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EPES Update December 2023: Highlighting Community Gardens

Dear friends of EPES, British politician Tony Benn once said that the human heart needs to keep two flames burning: the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope that we can build a better world. I think this Update will help fuel the latter—it’s sorely needed these days! I think you’ll beContinue reading “EPES Update December 2023: Highlighting Community Gardens”

Special EPES Update: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile

Dear friends of EPES,In this special Update to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, we share with you stories from several staff members who have played leadership roles in EPES for the past four decades, and whose lives were changed dramatically by the coup. Fifty years after Pinochet’s brutal coup, hundredsContinue reading “Special EPES Update: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile”

EPES Update Spring 2023: Crisis at the Border

Dear friends of EPES, The world always looks fresher in spring, and observant readers will notice that this spring Update has a fresh, new look—we’ve changed not only the color palette, but also, to some extent, the content. Beginning with this issue, we’ll provide background on one key project each time, with shorter updates onContinue reading “EPES Update Spring 2023: Crisis at the Border”

The Spring 2021 EPES Update is here!

Download and read the May 2021 EPES Update here! Dear friends of EPES, When the Covid-19 pandemic hit Chile last year, it struck a country already in a profound state of crisis. The brutal repression in response to social protests beginning in the fall of 2019 was the worst seen since the days of theContinue reading “The Spring 2021 EPES Update is here!”

The November 2020 EPES Update is here!

Download and read the November EPES Update here! Dear friends of EPES,I hope this finds you and your families safe and well. We are living in a world quite different from the one we took for granted when I last wrote to you, one that is more difficult in many ways, but one in whichContinue reading “The November 2020 EPES Update is here!”