[evoz] JULY 6: P4P Caravan to Cuba 2014 Border Crossing! Let's break the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!
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The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba is heading on the road again this year and I would like to invite you all to come and support the border crossing event that will be happening this Sunday July 6th. As you know, 2 years ago we were stopped at the border and told our humanitarian aid would not be allowed cross. It was only after over 24 hours of protest that the aid was allowed through. The more supporters of Cuba and the Caravan there are at the border the stronger our voice will be to make sure that all the aid gets across the border this year and on its way to Cuba. I will be organizing a car pool to and from the border for people who would like to come and participate. If you are interested, please call me at
604.715.8070. We need your support!Please forward this email to any contacts and friends who may be interested in supporting this years Caravan to Cuba.
I Hope you can join me there! With Solidarity, Sarah Alwell
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PASTORS FOR PEACE CARAVAN TO CUBA
U.S./CANADA BORDER CROSSING
LET'S BREAK THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!
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1))) PASTORS FOR PEACE BORDER CROSSING EVENT (SUNDAY, JULY 6)
2))) COLLECTING HUMANITARIAN AID TO SEND TO CUBA
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((( 1 ))) PASTORS FOR PEACE BORDER CROSSING EVENT (JULY 6)
Picnic and Rally
SUNDAY JULY 6, 2014
Peace Arch Park - U.S./Canada Border
White Rock, BC / Blaine, WA
1pm
Featuring Live Music & Guest Speaker:
MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
an organizer with the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) / Pastors for Peace and has helped to organize and lead numerous caravans to Cuba, work brigades, relief efforts in Haiti and solidarity efforts with Honduras. He is currently studying at the SET (Evangelical Theological Seminary) in Matanzas, Cuba.
JOIN THE 2014 PASTORS FOR PEACE CARAVAN TO CUBA!
LET'S BREAK THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!
The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba is a U.S.-based Cuba solidarity project that each summer brings humanitarian aid and U.S. citizens to Cuba to challenge the U.S. Blockade and travel ban against Cuba.
Cuba solidarity organization across Canada have supported the Caravan since the beginning over two decades ago. Cuba solidarity activists and Caravan supporters from across British Columbia and Washington State will once again join the Caravan by supporting the border crossing at Peace Arch Park. We will be bringing humanitarian aid and Caravan participants across the U.S/Canada border on route to Cuba!
The Peace Arch border crossing has been the scene of several important recent victories against the U.S. Blockade on Cuba. Notably, the 2012 border crossing became an international event when U.S. border officials repeatedly attempted to deny our humanitarian aid from crossing the border. However, by launching an emergency media campaign, legal challenge and extended demonstration on both sides of the border we forced them to allow the aid through. We need a strong presence at the border to ensure our humanitarian aid will cross again!
Rain or Shine!
The event will include a potluck lunch (please bring a dish to share if you can!)
For carpooling to and from the border from Vancouver please phone:
778-882-5223 or 604-719-6947Please join the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1430202537256907/
Click here to view the poster: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/140705-P4P-caravan-sendoff.pdf
((( 2 ))) COLLECTING HUMANITARIAN AID TO SEND TO CUBA
VCSC is still collecting quality items to be brought as humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba through Pastors for Peace. At this time we are specifically requesting: school supplies, sports equipment, tools and other items needed for construction and medical supplies. To donate please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or
778-882-5223Border event co-organized by:
VANCOUVER COMMUNITIES IN SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA (VCSC)
(Member of the Canadian Network on Cuba-CNC)
Web: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone:
778-882-5223Youtube: www.youtube.com/vancubasolidarity
Twitter: @VanCuba_VCSC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vancouver-Communities-in-Solidarity-with-Cuba-VCSC/228094570576786
THE SEATTLE/CUBA FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE
(A Task Force of the Church Council of Greater Seattle)
Web: http://www.seattlecuba.org
Phone:
206-523-1720Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sponsored by: US women and Cuba Collaboration, ANSWER Seattle, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five (Seattle) & Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver
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WHAT IS THE PASTORS FOR PEACE CARAVAN TO CUBA? This summer for the 25th time, the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba will challenge the United States government’s economic and travel blockade on Cuba, that has been imposed on the Cuban people for over 50 years.
The Caravan will travel through up to 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada, raising awareness about the U.S. blockade and gathering humanitarian aid to take to Cuba. After two weeks of travelling through the U.S. there is a blockade busting border crossing into Mexico. Caravanistas will then travel through Mexico and depart for nine days in Cuba, participating in a variety of educational and cultural events.
Over the past 25 Caravans thousands of participants and over 30,000 tons of humanitarian aid have been brought to Cuba, building a ‘people-to-people’ foreign policy based on mutual respect, solidarity and friendship between the people of the U.S., Canada and Cuba.
For more information or to join the Pastors for Peace Caravan please visit:
http://www.pastorsforpeace.org