This statement is a collaborative effort by representatives of organizations that are committed to ending US government restrictions on travel to Cuba.
We invite additional signers on behalf of organizations, or as individuals.
Please contact your Member of Congress to ask if he or she will cosponsor the legislation, or at least pledge to vote for it. Responses should be communicated to lawg@lawg.org
To receive update postings on the status of legislation and Congressional action, go to
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/LAWG/signUp.jspkey=427
For relevant news stories, go to http://uscubanormalization.blogspot.com/
For further information about this statement, please contact director@ffrd.org
Initial cosigners: *Kirby Jones, President, Alamar Associates *Albert A. Fox, Jr., President, The Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation *Stan Hastey, Executive Director, Alliance of Baptists, Washington, D.C. *Frank Pratka, President, Baltimore-Matanzas Sister City Association, Maryland-Cuba Friendship Coalition *Phil Jones, Director, Washington Office, Brethren Witness *Sandra Levinson, Executive Director, Center for Cuban Studies, New York City *Sarah Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas *Wayne S. Smith; Senior Fellow; Center for International Policy *Rev. John L. McCullough, Executive Director and CEO, Church World Service *Louis Head, Cuba Research & Analysis Group *Delvis Fernandez Levy, President, Cuban American Alliance Education Fund *Alvaro Fernandez, Cuban American Commission for Family Rights *Bob Schwartz, Executive Director. The Disarm Education Fund *Rubén G. Rumbaut, Steering Committee, ENCASA US-CUBA http://www.encasa-us-cuba.org/ *John McAuliff, Executive Director, Fund for Reconciliation and Development *Kirsten Moller, Executive Director, Global Exchange *Marty Jordan, Co-Director, Guatemala Human Rights Commission / USA *Mavis Anderson, Senior Associate, Latin America Working Group http://www.lawg.org *Ricardo A. Gonzalez, President, Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association, Madison, Wisconsin *Armando Garcia, President, Marazul Charters, Inc. *Pamela Ann Martin, MA, President, Molimar Export Consultants, Inc. *Rev. Robert Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA *Steven Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation *Katherine Hoyt, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network, Washington, DC *Richard Walden, President, Operation USA *Joe Perez, COB & CEO, J Perez Associates, Inc., Long Beach, California *Paul George, Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto, CA *Silvia Wilhelm, Executive Director, Puentes Cubanos *Francisco G. Aruca, President, Radio Progreso, Miami *Freddie Schrider, Washington Office Administrator, Rights Action *James Early, Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Center for Folklife, Smithsonian Institution (for purposes of identification only) *Jay Higginbotham, Chairman, Society Mobile-La Habana, Mobile, Alabama *Cynthia Thomas, President, TriDimension Strategies, LLC, Dallas, TX *Rev. Joseph H. Irwin, Jr., Minister of Communication, Pennsylvania Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ *Rev. Dr. Mari E. Castellanos Minister for Public Advocacy United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries *Lisa Valanti, President, U.S.-Cuba Sister Cities Association *Geoff Thale, Director of Programs, Washington Office on Latin America *Tamara James, Co-President, Women\'s International League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section *Lissa Weinmann, World Policy Institute, The New School +++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Annie Betancourt, former Florida State Legislator *Ana Garcia Chichester, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington *Jim Ferlo, State Senator, 38th District, Pennsylvania *SSG Carlos Lazo, Seattle, Washington *Jeanne Lemkau, Professor Emerita, Wright University *Cristina Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Law, New York University *Bernard Rubenstein, Music Director, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra *Alex M. Saragoza, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley *Isabel de Sena, Chair, Modern Languages, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
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