I wanted to write a quick, exciting update on the situation with the Afro-Colombian community La Toma:
We stopped the eviction!
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Stop the Displacement of Afro-Colombian Community La Toma |
If the Colombian government does not change its mind, tomorrow the
1052 families that make up the Afro-Colombian community La Toma will be
evicted from the land that they have lived on for almost 400 years. We
cannot let this happen.
Click here to support the community and stop
the eviction!
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Keep the Freedom to Travel Momentum Building on Change.org |
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 We've been doing everything we can--pulling out all the stops, as they
say--to restore U.S. citizens' freedom to travel to Cuba. That's why
we've come to you time and time again (and time and time again), asking
you to make one more email or one more phone call to your
congressperson; but we've also been mobilizing new advocates and
as-of-yet untapped networks throughout the country to give us the best
chance of getting the job done this year, in this Congress.
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We think you're fantastic.
When we asked you to join in the Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia, you built portraits, staged rallies, and made phone calls that resulted in our most successful year yet!
We doubled participation, with 43,850 people from 70 cities across the
U.S. and Colombia getting involved. While over 36,000 people were
crafting and displaying posters featuring the stories of Colombia's
displaced in their communities, 110 U.S. and Colombian congregations
joined the call for peace through community education and prayer. If
that's not solidarity, we don't know what is.
And now—you know there's always an "and now" with us—we need a little more help from you.
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A Big Win for Travel to Cuba |
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It's not every day that we get to write you about a historic
legislative victory for a more humane, sensible, and just U.S. policy
towards Cuba; but today isn't just any old day. In a thrilling
"mark-up" session Wednesday in the House Committee on Agriculture, H.R.
4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act was
passed by 25 votes to 20, putting us one step closer to ending the
travel ban this year, in this Congress.
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Vote in Ag Cmte on Cuba Travel on Wednesday, June 30 |
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Freedom to travel's moment has arrived. Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 30,
the House Agriculture Committee will vote on H.R. 4645, the Travel
Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act, championed by Ag
Committee Chairman Collin Peterson. What happens
Wednesday will determine if this landmark legislation--which restores
U.S. citizens' right to travel to Cuba, creates jobs here at home, and
puts food on Cubans' tables--sees the light of day on the House floor
this summer or dies in committee.
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Your Memo to Secretary Clinton on Colombia |
On Tuesday night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in Colombia;
by today she'll be in Barbados. During her 24 hours in Colombia, do you
think she heard much about the rise in threats and attacks against
human rights defenders and Afro-descendant and indigenous groups in
Colombia?
Did President Uribe talk with her about the illegal wiretapping that
part of his special intelligence service used to sabotage the work of
human rights defenders, journalists, and Supreme Court judges? Or would
you guess she talked with any of Colombia's almost 5 million internally
displaced people about how they have been robbed of their land and
forced to live in misery?
We doubt it. But these issues are exactly what she must be thinking
about as the State Department prepares to make its most important
decision on U.S.-Colombia policy this year.
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