{"id":26859,"date":"2026-09-24T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26859"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:50:04","slug":"clasa-to-host-conversation-on-el-salvadors-challenges-oct-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/09\/24\/clasa-to-host-conversation-on-el-salvadors-challenges-oct-6\/","title":{"rendered":"CLASA to host conversation on El Salvador&#8217;s challenges, Oct. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26862 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/CIS-photos.jpg?resize=280%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Collage of photos of CIS volunteers\/events\" width=\"280\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/CIS-photos.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/CIS-photos.jpg?w=658&amp;ssl=1 658w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/198;\" \/> (CLASA) will host talks on El Salvador, featuring Alejandra Sandova, on <strong>Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., <\/strong>in the Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space. The discussions will cover contemporary challenges facing El Salvador as well as the work of the Center for Interchange and Solidarity (CIS) in defending human rights, ensuring basic human needs are filled and empowering women.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation will take place in two parts: <strong>10-11:10 a.m.<\/strong> and <strong>11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.<\/strong>, with a 10-minute break between sessions. Participants can attend either or both sessions, with minimal repetition between the two.<\/p>\n<p>This event is free, and all are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Sandoval is a Salvadoran visual communicator and digital strategist currently serving as the promotion and solidarity crafts coordinator at the Center for Interchange and Solidarity (CIS) in El Salvador. Passionate about linguistic and cultural exchanges, her work uses digital storytelling to build cross-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<p>This event is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/lct\/\">Language and Cultural Training Program<\/a> at UDM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLASA will host conversations on Oct. 6 with Alejandra Sandova, a Salvadoran visual communicator and digital strategist, who will discuss contemporary challenges facing El Salvador. The conversation will take place in two parts: 10-11:10 a.m. and 11:20 a.m-12:30 p.m. in the Loranger Architecture Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":26862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[7534,2083,6164,194,6165,251,7533],"class_list":["post-26859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccnews","category-student-announcements","tag-alejandra-sandova","tag-carney-latin-american-solidarity-archive","tag-chass","tag-clasa","tag-college-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences","tag-discussion","tag-language-and-cultural-training-program"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6Zd","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/CIS-photos.jpg?fit=658%2C464&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26859"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26907,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26859\/revisions\/26907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}