Mission: New Haven/Leon SCP is a binational organization promoting social justice, education and sustainable development in the New Haven and León communities. The Project was founded in 1984, at the front end of a movement of sister-city relationships that sprung up between Nicaraguan cities and North American or European cities throughout the 1980’s.Today, the primary work of the NH/LSCP in León, Nicaragua is to support community based initiatives in the rural communities of Goyena and Troilo and to facilitate programs and projects that improve public health and community based education, support women’s rights, and address root causes of poverty. In New Haven we work to build new projects and coalitions to confront the climate change crisis. In both communities we work to build local leadership and capacity and address root causes of poverty and injustice.In 2009 NHLSCP became more aware of the threat climate change would impose on rural Nicaragua where  we work, and what it meant for Connecticut. Based on that reality, we started organizing residents here to advocate for climate policies that both cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improved the quality of life for low income residents in New Haven.We continue to be inspired by local leaders in New Haven (mostly youth) and Nicaragua (mostly women) who lead education, advocacy, and public health projects that produce concrete benefits for families in both countries.