Coalition Partners

The Solidarity Collective is an independent organization and does not interfere with the work of our partner organizations. However, we find ourselves constantly inspired by them: their commitment, their vision, and their grassroots movements. Above are some of those partners, both from Latin America and the U.S.

OUR TEAM

CUBA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Pambana Gutto Bassett (she/her)

NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR

Elise Roberts (she/her)

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CO-DIRECTOR

Pao Amezquita (they/them/she/her)

HONDURAS PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Allison Lira (she/her)

CUBA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Justin Jimenez (he/him)

MIDWEST REGIONAL ORGANIZER

Liz Hacker (she/her)

DECOLONIAL DELEGATIONS COORDINATOR

Vanessa Peña (she/her)

DIGITAL ORGANIZER

Evan King (he/him)

is a queer community organizer and gardener, born in Bogota, Colombia. They have a background in advertising and communication, social justice, food sovereignty and community healing. They moved to the US 6 years ago and became connected with a variety of organizing spaces and movements including Hattie Carthan Community Garden in Brooklyn Bed-stuy, NY, Soul Fire Farm in Petersburg, NY, Black Lives Matter,  indigenous Lakota water defenders of Standing Rock #NoDAPL as well as supporting the eternal battle of the indigenous Wayúu in Colombia against the Coal Mine, El Cerrejón. Pao now resides in Orlando, FL and has spent the last several years organizing with the Farmworker Association of Fl through the Apopka Campesinx Gardens, La Vía Campesina, and international climate justice movements.

Vanessa is the Decolonial Delegations Coordinator. She is passionate about creating opportunities for cross cultural communication and understanding and linking knowledge to action. Drawing on her training as a community health worker and social worker she grounds her work in the belief that the well-being and healing of individuals and communities is integral to achieving justice.

Her work and life are inspired by all those who came before her that have paved the way for our collective liberation. She is passionate about social justice, ritual, creativity, community, and healing and is always looking for ways to integrate these into the work that she does. Vanessa also has a love for dance and a long time practice in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian dance.

Pambana Gutto Bassett is an organizer from Harare, Zimbabwe and New York City/Lenape ancestral lands. For the past 5 years she has lived in the Caribbean Basin - Belize, Jamaica and New Orleans/Bulbancha - working on campaigns for anti-colonial reparations/pago de la deuda historica, collective land tenure, and Black and Indigenous sovereignty

Justin Jiménez recently joined the Solidarity Collective as a Cuba Program Co-Coordinator. Born and raised in Boston, Justin’s solidarity work is informed by his upbringing as a second generation immigrant with Dominican and Cuban heritage and a desire to build strong, interdependent communities. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Creative Writing, and Africana Studies from Oberlin College. He is also a writer, musician, proud Pisces and INFP Meyers-Briggs personality type

Allison Lira joined the International Team in August 2020. She holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MPhil in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation from Trinity College Dublin. In the past, she’s engaged in peacebuilding and human rights research and advocacy in Northern Ireland and Palestine

COLOMBIA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Jessica Garcia (she/her)

Liz is passionate about connecting food sovereignty movements across the hemisphere: recognizing the power of land, space, listening and sharing cross-culturally. She has been involved in food justice organizing, bio-intensive growing and farming, and working with the land and people in systems. She has a degree in Spanish and Marketing Management from St. Catherine University along with a M.A. In Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT.

Jessica joined the Solidarity Collective in August 2021. Jessica is from northern Argentina and has lived in Colombia for two years. During this time she lived in Barrancabermeja (Colombia), where she provided international accompaniment to rural peasant and feminist movements in Colombia’s northeastern border. Previously, she was an international accompanier to Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, Palestine. There she learned the importance of international solidarity between peoples. She has a degree in International Relations from the National University of Rosario and has been involved in various civil society organizations in Rosario (Argentina) working on Human Rights, international solidarity and anti-colonial struggles.

Evan is a Mexican American organizer from Chihuahua, Mexico. He has a background in international relations and audiovisual production, social justice, food sovereignty and human rights accompaniment. He moved to Bogota, Colombia 3 years ago where he provided international human rights accompaniment to rural peasant, Indigenous and Black grassroots movements throughout Colombia's Pacific Coast and Southwestern mountains. He holds a degree in International Relations and Latin American Studies from The College of William and Mary and has been involved with grassroots organizations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monrovia, Liberia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

COLOMBIA PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR