Heberto Sein
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Heberto Sein was a Mexican Quaker leader, peace activist, language interpreter and diplomat. Born in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí
, Mexico
, Sein was a founder of the Mexico City Friends Meeting and Friends House. He was married to a Swiss-born Quaker, Suzanne Sein. He was an interpreter at the founding of the League of Nations
and later with the International Labor Organization. He also promoted the workcamps of the American Friends Service Committee
in Mexico. He was part of the larger struggle in Latin America for non-violent social change. He was often invited to speak on peace in the United States, and was a strong yet tactful voice at international peace conferences throughout the world. The Casa Heberto Sein, a Quaker Center in Hermosillo
, Sonora
, Mexico is named for him.
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Sein was a founder of the Mexico City Friends Meeting and Friends House. He was married to a Swiss-born Quaker, Suzanne Sein. He was an interpreter at the founding of the League of Nations
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
and later with the International Labor Organization. He also promoted the workcamps of the American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Religious Society of Friends affiliated organization which works for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world...
in Mexico. He was part of the larger struggle in Latin America for non-violent social change. He was often invited to speak on peace in the United States, and was a strong yet tactful voice at international peace conferences throughout the world. The Casa Heberto Sein, a Quaker Center in Hermosillo
Hermosillo
Hermosillo is a city and municipality located centrally in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the capital and main economic center for the state and region. It contains almost all of the state's manufacturing and has thirty percent of its population...
, Sonora
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
, Mexico is named for him.