Come learn how Nicaragua is fighting poverty and preventing migration, with speaker Sarah Junkin Woodard from Jubilee House Community, a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit she helped form in 1979. Sponsored by Friends of Latin America and Indivisible Howard County’s Immigration Action Team, the event will take place on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, 3pm-4:30pm, at the East Columbia Branch Library in Columbia, MD. The talk is part of Sarah’s Spring Talking Tour, started in February.

  • What: Building Sustainable Communities: Insights from Nicaragua
  • When: Sunday, May 4th, 2025, 3pm-4:30pm
  • Where: East Columbia Branch Library, Columbia MD

Sarah Junkin Woodard has worked for the past 31 years in Nicaragua as part of the Center for Development in Central America (JHC-CDCA), a grassroots-funded project which “continues to respond to local needs, seeking resources to help the poor accomplish what they see as their priorities, particularly in the areas of sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, health care, and education.” For additional detais on the work of JHC-CDCA and Sarah’s speaking tour, visit their website.

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