City of Madison - File #: 23611

• File #: 23611
• Version: 1
• Name: Celebrating Madison's 25-year sister city relationship with Arcatao, El Salvador and recommitting to the work of the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project for the benefit of people in both communities.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/16/2011
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 10/4/2011
• Final action: 10/4/2011
• Enactment date: 10/5/2011
• Enactment #: RES-11-00843
• Title: Celebrating Madison's 25-year sister city relationship with Arcatao, El Salvador and recommitting to the work of the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project for the benefit of people in both communities.
• Sponsors: Marsha A. Rummel, Shiva Bidar, Sue Ellingson, Bridget R. Maniaci, Matthew J. Phair, Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Anita Weier, Scott J. Resnick, Chris Schmidt, Michael E. Verveer, Mark Clear, Steve King, Brian L. Solomon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
9/20/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
8/16/2011	1	Council Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS

Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
Title
Celebrating Madison's 25-year sister city relationship with Arcatao, El Salvador and recommitting to the work of the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project for the benefit of people in both communities.
Body
WHEREAS, the Madison-Arcatao sister city relationship was originally established in the context of a scorched earth policy carried out by the Salvadoran government and supported by the United States government with the purpose of depopulating the peasant communities of Chalatenango, the northern department where Arcatao is located; and

WHEREAS, the decision by the Madison Common Council in 1986 to acknowledge and accompany the people of Arcatao saved lives, gave them courage and hope and helped make it possible for the people of Arcatao to survive and live in their community during the 12-year civil war and political struggle in El Salvador; and

WHEREAS, the people of Arcatao have inspired the people of Madison with their courage and resolve in the face of political and economic adversities and with their internationally acclaimed model of community organizing; and

WHEREAS, the 25-year sister city relationship has contributed to rectifying past harms and injustices inflicted by the United States on El Salvador and has been a positive force for mutual friendship, solidarity and understanding; and

WHEREAS, many delegations from Madison have visited Arcatao over the years, nurturing meaningful friendships and leading to understanding of inequality, injustice, and the importance of continual community organizing; and

WHEREAS, visits to Madison from our brothers and sisters in Arcatao have helped us realize the positive and negative effects that the governments and economies of the United States and El Salvador have on each other and the ways that sister city relationships transcend international boundaries and how we, ordinary people, can work together by encouraging higher education, universal health care, ap...