by Mavis, Paulo, Emily and Andrew, LAWG Cuba Team
on June 22, 2011
We fought for "travel for all" and we got "travel for some." Now we face the possibility of "travel for none. "
The House Appropriations Committee is meeting first thing tomorrow morning, and Cuba may very well come up. Opponents of exchange with Cuba will likely offer amendments to the financial services appropriations bill that will reverse the changes the President has made during his term in office – which has allowed travel by Cuban-American families, students and professors, religious groups, academics, musicians. We can't let this happen.
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by Emily Chow
on June 06, 2011
Studying abroad in Cuba was an experience that is impossible to forget. People’s eyes bulge whenever I mention that I lived in Cuba for five months. A torpedo of questions always follow; “Did you feel safe? How did you survive? Isn’t Cuba communist?” While I love to discuss my time spent in Cuba, it’s questions like these that make my mind race and my blood boil.
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by Emily Chow
on June 22, 2011
Contact your member of Congress and tell them NOT to restrict travel to Cuba!
112th Congress House Committee on Appropriations
- Aderholt, Robert B (R-AL-4)
- Alexander, Rodney (R-LA-5)
- Austria, Steve (R-OH-7)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D (D-GA-2)
- Bonner, Jo (R-AL-1)
- Calvert, Ken (R-CA-44)
- Carter, John R. (R-TX-31)
- Cole, Tom (R-OK-4)
- Crenshaw, Ander (R-FL-4)
- Culberson, John Abney (R-TX-7)
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (D-CT-3)
- Dent, Charles W. (R-PA-15)
- Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-FL-21)
- Dicks, Norman D. (D-WA-6) (Ranking Member)
- Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO-8)
- Farr, Sam (D-CA-17)
- Fattah, Chaka (D-PA-2)
- Flake, Jeff (R-AZ-6)
- Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ-11)
- Granger, Kay (R-TX-12)
- Graves, Tom (R-GA-9
- Hinchey, Maurice D. (D-NY-22)
- Honda, Michael M. (D-CA-15)
- Jackson, Jr., Jesse L. (D-IL-2)
- Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH-9)
- Kingston, Jack (R-GA-1)
- LaTourette, Steven C. (R-OH-14)
- Latham, Tom (R-IA-4)
- Lee, Barbara (D-CA-9)
- Lewis, Jerry (R-CA-41)
- Lowey, Nita M. (D-NY-18)
- Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-WY-At Large)
- McCollum, Betty (D-MN-4)
- Moran, James P. (D-VA-8)
- Nunnelee, Alan (R-MS-1)
- Olver, John W. (D-MA-1)
- Pastor, Ed (D-AZ-4)
- Price, David E. (D-NC-4)
- Rehberg, Denny (R-MT-At Large)
- Rogers, Harold (R-KY-5) (Chairman)
- Rothman, Steven R. (D-NJ-9)
- Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA-34)
- Schiff, Adam B. (D-CA-29)
- Serrano, José E. (D-NY-16)
- Simpson, Michael K. (R-ID-2)
- Visclosky, Peter J. (D-IN-1)
- Yoder, Kevin (R-KS-3)
- Young, C.W. Bill (R-FL-10)
- Wolf, Frank R. (R-VA-10)
- Womack, Steve (R-AR-3)
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by Paulo Gusmao
on April 22, 2011
We’ve all been chomping at the bit waiting for the final piece of the new travel regulations puzzle: the Treasury Department guidelines. The guidelines were issued on Thursday, April 21. Now we have the full picture; let the travel begin.
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by Andrew Carpenter
on June 22, 2011
On Tuesday, June 21st, Cuban contemporary artist Sandra Ramos spoke about her work at the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art. Her art represents deeply personal accounts of the connection between herself, society and Cuba. Sandra breaks through censorship issues to present an honest view of Cuba by discussing issues such as migration, political education and cultural contradictions. The paintings and exhibits that she creates make audiences take an introspective look at the effects of various influences in their lives and how those aspects affect them.
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by Paulo Gusmao
on April 07, 2011
On February 26, 2007, the New York Philharmonic performed in Pyongyang, North Korea. This was the first time a U.S. cultural organization had stepped foot on North Korean soil; and not only were the musicians welcomed into the insulated country, but they were given a five minute round of applause during their final bows. The Philharmonic’s performance, dubbed “Symphonic Diplomacy” by the New York Times, didn’t create instant harmony (even though there is harmony in dissonance, so I’m told by my friend, Emily) between Washington and Pyongyang. But the performance did make an impact.
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