Two upcoming events for the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba! Sat. June 25th & Sun. July 3rd
by BC Aid Network for Cuba (BCANC)
For over 50 years, since 1959, the government of the US has used the
blockade of Cuba as a political weapon against the people of Cuba. They
hoped this criminal policy will eventually bring down the Cuban
government. However, the resistance and heroic defiance of the Cuban
people has made these attempts a failure story.
This summer, for
the 22nd time, the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba
will challenge the US government’s economic and travel blockade on Cuba.
The Caravan will travel through up to 140 cities in the US and Canada,
raising awareness about the US blockade and gathering humanitarian aid
to take to Cuba. Participants will then spend nine days in Cuba,
participating in a variety of
educational and cultural events. This
year the caravan will also be lifting up the life’s work of Rev. Lucius
Walker, Jr., the founding director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace, who passed
away last year.
Join us in sending off the 2011 Pastors for
Peace Caravan to Cuba, as it makes it’s way from Vancouver Island,
across the border and down the West Coast of the US on it’s way to Cuba.
VICTORIA, B.C. CARAVAN SEND OFF EVENT!
Saturday JUNE 25th
Fernwood Community Association
1923 Fernwood Road
Victoria BC
¡CUBA SI! ¡BLOQUEO NO!
Send off the 2011 Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba!
6:30pm ~ Potluck - please bring whatever big or small delicious dish you can to
share!
7:30pm ~ Showing of the Film “Who is Afraid of the Little Yellow School Bus”
8:00pm ~ Presentation with special guest speaker *Alicia Jrapko, coordinator of
the Intl’ Committee to Free the Cuban Five!
Organized by the BC Aid Network for Cuba (BCANC)
www.bcanc.net
bcanc.cubaid.victoria@gmail.com | 250.885.9313
Endorsed by:
Central American Support Committee (CASC), Grey Tigers for Social Justice, Free
the Cuban 5 Committee-Victoria, FMLN-Victoria
*Alicia Jrapko
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, which supports IFCO/Pastors for Peace projects in Cuba, Chiapas, Mexico and Central America. 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, Canada and from the United States.
PASTORS FOR PEACE BORDER CROSSING!
Sunday July 3rd
12:00 pm
Peace Arch Park
Canada/US border (White Rock/Blaine)
Join Caravan supporters from the US and Canada for a picnic with live music and speeches from departing caravanistas. The picnic will be followed by a rally to the US border, to ensure that both the caravanistas and aid bound for Cuba make it across the border and begin their journey through the United States to break the blockade on Cuba!
Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & the BC Aid
Network for Cuba (BCANC)
www.vancubasolidarity.com
www.bcanc.net
La versión en español sigue la versión en inglés
* Please Forward Widely! *
For more information about this event or to arrange carpooling call:
Tamara Hansen
Coordinator of IFCO/Pastors for Peace BC border crossing and Vancouver
Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC).
778-882-5223
* Favor de Circular *
Dos proximos eventos de la Caravana de Pastores por la Paz a Cuba
Sabado 25 de junio & Domingo 3 de julio
>>> ¡CUBA SI! ¡BLOQUEO NO! <<<
Lanzamiento de la Caravana de Pastores por la Paz a Cuba
Por mas de 50 años desde el 1959 el gobierno de los EEUU ha usado el bloqueo
contra Cuba como un arma política contra el pueblo cubano. Ellos esperaban que
esta política criminal eventualmente llevaría al derrocamiento del gobierno
cubano. Sin embargo la resistencia y el desafio heroico del pueblo cubano han
hecho de estos intentos un fallo histórico,
Este verano por 22da vez la Caravana de Pastores por la Paz desafiara el
bloqueo económico y de viaje de los EEUU a Cuba. La caravana viajara por mas de
140 ciudades en los EEUU y Canada creando conciencia sobre el bloqueo y
recogiendo ayuda humanitaria para llevar a Cuba. Los participantes estarán nueve
días en Cuba participando de una variedad de eventos educativos y culturales.
Este año la caravana también estará afirmando la vida y el trabajo del Rev.
Lucius Walker, Jr., el director fundador de IFCO/Pastores por la Paz quien
falleció el año pasado.
Unete a nosotros en lanzar la Caravana de Pastores por la Paz a Cuba en el
inicio de su recorrido por Vancouver Island, al cruzar la frontera, por la EEUU
en su camino a Cuba.
>> LANZAMIENTO DE LA CARAVANA EN VICTORIA, B.C.!
Sabado 25 de junio
Fernwood Community Association
1923 Fernwood Road
Victoria BC
6:30pm ~ Cena Comunitaria – puede traer y compartir un plato pequeño o grande!
7:30pm ~ Presentacion del documental - “Who is Afraid of the Little Yellow
School Bus”
8:00pm ~ Presentacion de oradora especial *Alicia Jrapko, coordinadora del
Comite Internacional por la Libertad de los Cinco.
Organizado por la Red en BC de Ayuda para Cuba (BCANC)
www.bcanc.net
bcanc.cubaid.victoria@gmail.com| 250.885.9313
Endorsado por:
Central American Support Committee (CASC), Grey Tigers for Social Justice, Free
the Cuban 5 Committee-Victoria, FMLN-Victoria
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