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<font size=3><b>International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuba 5
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THE "5 DAYS FOR THE CUBAN 5" ARE ABOUT TO START IN WASHINGTON
DC <br><br>
</b>March 31, 2012<br><br>
Starting this weekend, solidarity friends from different U.S. cities,
Canada and Europe will gather in the capital of the United States to
denounce the colossal injustice committed against the Cuban 5 and to
demand that President Obama immediately release these men whose
only crime was to defend their people from the scourge of
terrorism. Until the Cuban 5 return to their homeland the
solidarity movement will continue to demand that the U.S. government
grant regular visas to all the family members of the Five.<br><br>
The activist converging in DC will be making their voices heard in a
variety of ways: visiting members of Congress and Senators, distributing
information to the public, showing documentaries, protesting at the White
House, participating in cultural and political events and bringing
together known personalities such as Dolores Huerta, Cindy Sheehan, Danny
Glover, Wayne Smith and others.<br><br>
Already appearing in the streets of Washington, D.C. are large posters
with the graphic of the campaign "Obama Give me Five" along
with information about the events. This effort is being carried out by
teams of local DC supporters of the Cuban 5.<br><br>
Today a full page ad announcing the activities of the 5 days came out in
the popular
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTXa7Vx3r8u9J_7kukJu8Hkol5j8lPWOhqyIp_9dhR-QKYxNZKhcC_d0r0pCvdrSDD8VIfCcnzSpFC17g-IYXM86i8F63lo8XeYGO8lVhNe0Fca1jYcx71lnNWUjCKMSpPF3y16DsI0MeeSYU2nfSHt4DdrX3UAqVVArXvZRfyhLsflPIFrJSdUs">
Washington City Paper</a> that has a circulation of 73,000 in the
area.<br><br>
This grassroots effort now taking place in Washington DC is a way to
counter the more than 13 years of silence by the corporate media around
the case of the Cuban 5.<br><br>
<b>FROM WASHINGTON DC AND FROM ALL THE CORNERS OF THE PLANET, FROM APRIL
17 TO THE 21, LET'S RAISE OUR VOICES FOR GERARDO, RAMON, ANTONIO,
FERNANDO and RENE.<br><br>
IT IS TIME THAT THE FIVE RETURN TO CUBA TO THEIR LOVED ONES<br>
</b> <br>
<b>COMPLETE SCHEDULE APRIL 17-21 <br><br>
Tuesday, April 17<br><br>
</b>All day of lobbying on Capitol Hill (To participate in lobby's
activities call 510-219-0092 or 415-269-7917)<br><br>
<b>Wednesday, April 18<br><br>
</b>Lobby activities continue with distribution of information to elected
officials. <br>
<b>2pm-4:30pm</b>: Discussion of the Flawed Trial of the Cuban Five as
Described in Stephen Kimbers's Book, What Lies Across the Water at the
University of California Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C.
<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTWmVZIcycYifNvmaHZC3MIVlYed6K2O7kQp7q4edaTDlZhJYT-ytj1fJq7sTPvemo7vK7yM-JV-fd5uNh-cV3kMUhpTcGSnhsNtX60AOrCe5SLfIDz76NnErsjPyQXgcJ8QVxr0ZkTqruA7S1w8dcrAGPDnYSocHn8IHPWnOQ9ShxWIKRJUHElv">
(See information</a>)<br>
<b>7pm:</b> Screening of the documentary "Will the Real Terrorist
Please Stand Up, Nyumburu Cultural Center at University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20740
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTWvn6QFuFpr_09MObuUapzX5R00cYFxcjebos-9K7E-CTW5OdjEliN4tlQiAAYDCrbOUgy1MNq1KJ7Lpk2IhklRqD58uR6NxXoz1SrZjDtA4NEmwnPvzZSnVF2fj7WjtRqKYllBrHOjA1n5N4NLxbgZa364BK1bvVVC3G8OFCG5exHNVhGa3EC2">
See Information</a>)<br><br>
<b>Thursday April 19 <br><br>
</b>Morning: setting up outreach tables in strategic points around
Washington D.C. <br>
<b>6:00 pm:</b> Community Event to launch a new committee in Takoma Park
in support of the Cuban 5. Address: 102 Park Ave, Takoma Park, MD
20912.
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTXFhL4_ER7ZyHLm-vomUhymdpxog55iJWBkxye2HH9ylZ6YaO6S8ULXMhiyU8VY_OiXotsG0FgINEDgr8R6ScmfqbCaTWsqcWTu8iPqyEh1pEKrNbENDTQauxuM1THe1YQdLmWgfMlkMsgpZcJqSeHlCPwSVHILPF8Gs0MnAYhXa0aSp0SVYxch">
See Information</a>)<br>
<b>7pm:</b> Screening of the documentary "Will the Real Terrorist
Please Stand Up," Blackburn Center Auditorium, Howard University,
2400 Sixth Street, NW featuring Professor Piero Gleijeses, author of
Conflicting Mission: Havana, Washington and Cuba 1959-1976.
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTWd5VZCHN6a1XulA3f1ZEABNHuIPNc5VmgVRFPqvis7YACkixkn9N0a0gB4fwQLV2Ku25kUZWUSEyktp1rGfgHoARNJGtAaIB81tsgHNLQYZFv9LcnHQi1EWKKr0-KOBAsGGJyzpqC7JSVRsbUc4KRcViyfxnQzXKUxTPrBukiZ-OK28a6AouNF">
See information</a>)<br><br>
<b>Friday, April 20<br><br>
6 pm:</b> Evening of Solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban 5, "OBAMA
GIVE ME FIVE"<br>
Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road, NW.Speakers will address the
obstacles to normalize relations with Cuba. Program: Art Exhibit
"Humor from my Pen", political cartoons by Gerardo Hernandez,
one of the Cuban Five. <b>Special Guest: Danny Glover,</b> Keynote
Speaker: Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation and
co-founder of United Farm Workers.
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTX0PnGtZjRoNGiNvg4oo5qZGpjAkJPuaJ6JzWrxHijn_C0heG6WJhawALa5x_3L039KOFcrNahawWcKcDI3ISN5FhtwzYrdaQnK4ei1hU_cByKFN1ViKjirpzmQqIUxq5lOvL5R5Hu10-wvTgG04VEWCmArrG4BfcWmUB52VeBwIDLqNUf_9Xz9">
See information</a>)<br><br>
<b>Saturday 21 April <br><br>
10 am</b>: Meeting with leaders of different religious denominations,
with Special Guest: Rev. Dora Arce-Valentín, Presbyterian Reformed Church
in Cuba. Cuban Theologian and professor of the Evangelical
Theological Seminary of Matanzas.<br>
<b>1 pm:</b> Picket/rally at the White House, people will be coming from
DC and cities all over the country including buses from New York.
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTXRvC6WrO-7ulOXNa4QJ4_VhFBJ2EXjhXcgm0HkHRUWfmOsRn_ysguTWcmZTcxIezNivti6CsLGraEYnfNI8VaQT-wDj6TmBbivHeUQnvkt6jBz0upulQY_ZOorh4pceezYgt2s0h7RogGgavEPUedP3y-f7lV72wfdiCfIxJySpdNMPJeSKF8f">
See information</a>) <br>
<b>4 pm:</b> Closing Event, Bolivarian Salon of the Embassy of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 2443 Massachusetts Ave, N.W., Keynote
Speaker Cindy Sheehan. Presentations by DC children's theater group:
"The greatest weapon of Cuba, a tribute to Cuban doctors",
directed by Obi Egbuna Jr. and Hemingway's HOT Havana: Brian Gordon
Sinclair, Artistic Director.
(<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001jJw61hM0ZTXJMfkQwFc-rIqCn585Wl9Im6DCpTnda36d8SxNPO551FJAKmUqPTHUy6qmzSykmco1uqaqWYZ-nXmmUh10PTTKAgZL5CMsRfHDffxEnhY_mNnhc3HcI7UDG53GlVK70alLTmIcotVLaoRfpcaQGkb5SSezbaAnIFe1yGnFlO9rYuPDlRJvbL7M">
See information</a>)<br><br>
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