Last year, the World Social Forum (WSF) issued a challenge to celebrate the WSF by bringing it about on January 26, 2008 in each country instead of at one location. After verifying that no one planned to bring it about in our country, our movement Siglo XXIII- IICP organized the El Salvador Social Forum, a great one day socio--cultural celebration on January19, which brought together 300 national and international people and 48 different workshops about peace and justice and the environment.  It was a very celebratory day, with a very enlightening educational and cultural opening, and closing. We issued a challenge for other groups, movements etc. to carry out programs on the WSF day, January 26.  Our movement carried out three events in three different states and three other movements did too. In October, thanks to some supporters of Agricultural Missions, Inc. and staff — and accompaniment — we were able to take 14 people, ages 17 to 55 years of age to the III Continental Social Forum of the Americas (SFA).  We also mobilized for 15 more, to attend partially or totally on their own, including one Agricultural Missions Executive Committee member.  We took students, university professors, rural, indigenous, peasant, and community leaders, artists, human rights workers.  Within this context we also sent a representative to the II International Encounter for Peace to Transform Militarism, in Honduras. We sent one of the young lawyers who educates concerning the International Criminal Court, to attend in Guatemala, the II International Conference on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was sponsored by the Autonomous University of Guatemala and a State University of Norway, in follow up to the Continental Forum.  At the SFA, in Cooperation with Agricultural Missions, we held various workshops, on rural integrated holistic development, food sovereignty and security, global call vs. poverty and the international criminal court.  The Social Forum of the Americas—SFA was a very rich experience for all, at so many levels.  For the first time in the history of the continental forum there was a very important presence, participation and leadership of Indigenous peoples, who held various parallel and piggy back encounters...youth, children, women, indigenous rights, and prepared to participate in the WSF in Jan 2009 in Brazil.  They also had a large tent for their events  Youth also had a very good presence.  Women and trade unionists held various programs and each also had their own tent.  A great variety of cultural programs were held for communal celebration, and each day started with an indigenous ritual, open to all.  It is clear to me, that the Ag Miss board and staff would do well in continuing to support and prioritize these processes, as they are good tools to fulfill both calls of the organization, to support and accompany peoples movements around the world, and to educate people of the North on key concerns and the work for peace and justice of the people of the South.  This I recommend to be a major priority of Ag Missions work, thus envisioning the various points in terms of resources needed, recruitment, preparation and follow up, needed for a successful result.  For this experience and possibilities we are most thankful.  Marta Benavides is a member of the Board of Directors of Agricultural Missions and is currently serving as vice president.