Mary Sennewald, accompanier, and Sue Ellen Kingsley, CCGAP executive director, in front of Guatemala's National Palace in October 2008. Sennewald returned from her six-month service as a human rights observer in Guatemala in March 2009 and will be speaking in Hancock Thursday, Apr. 16. (Photo courtesy Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project)HANCOCK -- Mary Sennewald, published author and journalist, recently served as the Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project's accompanier in Guatemala. Sennewald will give a public presentation to share her experiences living with massacre survivors in Guatemala at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 16, at the First United Methodist Church in Hancock. A potluck dinner at 6 p.m. will precede the presentation.
Sennewald served in a region of Guatemala that suffered extreme violence during their civil war. She will give an update on the genocide trial through which victims of the violence continue to seek justice.
Mary Sennewald will also bring copies of her book Road-schooling Ryan: Learn As We Go, a memoir of the year she spent with her high-school age son on the road.
The Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project promotes human rights by responding to requests for international accompaniment from Guatemalan organizations and/or communities and also by increasing awareness of Guatemala in the Copper Country of Michigan.
Read letters from Mary written during her service in Guatemala on the CCGAP (Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project) Web site.
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