[HCCN] Fwd: CARAVAN TO CUBA CROSSES INTO MEXICO WITH 100 TONS OF AID BOUND FOR CUBA!

[Judith Robbins]

> IFCO / Pastors for Peace
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> An ecumenical agency whose mission is to help forward the struggles  
> of oppressed peoples for justice and self-determination
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> THE U.S. BLOCKADE IS CRUMBLING!
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> Cuba Caravan
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> THE US BLOCKADE IS CRUMBLING!
> Pastors for Peace   MEDIA ADVISORY for immediate release
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> July 21, 2009
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> Contact:
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> Ellen Bernstein, 646/319-5902
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> in NYC:  Lucia Bruno 212/926-5757, 347/423-4330
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> THE US BLOCKADE IS CRUMBLING!
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> CARAVAN TO CUBA CROSSES INTO MEXICO WITH 100 TONS OF AID BOUND FOR  
> CUBA
>
> 130 volunteers from the US, Canada, and Europe successfully  
> challenged the US economic blockade of Cuba today when they crossed  
> over into Reynosa, Mexico with 100 tons of humanitarian aid bound  
> for Cuba.
>
> Rev. Tom Smith, IFCO/Pastors for Peace board chair said  “The  
> blockade is crumbling—like all walls eventually crumble. We have  
> received a tremendous outpouring of support throughout the U.S.”
>
> “People have demonstrated their desire to end this inhumane policy  
> towards Cuba by their generous donations and by their informed  
> questions. People want the freedom to travel to Cuba without  
> limitations by the U.S. government.”
>
> "We have met people throughout the US who are willing to do more to  
> make this change happen.” Smith continued. Thousands of people  
> signed up for our emergency response network—standing ready to make  
> calls to their congressional representatives and the Obama  
> administration demanding that our aid to go through." said Smith.
>
> The border crossing from McAllen, Texas was “the easiest crossing  
> so far.” said Rev. Lucius Walker, executive director of IFCO/ 
> Pastors for Peace.
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> Seven brightly painted schoolbuses filled with aid, two large box  
> trucks (filled with aid collected by Cuban-Americans in Florida),  
> and several smaller vehicles make up this year's caravan, which is  
> carrying urgently needed construction supplies for victims of the  
> three hurricanes that hit Cuba in the summer of 2008.  Nearly  
> 500,000 Cuban homes were damaged by the hurricanes.
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> The caravan stopped in 140 cities over the last two weeks.  Every  
> place the caravan stopped, the message was clear: ‘President Obama,  
> it's time to end this blockade!"
>
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> Community Organization (IFCO), a national ecumenical agency that  
> has been working for social, racial, and economic justice since 1967.
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