Wednesday, August 9th
National Day of Protest to Drop the Charges on the Tampa 5!

August 9th, is a National Day of Protest, as declared by the Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5!

On the morning of July 12th, their second court appearance, the Tampa 5 learned that a trial date is likely to be set by the judge on August 9th. This will be their third court appearance.

They are still in the middle of the process of discovery, which means that they are collecting evidence from the prosecution that is meant to convict them. They have said publicly that all the security camera footage they have seen so far absolves them, and they are eager to not only receive more of this evidence but also to share it with the world.

The Tampa 5 and their supporters demand full transparency and USF’s full cooperation with discovery, to which all of the defendants are entitled.

In spite of this, the charges have not yet been dropped. The case of the 5 SDS protesters is hurtling towards a trial. So they need all of their supporters and all parties interested in the right to protest DeSantis to stay out in the streets!

On July 12th, we saw at least 15 cities pour out into the streets to say, “Drop the Charges!” We need to be out again on August 9th in even greater numbers. We need to demand that the DeSantis-appointed, unelected State Attorney Susan Lopez and assistant prosecutor Justin Diaz drop the charges.

We need to win this case once and for all and protect the right of the student movement – and all social movements in the United States – to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech and to protest.

All Out for August 9th to Defend the Tampa 5!

State Attorney Susy Lopez, Prosecutor Justin Diaz, Drop the Charges!

Save Diversity in Higher Education!

Protesting DeSantis is Not a Crime!

!!! CALL THE 13th FL JUDICIAL DISTRICT STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE !!!

On top of attending a local protest near you, you can call into State Attorney Susan Lopez’s office and demand that Susy Lopez and Prosecutor Justin Diaz drop the charges on the Tampa 5:

Phone Number: (813) 272-5400
Script:

“Hello, I am (NAME) calling from (CITY, STATE) to demand that the charges on Gia Davila, Laura Rodriguez, Lauren Pineiro, Jeanie Kida, and Chrisley Carpio be dropped immediately! The Tampa 5 did nothing wrong in protesting Ron DeSantis and were in fact the ones attacked by USF police, and not the other way around. We are protesting all around the country for these charges to be dropped. The Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5 and our friends across the US will not stop until we get justice for the Tampa 5!”

!!! FOR TAMPA BAY SIGNERS !!!

WED, AUG. 9th: Protest at the State Attorney’s Office for the Tampa 5’s Second Court Appearance!
8/9, Wednesday, 8am at 800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL
We are rallying outside the Hillsborough County Courthouse (800 E Twiggs St Tampa FL) at 8AM, an hour before the pretrial hearing. We will have a press conference to start out, but will expand to a rally as a mass show of support.We are soliciting speakers. If you or your organization would like to speak, please get in touch as soon as possible: 813-863-4462.

WHO ARE THE TAMPA 5?

The Tampa 5 – Gia Davila, Jeanie Kida, Chrisley Carpio, Laura Rodriguez, and Lauren Pineiro – are University of South Florida Students for a Democratic Society members who protested on March 6th to save diversity programs at the University of South Florida and to oppose Ron DeSantis’ anti-education bill, HB999. They were attacked, arrested, and now charged with felonies by the University of South Florida Police Department. Their felonies and potential prison time were doubled by the unelected, DeSantis-appointed state attorney, Susan Lopez, and her underling, Justin Diaz. They now face 5 to 10 years in prison for exercising their right to protest and freedom of speech. The students were suspended and one of the five, the campus worker, Chrisley Carpio, was fired from her job at the university.

On June 24th, over 130 attendees of an emergency defense conference founded a new organization: the Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5, which is national in scope. We are embarking on a long-term defense campaign to get the charges dropped and to defend the right to free speech in the state of Florida, and we need your help!

Thanks so much for your solidarity and support so far, and we’ll see you in the streets!

Sincerely,
The Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5

August 9 – 12 noon to 1 p.m.
In front of the Consulate General of Japan
350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Join us as we remember the victims and appeal to end ALL nuclear atrocities in the world on the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
No More Hiroshimas
No More Nagasakis
No More Fukushimas
No More Nuclear Atrocities, No More Sacrifices, Never Again.

“Cleophas Williams, My Life Story in the Int’l Longshore Union Local 10”

Saturday, August 5

From 2 pm to 5 pm

St Mary’s Episcopal Church – Harlem
521 West 126th Street, NYC 10027

Cleophas Williams’ story as told by himself, will be introduced by Clarence Thomas, a leading African American radical labor and community activist.

“The history of African Americans in the Int’l Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) in San Francisco is indeed worthy of documentation. Such an individual is Cleophas Williams, whose distinguished career as a member of the Local 10 spanned 38 years.

“Cleophas Williams’ election as president of ILWU Local 10 in 1967, made him the highest elected African American to serve as an officer in the entire ILWU.

“Born in rural Camden, Arkansas, and part of the great migration to the Bay Area, he arrived in Oakland, California, in 1942 – seeking to escape the horrors and multifaceted structures

of systemic racism and white supremacy. He was amongst the leaders who placed Local 10 into the vanguard of the labor movement by engaging in civil-rights unionism and other social movements in the 1960s and 1970s.

“Here is Cleophas Williams’ historic journey – his rise in Local 10 within the greater context of the Black liberation movement.

– Clarence Thomas

Review by Sadie William

“My eyes were filled with tears of joy when I saw the cover of this book! Cleophas wrote every day about something from current events, trips, people, history of his church, life, and his beloved union. Many have said they found the book hard to put down, so did I. I have read it twice, and learned something new each time. Hopefully this will be your experience as well.”

– Sadie Williams is the 99 year old spouse of Cleophas Williams

Review by Gloria Verdieu

When I received this beautiful book from Delores Lemon-Thomas and Clarence Thomas, I could not wait to begin reading it.

I had the honor of meeting and talking with Sadie Williams, wife of Cleophas Williams, on two occasions. Once in Oakland at her home at the Cleophas Williams Rose Garden dedication shortly after the book “Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March” was published and again about a year later at the ILWU Pacific Coast Pensioners Association convention in Long Beach, Calif.

Each time she was surrounded by ILWU Local 10 members engaging and embracing her presence with love and respect. I was surprised when I went to introduce myself in Long Beach, and she said, “I remember you,” and opened her arms for a hug.

In Long Beach, Delores let me glimpse some of the scanned pages of Cleophas Williams’ handwritten journal. I held it in my hand and immediately began to read it. Delores left the journal with me for a little while.

As I examined it, I was impressed with his handwriting or, more formally, his penmanship. There are a few samples of his handwriting in the book, one on page 52 at the beginning of Chapter 2, “A Longshore Worker’s Life Story.”

Delores told me about Clarence’s intention of editing and publishing Cleophas Williams’ story. The pages would have to be scanned, which required them to keep the original transcript for a while. It was hard for Mrs. Sadie Williams to part with it, even for a short time, but she could rest assured that it was in good hands. This journal is a treasure that will be valued for generations to come.

I read through the book quickly the first time and reread it, reflecting on my own life and making connections. I was also brought up in the South, and one of the many things that resonated with me was when Williams wrote about the Booker T. Washington High School that he and his sister attended. The school was “built by the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which builds schools for Black Students throughout the South where there were no Black schools.”

The segregated school my eight siblings and I attended, Carver School, named after George Washington Carver, was built in 1915 using the same fund. It was renamed Carver-Hill School in 1955 after Reverend Edward Hill, who fought for well-funded schools for Black students.

There is much to be learned from this biography; the history of how Cleophas Williams was elected by popular vote the first African American president of ILWU Local 10, the most militant, progressive union in the United States, if not the world.

In the book, Cleophas explains that he was discharged from the army due to a knee injury after serving three months and 19 days. He heard a fellow “telling a barber that he was a Longshoreman; pay was good, and it had peacetime possibilities.” So he applied, followed the steps needed, and was hired with no idea that, in his words, “I was about to embark on a journey that not only brought me employment, but a place in the sun that I would have never dreamed of.”

Williams knew nothing about the ILWU when he was hired, but he was a fast learner and followed all the rules. After the 6-month probationary period, he was promoted to full union membership. Williams worked as a rank-and-file worker for 15 years, working out of the hall, attending union meetings, enrolling in the California Labor School, and just continuing to learn before deciding to run for president of ILWU.

Williams acknowledged the shoulders of those ancestors who paved the way and those that gave him much-needed support; apologized to people he hurt along the way. He took responsibility for his mistakes, not blaming his parents or the tragic experiences of growing up in the “Jim Crow” South.

Williams was a courageous working-class organizer, a fighter for social justice and the rights of workers nationally and internationally. He believed the struggle for social justice, equality, and dignity was a workers’ struggle.

I highly recommend employed, unemployed, organized, and unorganized workers read Cleophas Williams’ “My Life Story in the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10.”

Gloria Verdieu is a journalist for Struggle-La Lucha Newspaper; editor of “Black August 1619-2019” (2029) and a co-editor of “Mobilizing in Our own Name, Million Worker March” (2021) Verdieu is a San Diego activist; member of Committee Against Police Brutality and the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition.

Review by Harvey Schwartz

Cleophas Williams, My Life Story in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10, is a welcome addition to the rich literature about the famously progressive ILWU. Williams (1923-2016) was a four-time Local 10 president, the first African American to hold that office, and an iconic figure in the union’s history. Former Local 10 Secretary-Teasurer Clarence Thomas describes him in the volume’s introduction as the Jackie Robinson of the ILWU.

The book is a collection of Williams’ writings, including a previously unpublished 92-page manuscript, brief occasional pieces, and other offerings. It was compiled by Thomas and edited by his wife, Delores Lemon-Thomas, with the support of Cleophas’s widow Sadie Williams and Sade’s daughter Jackie Chauhan. The great strength of the book is its accessibility. It presents Williams’s recollections in rich narrative form in his own powerful voice.

Cleophas Williams is divided into two distinct and informative sections. The first focuses on Williams’s personal life from his youth in the Deep South during the Great Depression of the 1930s through his early career as a longshore worker and Local 10 activist in Northern California between 1943 and 1967. Williams relied on his strong family background, his religious faith, and his belief in education to survive and persevere despite the challenges of poverty and southern Jim Crow racism. In California, he became a civil rights advocate and an elected job dispatcher in his local. He won the first of his four terms as Local 10 president in 1967.

In the second section of the book, Williams explores the intersection of union politics and race in Local 10, which has had an African American majority since 1959. In running for office, Williams had to contend with a conservative, white-led faction in the local. Going beyond this problem to review other issues, Williams analyses race and politics in the local in complex and sometimes troubling terms. At one point he perceptively observes, “Racism made monsters out of us all…. We seek a utopia but we are not there yet.”

This second section of the book begins with the period immediately after World War II. Williams vividly describes pre-container break-bulk-cargo handling and has insightful observations about the 1946, 1948, and 1971 longshore strikes. He recalls how ILWU founder and long-time International president Harry Bridges defended African American longshore workers from job losses during a post-war decline in cargo tonnage, and he recounts Black-led Local 10 efforts to protect the Australian-born Bridges from deportation. Williams also traces Local 10’s sustained push to integrate many of the best jobs on the Bay Area waterfront. He retired from the job — but not from the struggle, as members of the ILWU Pacific Coast Pensioners Association put it — in 1981.

Cleophas Williams can be read profitably by all members of the ILWU, regardless of their local or their background. Everyone who is interested in work and unionism will benefit from reading it. The book contains a useful glossary, a helpful index, and numerous attractive illustrations.

Harvey Schwartz is curator of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Oral History Collection at the union’s library in San Francisco. His writings include “Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU”(2009); “Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Workers’ Oral History” (2015) and “Labor under Siege, Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU’s Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Union Era”, co-authored with Ronald E. Magden (2022), books published by the University of Washington Press. He holds a Ph.D. in history from UC Davis and specializes in West Coast maritime history.

“Cleophas Williams,
My Life Story in the Int’l Longshore Union Local 10”

DeClare Publishing, 2023
Order in hardcover, ebook and paperback from

millionworkermarch.com/cleophas-williams-book

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023, AT 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Book Signing: Cleophas Williams, My Life Story in ILWU Local 10
2011 N Charles St, Baltimore

Baltimore Book Signing and Discussion with Clarence Thomas and Delores Lemon Thomas
*Also update on Longshore worker struggles on the West Coast
Thursday, August 10, 6 pm to 8 pm
Harriet Tubman Solidarity Center, 2011 N. Charles Street, Baltimore 21218

Cleophas Williams’ story as told by himself, will be introduced by Clarence Thomas, a leading African American radical labor and community activist:

“The history of African Americans in the Int’l Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) in San Francisco is indeed worthy of documenting. Such an individual is Cleophas Williams, whose distinguished career as a member of the Local 10 spanned 38 years.
“Cleophas Williams’ election as president of ILWU Local 10 in 1967, made him the highest elected African American to serve as an officer in the entire ILWU.

“Born in rural Camden, Arkansas, and part of the great migration to the Bay Area, he arrived in Oakland, California, in 1942 – seeking to escape the horrors and multifaceted structures
of systemic racism and white supremacy. He was amongst the leaders who placed Local 10 into the vanguard of the labor movement by engaging in civil-rights unionism and other social movements in the 1960s and 1970s.

“Here is Cleophas Williams’ historic journey – his rise in Local 10 within the greater context of the Black liberation movement.

– Clarence Thomas

Review by Sadie Williams

“My eyes were filled with tears of joy when I saw the cover of this book! Cleophas wrote every day about something from current events, trips, people, history of his church, life, and his beloved union. Many have said they found the book hard to put down, so did I. I have read it twice, and learned something new each time. Hopefully this will be your experience as well.”

– Sadie Williams is the 99 year old spouse of Cleophas Williams

Review by Gloria Verdieu

When I received this beautiful book from Delores Lemon-Thomas and Clarence Thomas, I could not wait to begin reading it.

I had the honor of meeting and talking with Sadie Williams, wife of Cleophas Williams, on two occasions. Once in Oakland at her home at the Cleophas Williams Rose Garden dedication shortly after the book “Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March” was published and again about a year later at the ILWU Pacific Coast Pensioners Association convention in Long Beach, Calif.

Each time she was surrounded by ILWU Local 10 members engaging and embracing her presence with love and respect. I was surprised when I went to introduce myself in Long Beach, and she said, “I remember you,” and opened her arms for a hug.

In Long Beach, Delores let me glimpse some of the scanned pages of Cleophas Williams’ handwritten journal. I held it in my hand and immediately began to read it. Delores left the journal with me for a little while.

As I examined it, I was impressed with his handwriting or, more formally, his penmanship. There are a few samples of his handwriting in the book, one on page 52 at the beginning of Chapter 2, “A Longshore Worker’s Life Story.”

Delores told me about Clarence’s intention of editing and publishing Cleophas Williams’ story. The pages would have to be scanned, which required them to keep the original transcript for a while. It was hard for Mrs. Sadie Williams to part with it, even for a short time, but she could rest assured that it was in good hands. This journal is a treasure that will be valued for generations to come.

I read through the book quickly the first time and reread it, reflecting on my own life and making connections. I was also brought up in the South, and one of the many things that resonated with me was when Williams wrote about the Booker T. Washington High School that he and his sister attended.

The school was “built by the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which builds schools for Black Students throughout the South where there were no Black schools.”

The segregated school my eight siblings and I attended, Carver School, named after George Washington Carver, was built in 1915 using the same fund. It was renamed Carver-Hill School in 1955 after Reverend Edward Hill, who fought for well-funded schools for Black students.

There is much to be learned from this biography; the history of how Cleophas Williams was elected by popular vote the first African American president of ILWU Local 10, the most militant, progressive union in the United States, if not the world.

In the book, Cleophas explains that he was discharged from the army due to a knee injury after serving three months and 19 days. He heard a fellow “telling a barber that he was a Longshoreman; pay was good, and it had peacetime possibilities.” So he applied, followed the steps needed, and was hired with no idea that, in his words, “I was about to embark on a journey that not only brought me employment, but a place in the sun that I would have never dreamed of.”

Williams knew nothing about the ILWU when he was hired, but he was a fast learner and followed all the rules. After the 6-month probationary period, he was promoted to full union membership. Williams worked as a rank-and-file worker for 15 years, working out of the hall, attending union meetings, enrolling in the California Labor School, and just continuing to learn before deciding to run for president of ILWU.

Williams acknowledged the shoulders of those ancestors who paved the way and those that gave him much-needed support; apologized to people he hurt along the way. He took responsibility for his mistakes, not blaming his parents or the tragic experiences of growing up in the “Jim Crow” South.
Williams was a courageous working-class organizer, a fighter for social justice and the rights of workers nationally and internationally. He believed the struggle for social justice, equality, and dignity was a workers’ struggle.
I highly recommend employed, unemployed, organized, and unorganized workers read Cleophas Williams’ “My Life Story in the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10.”

Gloria Verdieu is a journalist for Struggle-La Lucha Newspaper; editor of “Black August 1619-2019” (2029) and a co-editor of “Mobilizing in Our own Name, Million Worker March” (2021) Verdieu is a San Diego activist; member of Committee Against Police Brutality and the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition.

Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki: NEVER AGAIN

– No nukes!

– Cut the war machine

– Fund people’s needs

Sunday, August 6 at 12 noon

Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, California

Hosted by Orange County Peace Coalition & Veterans for Peace

Dr. Mutulu Shakur, a highly esteemed acupuncturist, healer, revolutionary, and
leader in the Black liberation movement, peacefully passed away on Friday, July
7, 2023 at 72 years old. He courageously battled multiple myeloma, a blood
cancer that damages the bones and kidneys, since 2019. In December 2022, he
was released on parole from federal prison, affording him the opportunity to
spend his remaining days surrounded by loved ones. Having endured nearly 37
years of incarceration, his profound legacy will serve as a timeless inspiration for
future generations.

Born Jeral Wayne Williams on August 8, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr.
Mutulu Shakur was raised in Jamaica, Queens, under the loving care of his blind
mother. It was within the struggle of helping his mother navigate an unjust social
service system that his political consciousness awakened. At the tender age of
16, he joined the New Afrikan Independence Movement, and in the late 1960s,
he actively participated in the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), a Black
Nationalist group advocating for Black self-determination and socialist change
across the nation.

Driven by his unwavering commitment to the cause, Dr. Mutulu Shakur was a
conscious citizen of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika.
He was a leader of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), and worked closely with the
Black Panther Party. He was a founding member of the New Afrikan People’s
Organization (NAPO) and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), acting as a
pillar of strength and leadership.

While his revolutionary activism influenced countless lives, Dr. Mutulu Shakur
also made groundbreaking contributions as an acupuncturist, affectionately
known as “Doc.” After receiving training in Canada and China, he obtained his
license in California in 1979. Dr. Mutulu Shakur practiced holistic medicine with
unwavering dedication, working tirelessly to empower his community. His journey
started at Lincoln Detox, an addiction treatment program. The program was
founded in 1970 in the South Bronx, by a coalition that included revolutionary
healthcare workers, the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords and drug-addicted individuals seeking treatment. Dr. Mutulu Shakur served as executive director
and pioneered the use of acupuncture in treating withdrawal symptoms. His
innovative five-point protocol, which remains widely used in addiction treatment
today, brought relief and healing to countless individuals. In the late 1970s, he
co-founded and co-directed the Black Acupuncture Advisory Association of North
America (B.A.A.N.A) and the Harlem Institute of Acupuncture, both established
during a time when acupuncture faced legal challenges in New York. Dr. Mutulu
Shakur’s influential work in acupuncture continues to resonate in clinics and
treatment centers across the globe.

In 1988, Dr. Mutulu Shakur faced a profound legal ordeal. He was convicted for
leading a group of revolutionaries involved in a series of armed robberies in New
York and Connecticut in 1981. The charges were brought against him under the
conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)
Act and included his role in the liberation of fellow activist Assata Shakur from a
New Jersey prison in 1979.

While incarcerated, Dr. Shakur was active in various prison programs and was a
mentor to many within the system. He prepared a lot of young men on how to
handle life in prison and for life after release.

Dr. Shakur was deeply influential in the social and political messaging of his
sons’ creative output. Ever present as a mentor, even while imprisoned, he was
instrumental in developing the Thug Code, which created a framework for the
brothers’ vision to create a social movement with the group THUG LIFE as the
voice.

Dr. Mutulu Shakur is survived by his six children – Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur
[Talia], Talib Shakur [Nichole], Ayize Jama-Everett, Sekyiwa “Set” Kai Shakur
[Branden], Nzingha Shakur-Ali, and Chinua Mutulu Shakur. Additionally, he is
fondly remembered by his six grandchildren — Nzingha Afeni Shakur, Malik
Mutulu Shakur, Cheyenne Kai Harding, Tyrone Campbell, Cameron Rahmell
Jackson and Mia Voight, his loving sisters Sharon Howell and Janice Ruth
Williams, his brothers Sekou Odinga and Bilal Sunni-Ali, nieces and nephew —
Nicole Howell, Sharon N. Williams, Tyree N. Williams and Chandra D. Williams-
Phillips, and his godchildren — Aiyisha T. Obafemi, Chaka Zulu, Zayd
Akinshegun Sefu Akinyela, Sulay Majid, Malika Majid, Ayesha Jabbar, Nora
Hasna Majid, and Mohammedeen Majid. His former wife, Makini Shakur, and his
son-in-law, Gregory Jackson (who he named Bahanee Lajah) are also cherished
members of his family. Dr. Shakur was preceded in death by his mother, Dolores
Porter, his revolutionary and spiritual father, Salahdeen (Aba) Shakur, his son,
Tupac Amaru Shakur, godson, Yafeu Fula, his brothers Lumumba Shakur, Zayd
Shakur and Wakil Shakur, his sister Fulani N. Sunni-Ali and his former wife, Afeni
Shakur, a remarkable political activist, philanthropist, and Black Panther.

As we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, let us remember him as a
healer, an unyielding revolutionary, and an advocate for social change. His
contributions as an acupuncturist and his unwavering dedication to the Black
liberation movement will forever inspire generations to come. May his spirit of
resilience and commitment guide us as we strive for a more equitable and just
world.

Source: mutulushakur.com

Celebrate the July 26, 1953 Attack on the Moncada Barracks of the US-Backed Batista Dictatorship!
The Beginning of the Victorious 1959 Cuban Revolution

Saturday, July 29th at
Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz
Memorial and Educational Center

Address: 3940 Broadway @ 165th Street in Manhattan NYC

Reception: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Program: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Afterparty: 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Donation Range $5 – $20
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS

Keynote Speaker:

Gerardo Peñalver Portal, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations

Co-Chairs

Nancy Cabrero – Casa de las Americas

Joan Gibbs , Longtime activist-attorney,
National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL),
New York-New Jersey Cuba Si Coalition Legislative Committee

Message from Charles Barron and Alegna Cruz,
Secretary Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, New York Junta

Victory! End the Blockade Resolution Passes in NYC City Council! Organizers Speak!

Cultural Event

Poem: “Red Star”
by Zayid Muhammad
Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, People’s Organization for Progress

The Cuban Revolution “overturned the system”

Malcolm X, right, talks to Fidel Castro at Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York,
Sept. 19, 1960. Malcolm organized housing there for the Cuban U.N. delegation
when it was denied accommodation elsewhere.
The Cuban Revolution “overturned the system,” Malcolm explained in 1963.

We are requesting donations on a sliding scale depending on organizational size

From $5 – $25 (or more!)

Our 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor for the Conference is the Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO).

>Donations can be made via:-

Credit/debit card donation via the IFCO website https://ifconews.org/donate/
Please specify on their donation form that it is for this event

We look forward to your promotional and financial support

National Network on Cuba FALL MEETING
University of Massachusetts Boston

Interested? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewzhmTWoFCPn9MH4Tba20cG9bptWTfMLUj6DGm4ji9TcRg2g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Saturday, JULY 22, 2023, AT 2:30 PM PDT

Cuba’s Queer Rights Revolution – Eyewitness San Diego Justice Center, 7151 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego

Celebrate Queer Pride – Learn about the revolutionary Families Code in Cuba that puts Love first. Hear reports from the Women in Struggle LGBTQ+ delegation to Cuba in May 2023.

Eyewitness reports:

Melinda Butterfield – Women in Struggle, co-editor Struggle La Lucha newspaper

& Jordan David – Lavender Guard

Special guest: Christynne Lilly Wood- Santee Community Activist Recipient of Bayard Rustin Award & Transgender Woman of the Year-LGBTQ Center San Diego

REMINDER: Aug. 9th National Day of Protest to Defend the Tampa 5! Protesting DeSantis is Not a Crime!

Wednesday, August 9th
National Day of Protest to Drop the Charges on the Tampa 5!