Come Meet and Eat and with the Volunteer Members of 20^th Pastors for Peace Caravan!

Date:                  July 15, 2009

Event:                Reception and Pot Luck Dinner

Time:                 6:00 PM

Place:                 Thompson Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock

Address:              1818 Reservoir Road

                          Little Rock, AR 72211

Telephone:          (501) 221-1503

On Wednesday, July 15 at 6:00 PM, The Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock and the Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice are co-sponsoring a reception and pot luck dinner for the Pastors for Peace Caravan. 

This will be the 20^th Non-Violent Challenge to the US Blockade of Cuba.  The enabling of Family visits is commendable, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH,

What are the goals of the Pastors for Peace Caravan?

The 20^th "Friendshipment" Caravan will traverse 14 separate routes across the country stopping in 47 US States and in six Canadian provinces.  We are fortunate to be one of 140 Communities who will be showing their support for a new Cuba policy based on respect and non-aggression.  Over 130 Pastors for Peace volunteers will challenge the immoral and illegal US blockade and travel restrictions against Cuba at the US - Mexico border on July 22^nd.

This year they expect to collect tons of humanitarian aid during a two-week caravan that will be traveling across America, converging in McAllen, Texas before traveling on to Cuba without US Treasury department licenses.  They intend to deliver school buses, construction tools and material, education supplies, medicines, and medical supplies gathered in communities throughout the US and Canada.

Come and meet the men and women who are a part of the nationwide non-violent caravans that are traveling across the United States to challenge the violation of our rights and express our faith to travel to Cuba. This ecumenical initiative is a project of IFCO, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, which has delivered more than 3,000 tons of urgently needed assistance to the Cuban people. 

Come and make you voices heard in favor of stronger measures for reconciliation and normalized relations with Cuba and its citizens.

This summer, STAND (Students Taking Action for New Directions) will be having a movie series in the Little Rock Central High School Library.  STAND introduces highschool and college-aged women to WAND's (Women's Action for New Directions) issues and network of activists, organizations and women legislators.

The schedule is:
June 29: "Born into Brothels"
July 6: "Osama"
July 27: "Persepolis"
 
There's free admission, but bring your own lunch. The movies will start at noon, with a hearty discussion after the movie.
 
For more information, call Celeste Archer at 501-753-8905.