EPES International Training Course graduates 167th educator!

167 educators from 21 countries have graduated from EPES’ International Training Course Seventeen people, hailing from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay and several regions of Chile, graduated from EPES’ Ninth International Training Course on Popular Education for Health, held in Santiago and Concepción January 7 – 17, 2018. The latest graduates brought the universe ofContinue reading “EPES International Training Course graduates 167th educator!”

A look back at 2017 – concerts and EPES activity

Dear friends of EPES and AHA, EPES has been busier than ever in the last half of its 35th anniversary year. In September, we celebrated this special anniversary with a concert in Minneapolis featuring longtime allies, Holly Near and John McCutcheon. More than 300 of EPES’ friends and supporters from ten states and three countriesContinue reading “A look back at 2017 – concerts and EPES activity”

Sneak preview of Holly Near who will help raise funds for Educación Popular en Chile (EPES) a Community Health Initiative in Chile

We are so excited to have Holly Near join us for our annual fundraiser: Date/Time: Saturday September 23, 2017, 7:00 pm Location: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 9185 Lexington Avenue North, Circle Pines, MN Get Tickets Now! Holly is well acquainted with our work. In fact she has joined us on trips to see Chile. On her websiteContinue reading “Sneak preview of Holly Near who will help raise funds for Educación Popular en Chile (EPES) a Community Health Initiative in Chile”

Sneak preview of John McCutcheon who will help raise funds for Educación Popular en Chile (EPES) a Community Health Initiative in Chile

We are so excited to have John McCutcheon join us for our annual fundraiser: Date/Time: Saturday September 23, 2017, 7:00 pm Location: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 9185 Lexington Avenue North, Circle Pines, MN Get Tickets Now! John has his roots in Wisconsin. He has recorded more than 36 albums and is well known for writing about thingsContinue reading “Sneak preview of John McCutcheon who will help raise funds for Educación Popular en Chile (EPES) a Community Health Initiative in Chile”

Tobacco-Free Chile launches #ISupporttheTobaccoLaw to incredible success

Producers of the TVN (Chile’s National Television) morning television show Buenos Dias a Todos last week proclaimed their support for the #YoApoyoLeyTabaco (I Support the Tobacco Law) citizen campaign. The Tobacco-Free Chile coalition, an initiative coordinated by the EPES Foundation that promotes public health policy that lowers the high rate of smoking in this country,Continue reading “Tobacco-Free Chile launches #ISupporttheTobaccoLaw to incredible success”