OSES) and Oberlin Students in Solidarity with Guatemala (OSSGUA). We felt that it was silly to have three similar organizations that had little to no communication, so now we have our own partnerships between partnerships! ~Inception~

Together, we will host a photo exhibition around different spots on campus, displaying photos of our respective sister sites in Central America! Keep an eye out for that.

If you would like to get involved, please contact any one of our organizations at the following emails:

NicSis: [email protected]

OSSGUA: [email protected]

OSES: Maia Ross Trupin- [email protected]

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Spring Committee 2018

Meet our committee for this semester, Spring 2018! We are missing some committee members, but this is such a cute picture we decided to put it up anyway! A reminder that meetings take place Fridays at 4pm in Wilder 314.

Left to right: 

(bottom) Keelan Anacheka-Nasemann, Antonia Offen [coordinator], Celeste McBride

(top) Sadie Keller, Avery Grace, and Maddy Samet [coordinator]

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Alumni Feature: Marlee Fisher '12

Here are some reflections from one of our alumni! 

Marlee Fischer '12, Latin American Studies

Participating in NicSis and the 2010 winter term delegation to Nicaragua was an informative experience and has undoubtedly influenced my life choices. I will forever remember my homestay family as incredibly welcoming and generous. The rural village where I stayed, a village that lacked running water, electricity, and stable living structures, was also the most vibrant community I’ve ever experienced. Since traveling back to Latin America numerous times, I have continued to find the happiest people among impoverished communities, redefining the traditional sense of happiness and success that is understood in the United States.

 Since my delegation to Nicaragua, I have pursued public health in the migrant community, greatly influenced by my Nicaraguan host-sister who suffered from cerebral palsy and lacked access to medical care. I worked as an AmeriCorps member in a Seattle community health center serving the Latino community, and I am currently coordinating patient care in public schools with high immigrant populations. My experience with NicSis in Nicaragua revealed the frustrating reality that many communities have great potential but lack the resources to overcome debilitating obstacles. I hope to dedicate my present and future work to providing those resources to others.

To see more alumni testimonials visit: http://oscanicsis.tumblr.com/testimonials

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We held a screening of Somos Una América last week to discuss the pervasiveness of militarism throughout the Americas and in our everyday lives. We see this as an important factor in framing solidarity work to build transnational relationships that break away from the US's history of military and economic intervention in Latin America. 

Watch the film and learn more at: http://www.soaw.org/

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Nicaragua Sister Partnership delegation members will be sitting on a panel on what it means do international service tommorrow! Come out to hear from our panelists and from GlobeMed and Shining Hope for Communities!