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Eva Morales was born and raised in Guatemala City. Her country suffered 26 years of internal war and in 1986, and she was forced to leave after she helped co-found a human rights organization called GAM. She has lived in the US for the past 12 years and ever since she came here she has worked for organizations that work on human rights, labor, youth, women, and immigration issues.
Career Summary: I have conducted organizing campaigns for labor unions, working for the garment and health care industries. I have developed leadership programs in communities and conducted political campaigns. I spent six years working in the labor movement. I worked in Los Angeles with an organization called Guatemala Information Center as a financial assistant. I have extensive experience working with immigrants’ legal issues in the USA. I have great experience working with abused women, children, and youth. I have ten years of experience, working on human rights and community issues in Central America and the United States. I have organized and supervised summer programs for college interns to do labor work projects in the Los Angeles area. I have worked with Global Youth Connect and Children of War, dealing with issues of preventing genocide, and with developing youth leadership.
I am presently working at Guatemala Partners/Rights Actions. An organization that was founded in 1990, our mission is to financially and technically support Community Based Organizations that are being organized by people who live in isolated areas and who get no support what-so-ever. Here in the US we coordinate educational tours with representatives of the three countries; we are working on Guatemala, Chiapas (Mexico), and Honduras. We also coordinate delegations to go down to those countries and spend a week or two hearing testimonies of the people, and meeting with churches, schools, and people from the government. We focus in building solidarity among the US people and these groups.
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Last updated july 7, 2006.
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