This event is a fundraiser for the Caravan. They will be giving a presentation at noon followed by a freewill offering and a potluck lunch.  Please bring a dish to share.

http://www.pastorsforpeace.org

(See Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba 2006 on YouTube.)

“In July 2007 the 18th Friendshipment will travel on 14 different routes to visit more than 120 US and Canadian cities. They 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. 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.

In November 2006, the United Nations once again voted overwhelmingly (183-4) to condemn the US blockade. We know that many members of Congress are deeply unhappy with the policy. Meanwhile the Bush administration and its “Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba” continue desperately to look for more ways to starve the Cuban people into surrendering to US domination.

We think that the tide is turning in the US against the blockade, but this issue cannot be left to the politicians – we must take the lead and challenge them by implementing a People to People Foreign Policy that calls for an end to this insidious and immoral policy.”