7:30pm Friday, July 17, 2009,  Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St.

Come join us as the traveling caravan of Pastors and assistant citizen volunteers arrive in Austin to speak at Resistencia Bookstore about the Caravan to Cuba.

There will be a short reception after the meeting for those who gather.
All are encouraged to attend, and are welcome to contribute to those efforts by your presence and donations. Needed items include: Financial donations. Donations are tax deductible.

Over 30 Pastors for Peace volunteers from the US, Canada and Europe will challenge the immoral and illegal US blockade and travel restrictions against Cuba at the US – Mexico border on July 22, 2009.

They expect to collect 100 tons of humanitarian aid during a two-week caravan that will converge in McAllen, Texas before traveling on to Cuba without US treasury department licenses. They intend to deliver the school buses, construction tools and materials, educational supplies, medicines,and medical supplies gathered in communities throughout the US and Canada.

“As people of faith and conscience, it is our duty to resist and condemn this cruel US policy,” declared Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., Executive Director and founder of IFCO, a 42-year old ecumenical agency. “IFCO/Pastors for Peace rejects this licensing system as both immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it endangers the lives of millions of Cubans and inflicts suffering on innocent children, as well as adults.” The ecumenical initiative is a project of IFCO, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, and has delivered more than 2,500 tons of urgently needed assistance to the Cuban people without seeking a US Treasury license.

Please visit the link below to learn more about the caravan. http://www.ifconews.org/