National Network on Cuba

 P.O. Box 225303, San Francisco, Ca 94122
Phone/Fax: 415-566 8560

Conference "US/Cuba 2000, (A new conversation for the new millennium)" in DETROIT

ATTENTION!!!!! DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO: DECEMBER 4 & 5 & 6 1999


Dear Friends,


"US/Cuba 2000" FINAL-Definitive Dates!

December 4th, 5th, and 6th

Seattle, Washington.

Cuba Solidarity Activists:

The conference "US/Cuba 2000" will be held the 4th, 5th, and 6th in Seattle, Washington.

100 rooms have been reserved at the Westin Hotel and the cost is $129.00 per room with 4 people to a room if you desire.

The location of the conference will be at Seattle Center, Pavillion A, 305 Harrison St., Seattle, Wa. 98109.

This is approximately one mile from the hotel.
Please call 206-728-1000 or 1-800-Westin1 for hotel
reservations.

Cuba Solidarity Movement Demonstration on

Friday December 3, 1999

The objectives of the Conference are to reach organizers and activists of the Cuba solidarity work, new delegations who have visited Cuba recently and new people through education and information.

Issues of the conference: * Second World meeting on solidarity with Cuba, (U.S. blockade) * Economic development of Cuban society, (information, and exchange) * Bilateral, U.S./Cuba relations Future possibility of new exchange between U.S. and Cuba through different sectors of society: Labor, Culture, Economy, Youth, Democracy, Women, Sports, Religion Education, Health, Sustainable Development.

We would also like suggestions for participants from the United States: Baldemar Velasquez, President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and Bill Lucy, Director of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Maxine Waters, Patricia Ireland, Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, Randall Robinson, Director of TransAfrica, Lucius Walker, Director of IFCO, Pastors for Peace, Juan Jose Gutierrez, Director of One Stop Immigration Center, Dennis Bank, Mayor of Baltimore, Emmy Dean, AFL-CIO, California, Peter Angeles, President of the Baltimore Orioles, Jay Higginbothan, Society, Mobile-Havana, Singing with the Enemy and Lydia Velasquez, Congresswoman, New York, are some already made.

The committee will start working on a draft for the invitation letter to the Cubans. We will also create another letter, which will go to the State Department, insisting on their cooperation with visas. Prominent artists, congress people, etc. will sign this letter.

A fund raising letter asking for $ 100 from each NNOC member organization will be mailed in the near future. We will also be asking each organization to try to bring at least 10 people.

The registration fee for the Conference will be $40.

A flier with the name, dates, place and general information will be made and a brochure will be produced with all the details when we have them.

Organizations sponsoring the conference,as of March 99, are as follows: MADRE, New York,
Movimiento Nicaraguense, Honolulu,
New Jersey Network on Cuba, Englewood, NJ,
Puebloans for justice & Peace, Pueblo, Co.,
San Antonio Chapter, NLG San Marcos, Tx,
Socialist Action, San Francisco,
The Cuba Advocate, Boulder, Co.,
MediCuba, Washington, DC,
N.A. Christian Peace Conf. New York,
Pediatricians/Parents for Peace, Los Angeles,
Queers for Cuba, San Francisco,
Seattle-Cuba Friendship Comm, Seattle,
Socialist Workers Party, New York,
Miami Coal. To End Embargo, Miami,
Pittsburgh Cuba Coalition, Pittsburgh,
Radical Women, San Francisco,
SF-Bay Area Caravan, San Francisco,
Southern Int'l. Educ. Comm., Durham, NC,
US Cuba Friendship Society, San Diego,
US Council for Int'l Friendship, Cleveland,
US Puerto Rican Sol. Network, Bronx, NY,
Utah Cuba Solidarity Coal, Salt Lake City,
Worldviews, Oakland, Ca.,
Int'l. Peace for Cuba, San Francisco,
Gray Panthers, Oakland, Ca.,
US Cuba Friendship Society, La Mesa, Ca.,
US+ Cuba Medical Project, New York,
US Cuba Student Exchange, Boulder, Co.,
WILPF, Philadelphia,
Cuban American Alliance, Hayward, Ca.,
Veterans for Peace, Garberville, Ca.,
US Peace Council, MI., Detroit, MI.,
US Hands Off Cuba, Coal., New York,
US/Cuba Labor Exchange, Redford, MI.,
Wisc. Comm. For Peace-& Justice, Milwaukee, Wi.,
JoJo White Organization, San Francisco,
All African Peoples Rev. Party, New York,
Brigada Antonio Maceo, Miami,
CISPES, New York,
Colorado Hands Off Cuba, Denver, Co.,
DC Hands off Cuba Coal., Washington, DC,
Freedom Socialist Party, Seattle, Wa.,
Greater Hartford Coal. On Cuba, Hartford Ct.,
HERMANAS, Cranbury, NJ,
LA. Coal. In Solidarity w/Cuba, Los Angeles,
Cuba Task Force, Sarasota, Fl.,
Disarm Education Fund, New York,
Friends of Cuba, Denver,
IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Chicago,
July 26 Coalition, Cambridge, Ma.,
Let Cuba Live, Brunswick, Me.,
Cuba Vive!, Tampa, Fl.,
Dominican Friends of Cuba, New York,
Global Exchange, San Francisco,
COMM. to Normalize Relations w/Cuba, Albuquerque, NM,
Ct. Coal. On Cuba, Hamden, Ct.,
ATC, Miami Campaign for Peace w/Cuba,
CASC, Baltimore, Md.,
Cleveland Venceremos Brigade, Cleveland, Oh.,
Cuba Coalition of Houston, Houston,
Atlanta Network on Cuba, Atlanta, Ga.,
Caribbean Action Movement, Brooklyn, NY,
Chicago Cuba Coalition, Chicago,
Coal. To Normalize Relations w/Cuba, Milwaukee, Wi.,
Communist Party, USA, New York,
Cuba in Focus/WBAI Radio, New York,
Cuba Support Coal., Philadelphia, Pa.,
Hands Off Cuba, Madison, Wi.,
Int. Peace for Cuba Appeal, New York,
Justice for Cuba Coal., Dearborn, Mi.
Venceremos Brigade, Oakland, Ca.,
Committee of Correspondence, New York,
Young Socialists, Los Angeles,
USA/Cuba InfoMed, California.

In Solidarity,


Tatia Ashe, North Carolina-919-490-6496,
Patsy Behrend, San Francisco-415-566-8554,
Rodrick Colbert, Tampa-813,839-2476,
Otis Cunningham, Chicago-773-881,1656,
Andres Gomez, Miami-305-757-3113,
Virginia McCarthy, Boston-781-395-0656,
Ignacio Meneses, Detroit-313-561-8004,
Nancey Mikelsons, Oak Park, Ill.-708-386-2633,
Ed Worrell, Oakland-510-893-2213


The Cuba Solidarity web site is located at http://www.igc.apc.org/cubasoli/

We need you! Be there!!!

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