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Info on Fernando and the Cuban 5
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Important 2008 Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan Info More info about the Caravan on their website Details on drop off times & location in Milwaukee
Cuba, the Americas & Africa
the US & the Third World?
Programs on Recent Developments in Cuba to Benefit Local Activists’ Mission
Two civil rights activists from Milwaukee’s African-American community will participate in the 19th Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba this July. Merrie Felder and Oshiyemi “Oshi” Adelabu will help deliver humanitarian supplies to Cuban churches, following in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King to use civil disobedience to challenge the U.S. embargo.
A program to help raise funds for their trip will take place on Friday, June 6th, featuring Professor Isaac Saney, a Caribbean-born expert on Cuba’s political system, race relations in Cuba, and Cuba’s role in defeating racist rule in Southern Africa. Prof. Saney recently returned from Cuba, and is the author of the widely acclaimed book, “Cuba: A Revolution in Motion.” He will screen “Sisters’ & Brothers’ Keeper,” a 45 minute documentary he co-produced which examines Cuba’s decisive role in the fight against colonial domination in southern Africa, and discuss Cuba’s current role in assisting developing nations, particularly related to the African Diaspora. The event will take place at the Milwaukee Enterprise Center, 2821 N. 4th St. A reception and book signing will take place at 5:30pm, and the program begins at 6pm. Persons who wish to support their trip may also send contributions to the National Black United Front, P.O. Box 16482, Milwaukee, WI 53216-0482.
UW-MILWAUKEE EVENT JUNE 5, 7PM Professor Saney will also be speaking at UW-Milwaukee on Thursday, June 5th at 7pm, in UWM’s Curtin Hall Room 175, 3243 N. Downer Ave. (just north of Kenwood Blvd). Both events are free and open to the public, with donations accepted to support the local participants in the Caravan. Sponsors include UWM’s Latin America Solidarity Committee, Progressive Students of Milwaukee, and the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba. For more information, call (414) 273-1040, or visit www.wicuba.org.
2008 CUBA CARAVAN SEND-OFF & NEEDED DONATIONS A send-off celebration and potluck dinner for the activists will take place on Saturday, June 21, at 6:30pm, at Central United Methodist Church, 639 N. 25th St. (25th & Wisconsin Ave.) Humanitarian donations are being accepted at the Church (344-1600) through the morning of June 21, and can include medicines that expire after 2/1/09, wheelchairs, crutches, medical supplies, bibles in Spanish, school supplies, current computers, and more. See ifconews.org for a full list. Following is a schedule of when aid can be dropped off at the church:
Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm, or call 344-1600;
Sundays at 10:45am (right after 9:30 services); Tues. June 10, 7pm-8pm;
& Sat. June 21 9:30am-11:30am. The guest speaker for send-off event will be Alicia Jrapko, who was born and raised in Cordoba, Argentina. In 1976, during the repressive military dictatorship, she was forced to leave her homeland and relocate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alicia first traveled to Cuba in 1994 with IFCO/Pastors for Peace. Following her return, she became active in the San Francisco Bay Area Friendshipment Committee, a nonprofit organization which supports IFCO/Pastors for Peace projects in Cuba, Chiapas, Mexico and Central America. Alicia then became involved with the National Committee to Free the Five Cubans imprisoned in the United States. She has also worked with IFCO/Pastors for Peace in recruiting students for the Latin American Medical School Scholarship program. Most recently she has been instrumental in forming the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five which is a network of concerned citizens from several countries of Europe, Latin America and from the United States.
Cuba has world's highest rate of over 100-year-olds: expert
HAVANA (AFP) — About 1,800 Cubans are over 100 years old, making it the country with the highest rate of centenarians, an expert said Saturday. Eugenio Selman-Housein, chairman of the 120 Years Club and previously head of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's medical team, also said "life expectancy has gone up to almost 80 years" on the communist-run Caribbean island. There are "currently about 1,800 Cubans registered as over a century old," he said, according to the National Information Agency. This figure would make Cuba, which has a total population of 11.2 million, "the country that has the most centenarians per number of inhabitants in the world," Selman-Housein said. He noted that reaching the grand old age of 100 in good health required motivation, first of all, but also "a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, physical activity, culture and the right atmosphere." The 120 Years Club, created in 2003, promotes a style of living and eating that will help people live a long and happy life. Cuba has 16.6 percent senior citizens -- more than 12 percent is considered high -- which represents more than 1.9 million elderly people, official figures show. The oldest Cuban is a 122-year-old woman who lives in Granma, 760 kilometres (470 miles) southeast of Havana. Her identity has never been disclosed.
The director of the
Washington Office on Latin America, Geoff Thale, will be speaking at the
Schwartz Bookstore on Oakland Avenue June 13th, 7 P.M. Their new book
deals with the tragedy of thousands of Cuban exiles in the U.S who are
deprived of visiting their relatives in Cuba more than once every three
years . The Bush administration has also reduced the amount of money which
the Cuban exiles can send their loved ones. Pictures of many of these
exiles appear in the book with their stories.
Project Censored features analysis of Cuban 5 case on their website:
Corporate Media Bias and the Case of the Cuban Five
By Jeffrey Huling
Click here to read the article
The Associated Press: UN food expert praises Cuba's ability to feed its people
Click here to read the article
See the acclaimed new documentary on Cuba's health system:
Screening of Salud! In Milwaukee, February 2008 stay tuned for details
`Salud!' to gain fame with `Sicko' Akron Ohio Beacon Journal July 2, 2007
Contact us at cubawifriends@mindspring.com to borrow the DVD or to arrange for a showing, especially at your club, congregation, center or clinic
See "Mission Against Terror" Online! (or buy or borrow the DVD from us, $15) Documentary about the five Cubans (two of whom are American citizens) being held in federal prison, serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively, after being wrongly convicted in U.S. federal court in Miami, on June 8, 2001, in what a unanimous Federal Court of Appeals 3-Judge panel ruled in August 2005 was a "perfect storm" of prejudice and prosecutorial misconduct (since vacated, and they are still held while other appeal issues are being considered.) http://youtube.com/watch?v=CCdGdpeNps8
WHY IS FREEDOM TO TRAVEL IMPORTANT?
Call The Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba at
(414)
273-1040, ext. 12, or email cubawifriends@mindspring.com Trapped between the sea and the politics of governments, Cuban families on either side of the Florida straits have endured nearly a half century of separation and loss. Filmed in both the United States and Cuba, this documentary explores the transnational ties that bind Cuban-Americans in the United States to their families still living on the island and sheds light on the controversial new travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. government and its emotional impact on the lives of four Cuban families.
Send a letter to congress about the right to travel:
UPDATE FROM JOYA MOSLEY at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba
February 3, 2007 "I just finished with my first semester of Medical School in Havana, Cuba 2006-2007 school year. I did it! I PASSED all my finals..."
Her dream leads her to Cuba Program will help her earn medical degree — for free
Joya Mosley, 23, plans to return to Cuba to pursue a medical degree
through a free program offered by the
nations government. Photo/Tom
Lynn
By Joel Dresang
Aug. 17, 2006
Joya Mosley sees Cuba as a land of opportunity.
As the world scrutinizes the health of Fidel Castro and speculates
on Cuba's future, Mosley packs her bags, preparing to return to
Havana next month to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. Click here for the rest of the article
Help Joya realize her dream of becoming a doctor! Please consider a donation. Make your gift payable to Joya Mosley, P.O. Box 76399, Milwaukee, WI 53216. Those with additional questions, or who may require a personal interview, can contact Joya via e-mail at joyamd@yahoo.com. For those who wish their contributions to be tax-deductible, and handled through IFCO, please send checks to IFCO, made out with "for Joya Mosley" in the memo section, mailable to IFCO, 418 W 145th Street, New York, NY 10031
Fidel Castro's Brother:
The Raul I Know Time Magazine
Fidel's Final Victory
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Contact Information Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize
Relations with Cuba
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