BACKROUND IN FMLN/FDR U.S. SUPPORT CAMPAIGN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000800050049-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: December 7, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 15295
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E.O. 12356: NA
TAGS: PCAV, PINT, US, ES
SUBJECT: BACKGROUND ON FMLN/FDR U.S. SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
REFS: A) SAN SALVADOR 15218 B) SAN SALVADOR 15158
- C) SAN SALVADOR 14790
1. FOLLOWING IS ARTICLE FROM JULY/AUGUST -1986 ISSUE
OF ALERT: (DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AS FOLLOWS:
"ALERT IS THE NATIONAL PUBLICATION OF THE COMMITTEE
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR
(CISPES); FOUNDED IN OCTOBER 1980, CISPES SEEKS TO
EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST U.S.
INTERVENTION IN EL SALVADOR AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FMLN-FDR, THE LEGITIMATE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE. CISPES
ACTIDITIES INCLUDE FUNDRAISING AND LEGISLATIVE
CAMPAIGNS, EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND
MASS MOBILIZATIONS, CONDUCTED ON NATIONAL, REGIONAL,
AND LOCAL GRASSROOTS LEVELS.)
2. BEGIN TEXT OF ARTICLE: MATERIAL AID TRAINING
MOBILIZES FOR $1/~4 MILLION GOAL
t>CISPES HAS CLOSED ITS CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE BOMBING,
AND HAS NOW BEGUN A NEW CYCLE OF MATERIAL AID
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FUNDRAISING AS PART OF OUR CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE PEACE
WITH JUSTICE IN EL SALVADOR.
THE CULMINATING EVENT OF "STOP THE BOMBING" TOOK
PLACE ON JUNE 20 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - A DINNER TO
BENEFIT CISPES' HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WAR MEDICAL-
CAMPAIGN IN WHICH CISPES PLEDGED TO RAISE $130,000
-FOR MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR AND SALVADORAN
MEDICAL RELIEF FUND. THE DINNER ITSELF RAISED OVER
$1,500, AND FEATURED AS SPEAKERS GUS NEWPORT, THE
MAYOR OF BERKELEY, CA, AND VIOLETTA DELGADO, A
SALVADORAN PHYSICIAN.
CISPES RICKED OFF ITS NEW CYCLE OF MATERIAL AID
FUNDRAISING WITH A MATERIAL AID TRAINING IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 9-13. THE NATIONAL
COORDINATORS CONFERENCE IN MAY SET THE AMBITIOUS GOAL
OF $250,000 TO BE ,RAISED BY DECEMBER, AND CALLED FOR
THIS TRAINING TO HELP US MEET THE CHALLENGE. THE NCC
DESIGNATED THE MONEY TO FUND PROJECTS FOR NEW
EL SALVADOR TODAY (NEST), MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR
AND SALVADORAN. MEDICAL RELIEF FUND.
14 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE MATERIAL AID TRAINING,
REPRESENTING 10 COMMITTEES IN THE NEW ENGLAND,
MID-ATLANTIC, MIDWEST, AND NORTHWEST REGIONS. KEN
JACOBS, FORMERLY OF NEST IN BERKELY, LED THE TRAINING
AS THE NEW NATIONAL OFFICE MATERIAL AID COORDINATOR.
HE CONSIDERS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE
TRAINING TO BE THE TRAINEES' INCREASED UNDERSTANDING ,
OF JUST HOW CRITICAL MATERIAL AID WORK IS IN THE
SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT. THE TRAINING ALSO INCREASED
PARTICIPANTS' UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CARRY OUT
MATERIAL AID WORK, PARTICULARLY HOW TO INTEGRATE IT
WITH THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. THE PARTICIPANTS
LEARNED IN SKILLS WORKSHOPS HOW TO DO OUTREACH, BRING
NEW PEOPLE INTO COMMITTEES, AND INCREASE THEIR
VISIBILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR
MATERIAL AID WORK.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING WAS TO
SHOW THE PARTICIPANTS THAT THEY COULD RAISE A LOT
MORE MATERIAL AID THAN THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD - AND
THE INSPIRATION PROVED IMMEDIATE. A GOAL OF $1,500
HAD BEEN SET FOR THE HANDS-ON PHONE-BANKING AND
STREETWORK, AND THE TRAINEES SURPASSED IT BY RAISING
$2,250. .
TRAINERS INCLUDED STAFF FROM NEST, THE CISPES
NATIONAL OFFICE, AND CISPES REGIONAL OFFICES. DIANE
GREENE FROM NEST TOLD THE TRAINEES THAT THOSE WHO
RAISE MATERIAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR SHOULD FEEL
PERSONALLY RESPONSISBLE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES
THAT ARE SAVED THROUGH MATERIAL AID.
BETH WESTGARDE OF SAN FRANCISCO CISPES GAVE A
WORKSHOP ON PRODUCING DANCE-A-THONS. .BETH HAS WORKED
FOR TWO YEARS ON GIVE PEACE A DANCE (GPAD), A 12-HOUR
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DANCE MARATHON WHICH AFTER THREE YEARS HAS BECOME A
BAY AREA TRADITION, AND AN ASTONISHINGLY SUCCESSFUL
FUNDRAISER. 3,500 DANCERS PARTICIPTED IN GPAD '86,
SPONSORED BY SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND/BERKELEY
CISPES AND THE SAN FRANCISCO FREEZE. THE EVENT
GROSSED AN INCREDIBLE $110,000, NETTING OVER $70,000,
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 SAN SALVADOR 15295.
E.O. 12356: NA
TAGS: PGOV, PINT, US, ES
SUBJECT: BACKGROUND ON FMLN/FDR U.S. SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
AND OAKLAND/BERKELEY CISPES EARMARKED HALF OF THEIR
SHARE FOR THEIR MEDICAL AID FOR EL SALVADOR PROJECT.
(FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL SAN FRANCISCO OR
OAKLAND/BERKELEY CISPES AT [phone] OR
[phone].)
THE PARTICIPANTS gGREED THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST
STRENGTHS OF THE TRAINING WAS ITS SUCCESS IN BRINGING
' TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SIZED COMMUNITIES AND
DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND
WORK TOGETHER. THE TRAINEES ARE NOW ENERGIZED TO
TAKE ON THE $250,000 GOAL; MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE
READY TO TAKE THE TRAINING BACK TO THEIR COMMITTEES
AND TO OTHER COMMITTIES IN THEIR AREA, AND PASS ON
THE INFORMATION AND THE INSPIRATION THEY RECEIVED.
END OF ARTICLE.
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