Check out our upcoming delegations below and reach out to [email protected] with questions and to request an application.
Our delegations to Colombia have helped free political prisoners and expose prison conditions and the role of the US Bureau of Prisons in their creation. In Honduras AfGJ delegations have stopped an illegal eviction of a peasant cooperative in Rigores, accompanied cooperatives under threat of violence in the Aguan Valley, and exposed fraud in the presidential election. AfGJ delegations to Nicaragua and Venezuela have exposed participants to successful poverty reduction and participatory democracy projects that have transformed those countries and would transform our own.
In our experience, nothing promotes peaceful relations more than getting to know the people and culture of another country. Nothing beats witnessing for ourselves the reality of another country to expose the lies of our government and corporate media. Nothing inspires us more to change our own country than to laugh and cry, eat and play with people who pay the price for the corporate greed and violence created by the US Empire and our consumerism.
Will you join us on a delegation in an act of solidarity? Our purpose is to bring the messages we hear from people on the ground to change our own government’s behavior toward these countries.
Upcoming delegations
Learn about the Plurinational State of Bolivia’s movements for sovereignty over food, land and water; gain an understanding of the spiritual and philosophical foundations of Pachamama; and discover the traditional ecological knowledge of the country’s peoples. Meet with farmers, community leaders, government officials and others at the center of Bolivia’s popular democracy and sustainable development. Experience the rich culture of the Andes and soak in the sights, sounds, people and politics during this historic moment for Indigenous self-determination in Bolivia.
Application deadline: September 30, 2023
This delegation is an opportunity to witness, experience and learn about the 23 autonomous territories that comprise 31% of Nicaraguan land. We’ll meet with leaders and community members to learn how they run their governments and justice systems, have culturally appropriate education at all levels, practice intercultural healthcare and manage communally owned land for the good of present and future generations.
Application deadline: November 15, 2023
Join us to witness, experience and learn from the resistance of the Venezuelan people to the illegal, coercive and unilateral “sanctions” of the United States government against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 22 years after the U.S.-backed coup against President Hugo Chávez, we’ll be in Venezuela to support the Bolivarian Revolution and say: No Volverán!
Application deadline: January 9, 2024
Past delegations
- March 2-12, 2023, Venezuela: 10 years commemorating Chávez’s Legacy
- January 23-30, Cuba: “New Year 2023 – Black History Educational and Cultural Challenge Tour of Cuba” organized by African Awareness Association
- January 2023, Nicaragua: Women in Nicaragua: Power and Protagonism
- May 22-June 1, Colombia: Electoral Observation and Accompaniment Mission with AFGJ, National Lawyers Guild, and People’s Human Rights Observatory. Hosted by Colombia’s Comité Permanente de Derechos Humanos and the Fundación Lazos de Dignidad. For more information: send an email to [email protected]
- November 17-27, 2021, Venezuela: Food sovereignty delegation to Venezuela – witness effects of sanctions and responses on the ground in the context of the 2021 Venezuela regional elections. (Organized by the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York)
- April 12-21, 2020, Venezuela: Sanctions Kill! – Food Sovereignty Delegation
- May 8-18, Honduras: AfGJ/Honduras Solidarity Network – Emergency Human Rights Delegation focused Honduran Political Prisoners, the victims of political repression and on the human rights activists defending the environment and their communities.
- Nov 24 – Dec 4, 2019 AfGJ-US Labor Against the War joint delegation: Union Solidarity Delegation
- March 26-April 2, 2019 Emergency Human Rights Delegation to Honduras
- March 14 – 24, 2019, End the Sanctions against Venezuela Delegation
- January 3-13, 2019 Food Sovereignty and Agroecology Delegation to Nicaragua
- July 23 – 30, 2018 African Awareness Association Inc.’s Annual ‘Black History Educational & Cultural Tour’ from Guantanamo to Santiago to Havana, Cuba
- April 8- 15, 2018 Human Rights Delegation to Honduras
- May 19-29 2018 Peacemakers Delegation to Colombia with AfGJ
- Aug 4-14, 2017: Paraguay: Land of Inequality and Food Security
- March 10-20, 2017: Why is the US Building Prisons in Mexico?
- February 17-26, 2017 Honduras & Nicaragua: Compare & Contrast
- Sept 29-Oct 5 Colombia: Delegation of Accompaniment: Stand with Peace in Colombia!
- May 22- June 1 Colombia: Delegation of Accompaniment in Support of Colombia’s Peace Process
- June 20-July 1 Nicaragua: Food and Sovereignty and Agroeology. Co Sponsored by AFGJ.
- June 27-July 6 Honduras: Human Rights Accompaniment for Communities in Struggle
- April 8-17 Venezuela: A Revolution Worth Our Solidarity
- April 11-18, 2015: Cuba: Meet with Colombian Peace Negotiators in Havana, Cuba
- July 22-Aug 1, 2015: Bi-National Delegation: Honduras and Nicaragua
- December 3 – 13, 2014: Peru: Ecology and Climate Justice
- November 8 – 16, 2014: Honduras: Community-led Development vs. Top-down Development
- August 3 – 12, 2014: Nicaragua: Climate Change
- June 22 – July 1, 2014: Honduras: Human Rights Accompaniment
- March 15 -25th, 2014: Nicaragua Indigenous Rights Delegation
- June 10 – 21st, 2013: Climate Change Delegation to Nicaragua.
- November 17 – 26th, 2013: Election Monitoring Delegation to Honduras
- March 22 – April 1, 2013: Delegation to Colombia, Hosted by the Marcha Patriótica, FENSUAGRO and Lazos de Dignidad