Pastors for Peace/IFCO’s co-Director Ellen Bernstein speaking on US/Cuba Relations and Our Right to Travel

Tuesday, May 10, 7pm in UW-Milw. Union, Ballroom West, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.

Ellen has visited Cuba many times, led numerous Congressional delegations to Cuba, worked closely with PFP’s founder, the late Rev. Lou Walker, and was instrumental in establishing slots for over 100 US students to receive free medical education in Cuba, including Milwaukee’s Joya Mosely. PFP will again be organizing mass civil disobedience to challenge the travel ban and US economic blockade of Cuba, by a Caravan which will visit Milwaukee on Friday July 8th (& Madison the day before.). Bring your questions about Cuba, and US policies, and discuss what we can do to bring about changes here and in US polilcy. See www.pastorsforpeace.org

We recently screened Emmy award winner Saul Landau’s new feature film “Will the Real Terrorists Please Stand Up?” Please see below the moving review of this film by Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, below, or at http://www.thehavananote.com/2011/04/will_real_terrorist_please_stand_indeed. The film’s screening in San Francisco last weekend filled the theatre with activists, movie stars and California’s political leaders, see http://thecuban5.org/wordpress/2011/04/19/huge-turnout-in-sf-learns-about-the-reasons-for-the-cuban-5-2/ By special arrangment with the producer, we have a DVD available for screening locally (it is c.70 min.).  

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