Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba Will Arrive in Sacramento on July 4

The Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is coming to Sacramento on Wednesday, July 4, 2007, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley, 4104 44th Street. Join us for an afternoon of friendship and to welcome the Caravan to Sacramento.

The event is sponsored by the Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley, All African Peoples Revolutionary Party, Central America Action Committee, Birthing Project, Sacramento Area Peace Action, Zapatista Solidarity Coalition-Sacramento Chapter, Chicano Consortium-Sacramento and Vanguard Public Foundation.

Richard Becker from the International Action Center will be the keynote speaker. The event will include poetry, music and other speakers. This event is potluck style, free and open to the general public.

In July 2007 the 18th Friendshipment will travel on 14 different routes to visit more than 120 US and Canadian cities. The caravan members will travel in school buses, trucks, and cars to Cuba via Mexico with medical and educational supplies collected from groups across the US and Canada as a collective challenge to the blockade and travel ban.

“The US government says you can't go to Cuba and see things for yourself,” according to Pastors for Peace/IFCO. “We say you should! Our Friendshipment Caravans to Cuba call domestic and international attention to the cruel and immoral US economic blockade by delivering humanitarian aid to our sisters and brothers in Cuba without asking permission for a US Treasury Department license.”

The following items are needed for the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan:

1. IBM compatible computers with Pentium II or upgraded processors, and all computer accessories/peripherals. Must be in full working order. All types of printers but especially Epson LX 300 and HP laser jet 1200.

2. All new types of educational materials (pen, pencils, paper must be new).

3. All kinds of good working order medical equipment, supplies sterile and medicine with expiration of February 1, 2008 or later.

4. Only medical and scientific textbooks; and journals in Spanish or English.

5. Good condition—bicycles

6. Good condition-Solar panels

7. Bibles in Spanish

8. Only factory-sealed powdered milk, infant formula and dietary supplements.

9. New or good condition tools

10. Clothing (children, infant and adult); sheets, & towels must be enclosed in their original packaging.

For more information, please contact Faye Kennedy, Sacramento Coordinator, at fayek [at] springmail.com or call her at (916) 484-5025

For immediate release: June 11, 2007

Contact: Faye Kennedy, fayek [at] springmail.com, (916) 484-5025

Time: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 - 4:00pm PST
Length: 2:00