| We are joining with people from all over the world to unite in a common demand to ask President Obama to find a humanitarian solution to the case of the Cuban 5. Two of them, Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez are back in Cuba after completing their sentences but Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Gerardo Hernandez are still serving long sentences in US prisons. Their crime? Protecting their country Cuba against terrorism. They have been in prison too long and it is time for them to be reunited with their loved ones.In Washington D.C. |
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13
PUBLIC MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE 16th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARREST OF THE CUBAN 5 FEATURING THE PREMIER OPENING OF A NEW ART EXHIBIT
“ABSOLVED BY SOLIDARITY”
Sixteen Years and Counting!
September 13, Premier Exhibit and
Program in Support of the Cuban 5
We are joining with people from all over the world to unite in a common demand to ask President Obama to find a humanitarian solution to the case of the Cuban 5. Two of them, Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez are back in Cuba after completing their sentences but Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Gerardo Hernandez are still serving long sentences in US prisons. Their crime? Protecting their country Cuba against terrorism. They have been in prison too long and it is time for them to be reunited with their loved ones.
In Washington D.C.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13
PUBLIC MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE 16th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARREST OF THE CUBAN 5 FEATURING THE PREMIER OPENING OF A NEW ART EXHIBIT
“ABSOLVED BY SOLIDARITY”
BY ANTONIO GUERRERO
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
• 6pm Opening of the Art Exhibit by Cuban Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas. The 16 images of Antonio offer a glimpse into the ordeal that the Cuban 5 had to endure on a daily basis during their 7 month trial in Miami.
• 7pm Welcoming by SEIU leaders followed by a panel discussion
Speakers:
• Yeidckol Polevnsky, former Vice President of the Mexican Senate.
• Stephen Kimber, Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax. Author of ‘What Lies Across the Water, the Real Story of the Cuban Five”.
• Ann Wright, anti-war activist, former United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official.
• Piero Gleijeses, professor of United States foreign policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Entertainment by local DC artists
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International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
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BY ANTONIO GUERRERO
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
- 6pm Opening of the Art Exhibit by Cuban Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas. The 16 images of Antonio offer a glimpse into the ordeal that the Cuban 5 had to endure on a daily basis during their 7 month trial in Miami.
- 7pm Welcoming by SEIU leaders followed by a panel discussion
Speakers:
- Yeidckol Polevnsky, former Vice President of the Mexican Senate.
- Stephen Kimber, Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax. Author of ‘What Lies Across the Water, the Real Story of the Cuban Five”.
- Ann Wright, anti-war activist, former United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official.
- Piero Gleijeses, professor of United States foreign policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Entertainment by local DC artists
Please help us to promote this event on Facebook by going to on.fb.me/1u2Ps1i
