
Melanie Ford's Fundraiser
Join me in supporting NISGUA — 45 years of resistance ✊🏾 / Acompáñame a apoyar a NISGUA — 45 años de resistencia ✊🏾
Every donation is doubled through May 31! / ¡Cada donación se duplica hasta el 31 de mayo!
I’m raising funds with NISGUA during May Match — a campaign that doubles every donation through May 31.
This year marks four years since I have joined NISGUA as a volunteer and board member. It also marks the forty-five years that NISGUA has been accompanying Indigenous communities and grassroots leaders in Guatemala in their fight for justice, land, and dignity.
I am incredibly proud and moved by the work of our handful of staff members, volunteers, and partners. In 2023, I accompanied our Trans-Territorial delegation. It was an experience that opened my eyes and heart to how social movements can come together, learn from one another, and build community through active listening and mentorship. In 2025, we published in NACLA a three-part interview with our Guatemalan and Maya partners, who successfully a peaceful and national strike against state corruption and authoritarianism.
NISGUA’s mission isn’t only about standing in solidarity with grassroots organization in Guatemala. It’s also about understanding how we can learn from community organizing and leadership abroad and harness those skills in our own lives and communities. From defending territory against extractive projects to supporting genocide survivors and protecting human rights defenders, this work depends on collective solidarity.
Please join me in protecting this incredibly important work! Will you help me reach my goal of 1000 dollars? Every donation will be spent supporting a truly small, grassroots organization and the people of Guatemala.💥 Every dollar you give is matched — so your impact is doubled.💥
If you’re able, please join me in supporting this work. Every contribution counts!
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Estoy recaudando fondos con NISGUA durante May Match — una campaña donde cada donación se duplica hasta el 31 de mayo.
Durante 45 años, NISGUA ha acompañado a comunidades Indígenas y liderazgos de base en Guatemala en su lucha por justicia, territorio y dignidad. Hoy, ese trabajo es más urgente que nunca.
Desde la defensa del territorio frente a proyectos extractivos hasta el acompañamiento a sobrevivientes del genocidio y la protección de personas defensoras de derechos humanos, este trabajo depende de la solidaridad colectiva.
💥 Cada aporte se duplica — tu impacto es el doble.
Si puedes, te invito a sumarte. Cada aporte cuenta!