Press Releases
SIF Names Adriana Beltrán as Executive Director
As an impassioned expert on human rights, Adriana Beltrán brings to SIF more than 20 years of experience championing justice and democracy in Central America and beyond.
Thank you for your leadership, Katie Steffen!
Seattle International Foundation bids farewell and gives thanks to its Deputy Director.
Seattle International Foundation Announces Leadership Transition
SIF bids farewell to Arturo Aguilar and begins an executive leadership transition.
Blog
Hope for DREAMers
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision on June 18, 2020 and officially halted the Trump administration’s attempts to end DACA. But its narrow decision also means the government can still terminate DACA if it follows the proper procedures. Only a new immigration law would provide a permanent solution.
I Saw Her Coming Out in the US and We Celebrated Her Freedom
From the monuments in Washington, DC to the Dreamers Resource Center in Texas, my certainty was reaffirmed that when youth have the freedom to decide what to do with their time and their bodies, there is peace.
What five Central American women taught me outside a detention facility in Southern Mexico
This month, I spent a week at the Mexico-Guatemala border with colleagues from WOLA – a SIF grantee since 2012. We wanted to talk with migrants, humanitarian workers and officials about the current conditions for those migrating to the United States.
SIF in The News
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“La corrupción en Honduras va más allá de Juan Orlando Hernández”
by Expediente Público "La corrupción en Honduras va más allá de Juan Orlando Hernández". Entrevista de Expediente Público, en Honduras, a Eric L. Olson, director de políticas e iniciativas estratégicas de la Fundación Internacional de Seattle y secretario ejecutivo del Centro contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en el norte de Centroamérica (CCINOC). Read more
Politico
Letter from Guatemala: It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis
The New York Times
A Damning Portrait of Presidential Corruption, but Hondurans Sound Resigned
Announcements
Open call for 2021 CADF Award nominations
Nominate a social organization based in Central America to be recognized during CADF 2021
SIF Names Adriana Beltrán as Executive Director
As an impassioned expert on human rights, Adriana Beltrán brings to SIF more than 20 years of experience championing justice and democracy in Central America and beyond.
Letter from Guatemala: It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis
By SABRINA RODRIGUEZ.
“We need to get away from the notion that it’s just a matter of making an announcement with some kind of aid plan that would remedy all these problems,” says Eric Olson, director of policy at the Seattle International Foundation and an expert on Central America.
