INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT

CHIAPAS

NOVEMBER

• We supported the marches held in the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which took place in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez.
• We attended the quarterly assembly of the Believing People of the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas.

DECEMBER

• We supported the activities that took place within the framework of the Sixth Intercultural Meeting for Free and Chosen Mobilities, whose objective was to continue building spaces for exchange and community linkage between organized communities, civil society organizations, human rights defenders and people on the move. The meeting took place in Las Margaritas.
• We attended the event organized to inaugurate the mural made in honor of Father Marcelo Perez Perez, in the Cutxitali neighborhood, where he was murdered in San Cristobal de Las Casas in October.
• We were at the presentation of the book “El camino de la no violencia” (The Path of Non Violence), by the Las Abejas de Acteal Civil Society, which took place at the JTatik Samuel Museum.
• We participated in the events organized within the framework of the 27^th anniversary of the Acteal massacre, on December 21^st and 22^nd.
• We attended the events organized by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in San Cristobal de Las Casas and Oventik (municipality of San Andres Larrainzar) from December 28^th to January 1^st, 2025.

JANUARY

• We accompanied the pilgrimage organized by the parish of Guadalupe in San Cristobal de Las Casas, on the birthday of Father Marcelo Perez, who was murdered in this same city in October 2024.
• We were present at the meeting of the Believing People with the apostolic nuncio in Mexico, Joseph Spiteri, and we accompanied the pilgrimage that took place within the framework of the closing of the Jubilee Year jTatic Samuel Ruiz.

FEBRUARY

• We attended the quarterly assembly of the Believing People of the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
• We were present at an event organized in San Cristobal de Las Casas within the framework of the global events: “Justice for Samir Flores Soberanes!”, on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the murder of the member of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and opponent of the Morelos Integral Project (PIM).

INFORMATION AND TRAINING TOWARDS ACTION

EDUCATION FOR PEACE

DECEMBER

• We shared an analysis with artisan women who participate in the Mujeres de Maiz collective, from various municipalities in the Highlands and the Northern Jungle.
• We facilitated the triennial evaluation of the Commission for Community Unity and Reconciliation (CORECO) with its operational team.

FEBRUARY

• Together with the organization specialized in digital security Sursiendo, we participated in a space with journalists and communicators, in which training and coordination proposals continued to be defined to strengthen the security of the sector.
• We facilitated the session on mediation and other forms of intervention, as part of the CORECO Positive Conflict Transformation diploma.
• We facilitated an analysis of the reality and a reflection on security and protection measures during the meeting of partners who collaborate with the German cooperation project Welthaus.

INTERNAL TRAINING

• In November, a member of the team participated in a new session of the Positive Conflict Transformation diploma, convened by CORECO.
• In December, we participated in a workshop on strengthening the heart, designed for women human rights defenders and coordinated by CORECO.
• In January, we attended a new training session on digital care for cell phones, coordinated by Sursiendo.
• In February, we participated in the workshop “How to integrate climate change in social organizations that work with women and vulnerable groups?”, convened by the British Embassy, ​​which took place in San Cristobal de Las Casas.

NETWORKING

• At least once a month, we attend plenary meetings and commissions of the network for Peace in Chiapas, Slamalil Kinal. In November, this platform convened a meeting of civil organizations, journalists and academics, which was attended by 80 people and whose purpose was to share analysis and strategic reflections for the construction of peace in the state.
• On a bi-monthly basis, we attend operational meetings of the Movement of Peoples for Peace and Justice (MPPJ).
• Monthly, we hold online meetings of Accompaniment to Unarmed Civilians (USP/A) – Community of Practice.
• We held several meetings with organizations that collaborate in the project entitled “Strengthening the self-protection capacities of human rights organizations and communities in Chiapas”, which we coordinate with Voces Mesoamericanas and Huridocs.
• In January, we participated in a meeting with representatives of the pastoral areas that are part of the Monitoring Commission of the Mother Earth Congress, a component of the social pastoral of the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
• In January, we attended a virtual meeting of the Pax Christi International Working Group, in which participants from all over the American continent participated to share analysis and define a future agenda.
• In February, we participated in a meeting of partners who collaborate with the German cooperation project Welthaus.
• As part of the members of the Platform for the Construction of Peace in Mexico, we participated in the seventh meeting to analyze peace articulations in January, as well as in a space to share good practices entitled “Weaving Networks for the Transition to Peace” in February.