History
Since the 1930s, the Quaker community in Mexico City has promoted social programs in and outside the city. This community purchased the building at Ignacio Mariscal #132 from the family of muralist José Clemente Orozco in 1955. One year later they legally constituted a Civil Association, the Casa de los Amigos. Initally the Casa was a base for the activities of the Mexican Friends Service Committee, including the workcamps that were coordinated with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). They also hoped to found an organization with a broad social mission to promote peace and international understanding, and perform the work of Friends in Mexico. The AFSC supported the Casa de los Amigos with economic resources and volunteers until 1984, when the Casa became an independent organization. Today the Casa is an active, independent Mexican organization with a rich history of peace, social justice, and international friendship work that spans more than half a century.
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Our Board & Staff
Board of the Casa de los Amigos A.C.
•Juventino Barrera, Distrito Federal, México
•Anita Duckles, Distrito Federal, México
•Loida Fernández González, Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas
•Daniel Hernández Joseph, Washington, DC, USA
•David Hernández Joseph, Texas, USA
•Catarina Illsley, Mexico City
•Francisco Javier Lagunes Gaitan, Mexico City
•Jorge Martínez, Mexico City
•Rosa Marta Soto Talonia, Mexico City
•Andrew Watson Kelly, Mexico City
•April Wilson de Gutierrez, Mexico City
Honorary Members
•William Dockhorn, Pennsylania, USA
•Richard Erstad Henstrand, Pennsylvania, USA
•María Margarita Orozco Beltran, Tamaulipas, México
•Juan Pascoe Strozzi, Arizona, USA
•Ruth Ross, California, USA
•Magret Seedorf Mayer, Distrito Federal, Mexico
•Dorothy Vura-Weis, California, USA
•Rolene Walker Otero, California, USA
Casa Staff and Volunteers
•Jill Anderson, director
•Clay Javier Boggs, peace programs coordinator
•Blanca Cevallos, cleaning team
•Paula Cova, cleaning team
•Bart Czyz, volunteer coordinator
•Libertad de Gante, volunteer
•Miguel Ángel Lomelí Avalos, accountant and administrator
•Carlos Jese Lomelí Valderrábano, volunteer
•Liselot Petry, volunteer
•Margarita Torres, cleaning team
•Rosita Torres, cleaning team
•Sara Valadez, cleaning team coordinator
•Nicholas Wright, director
and many other wonderful volunteers.