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Women Warriors:
Our Stories, Our Lives as Immigrant Women

On April 25, 2007, the Martín-Baró Fund was proud to have the opportunity to host an exhibit of photography and stories by one of our multi-year grantees, the Center for Immigrant Families, and to accept a lifetime achievement award posthumously honoring the work of Father Ignacio Martín-Baró, presented by the.American Psychological Association's Division of Peace and Conflict. More...

Petition Campaign
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Responding to concern over growing evidence that psychologists and other mental health workers have been involved in interrogations, and in some cases torture, of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, and elsewhere, the Martín-Baró Fund launched a petition campaign calling on the American Psychological Association to take concrete action to put an end to these practices.
THE CAMPAIGN HAS NOW ENDED. We collected more than 1,000 signatures, which were presented by some of our members to the American Psychological Association's 2006 convention in New Orleans. For more information, see page 5 of the Summer, 2007, issue of The Just Word.

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Who We Are
The Martín-Baró Fund was established to honor the memory of Father Ignacio Martín-Baró, a Jesuit priest and social psychologist who was murdered in El Salvador in 1989, and to further the goals to which he dedicated his life. Our grants support progressive, grassroots groups throughout the world who are challenging institutional repression and confronting the mental health consequences of violence and injustice in their communities.


Photo from Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, Chiapas, Mexico,
a project supported by the Fund in 2000, 2001 & 2002

Our Mission & Values
Our Mission
Through grant-making and education, the Martín-Baró Fund fosters psychological well-being, social consciousness, active resistance, and progressive social change in communities affected by institutional violence, repression and social injustice.
Our Values
We believe that the scars of such experiences are deeply seated both in the individual and in society.
We believe in the power of the community collectively to heal these wounds, to move forward, and to create change.
We believe in the importance of developing education and critical awareness about the oppressive policies and practices of the United States and of multinational corporations.
Our Goals

To support innovative grassroots projects that explore the power of the community to foster healing within individuals and communities that are trying to recover from experiences of institutional violence, repression, and social injustice.

To promote education and critical awareness about the psychosocial consequences of structural violence, repression and social injustice on individuals and communities, while educating ourselves and the wider community about the community-based reponses of grantees in their pursuit ot social reparation and a more just and equitable world.
To build collaborative relationships among the Fund, its grantees, and its contributors for mutual education and social change.

Supporting the Fund
We are a special project of The Funding Exchange. Contributions to the Ignacio Martín-Baró Fund, made through the Funding Exchange, are fully tax-deductible. To view a recent breakdown of our income and expenses see page 11 of our Fall, 2005 Newsletter, which can be downloaded from this site.


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