IS TO OPPOSE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S HOSTILITY TO THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND TO WORK TOWARD NORMALIZING RELATIONS
-End the US Embargo against Cuba!
-Normalize Relations with Cuba!
-Respect Cuba's Sovereignty!
-Lift the Travel Ban!
-Return the Guantanamo Naval Base to Cuba!
-Repeal the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act
Our activities include a variety of public educational programs including video showings, talks from visiting Cubans, and report backs from those who have recently traveled to Cuba. We participate in humanitarian material aid campaigns and we support tours to Cuba where people from the US can see the island nation for themselves.
See Flyers for our upcoming events.
Our interests include educating ourselves and others about the achievements of' the Cuban Revolution:
- in health care
- in literacy and the right to education
- in the lowering of infant mortality
- in the rights of women
- in the work to eliminate discrimination based upon race and class
- in the arts, sports, and culture
- in social and community relations
- in solidarity with the struggles of the oppressed people of the world
We are committed to working to end the aggressive policies of the United States toward Cuba, as well as toward other Caribbean and Latin countries.
We support the struggles of popular movements of the poor, working, and indigenous peoples of the Americas to obtain peace; economic, political, and social justice; and to end environmental destruction.
We understand the connection between foreign and domestic policies of the United States, and we strive to contribute to the movements for social justice by working to change our own society as well as ourselves.
Please join us in this important work. We meet the first Tuesday of each month at Roxbury Community College, Academic Building, Faculty Lounge, 4th floor, 7-9 p.m.
For more information please call us at 617-566-2861 email info @ july26.org
The Coalition was formed in 1989 and is affiliated with the National Network on Cuba (NNOC). Locally we are affiliated with Central American Education Fund (CAEF).
Ongoing Projects of The July 26th Coalition
Free the FiveSupporting the FriendShipments organized by Pastors for Peace. For the latest info check out the Caravan
Home Page
Helping the US-Cuba Labor Exchange organize workers and unionists to attend meetings in Cuba and to have Cuban workers visit the US. Local Contact: 617-254-9070
The July 26th Coalition urges all those who oppose the embargo and US policy towards Cuba to come to our regular meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month. The meetings usually are at 7:00 pm at Roxbury Community College, Administration Building, 4th floor, Faculty Lounge. Call the number above for more information and to confirm that the meetings are happening, or write us at Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave. 5th floor, Boston, MA 02111.
Besides our own events we also let people on our email list know of other interesting Cuba related events in the Greater Boston Area.
Our email address is info @ july26.org
Affiliates and Other Organizations:
List of organizations we work with
We announce our events on the Greater Boston Activists email list Act-MA.
"5 Days for the Cuban 5" April 17-21, 2012
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 Announces
Supporters of Changing Relations with Cuba and for the Freedom of the Cuban Five to Converge on Washington, DC
"5 Days for the Cuban 5" April 17-21
Contact: Nancy Kohn 617-504-9773 nancybkohn AT gmail.com Alicia Jrapko 510-219-0092 ajrapko AT yahoo.com
Partial list of endorsers include Father Miguel D´Escoto, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan, Angela Davis, Gayle McLaughlin, National Lawyers Guild, Center for Constitutional Rights, National Network on Cuba, the School of the Americas Watch, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Global Exchange, Alianza Martiana, William C. Velazquez Institute, and more....
People from all over the U.S. along with international representatives will be in the U.S. Capitol for five days of events in April aimed at bringing about awareness of the failed 50 year old policy that this country has had towards Cuba with the demand to change it. The events will focus on various topics such as the blockade, the travel ban and the case of the Cuban Five who are serving long sentences in U.S. prisons. These men, considered heroes in Cuba, were in the U.S. monitoring the activities of anti-Cuba terrorist groups operating in Southern Florida. Activities of the week will include city wide outreach, public meetings, film showings and a day of lobbying the Congress and Senate.
As part of the five days of activities, on April 20, at 6pm, an evening event entitled "Obama Give me Five" will take place at the Festival Center,
1640 Columbia Road, NW. Known personalities will raise the obstacles to the improvement of relations with the island nation and how that could change.
Keynote Speaker: Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation, co-founder United Farm Workers.
Other speakers include Wayne Smith, former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, James Early, Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, Jose Pertierra, Immigration Attorney, who represents the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the case of Luis Posada Carriles's extradition, and others.
Also, on Saturday April 21st at 1pm people on buses from New York City will be joining organizations from the DC area for a rally at the White House to Tell Obama: Free the Cuban 5.
Supporters will travel from cities across the United States, Europe and Canada to participate in the 5 days of activities, including Dr. Norman Paech, expert in International Law, ex member of Parliament, Germany; Peace activist Cindy Sheehan; Salim Lamrani, French researcher and professor; actor Willy Toledo from Spain, Stephen Kimber and Arnold August from Canada and many others.
The "5 Days for the Cuban 5 in Washington D.C." was initiated by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5. The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 is a network of concerned citizens from several countries of Europe, Latin America and from the United States. The main objective of the International Committee is to raise awareness about the case of the Cuban 5 For more information about the Cuban 5 visit www.thecuban5.org International Committee Advisory Board 5 days for the Cuban 5 in Washington DC April 17-21