PR Political Prisoner CD Meeting/CAll

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
http://www.ProLibertadWeb.com
ProLibertad@hotmail.com and ProLibertad.Campaign@gmail.com
ProLibertad: 718-601-4751
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Calling all Boricua Organizations and individuals regarding a Fund
Raising CD to aid our Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!!

Please join us in our 2nd planning meeting to develop this project.

Our 2nd meeting will be MONDAY OCTOBER 15th, 2007 AT 7PM at
Hunter College East Building
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies
14th floor room 1441.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!! PLEASE EMAIL US AND LET US KNOW IF YOU WILLB E
ATTENDING!!

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
The Welfare Poets
Boricuation


A CALL TO ARTISTS!

Calling all Boricua Artists for a Fund Raising CD to aid our Puerto
Rican Political Prisoners!!
The Freedom Album

The Welfare Poets, The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign and Boricuation
have initiated a fund raising project to directly aid the current
Puerto Rican Political Prisoners; incarcerated for fighting for the
independence and self-determination of Puerto Rico.  Additionally, we
also want to assist past political prisoners who have been freed and
are now attempting to survive in a system where many channels are
closed to them. It is also our intention to create a general legal
fund to assist present and even possibly future political prisoners. 
Other organizations and individuals will join in on the effort of
putting an album of this magnitude  together.  There is so  much to
be done and time is most precious. Collectively, our efforts can
reach the necessary millions to make a significant impact. These are
our prisoners, they remain in jail and isolated due to our collective
inaction  and we can remedy this.

We are directing this posting to local bands and world renown Puerto
Rican artists who have the eye of the music world. Depending on how
many artists come forward and who actually submit songs, there is a
potential for us to get funds so distribution can be created on a
larger scale.


Regarding Song Submissions:
�We have begun accepting submissions. All submissions must be
submitted by December 31st 2007
�All submissions and questions about submissions can be sent
to: FreedomAlbum@gmail.com
(Unfortunately, not all submissions will be accepted.  We are
expecting a huge amount of submissions and a committee will be
coordinated to do the final selection.  If your song is accepted, we
will eventually need the a CD of the studio sessions to be sent for
mixing and mastering)
�We want all bands/artist of all genres to be a part of this
potentially monumental album for Freedom -- Bomba, Plena, Hip Hop,
Reggaeton, Salsa, Jibaro, Regggae, Punk, Rock or any other form of
music
�Songs do not need to be directly about the political
prisoners and the struggle for Puerto Rico's Independence, although
we definitely won't  discourage you to do so. For the most part, they
should be uplifting and somehow connected to our people, island,
culture and history.


Goal:
�We hope this album serves to raise the necessary funds as
outlined above,  but also to unify the Puerto Rican community on many
levels. Unifying Puerto Rican artists from NYC, Chicago, California,
Philadelphia, New Jersey and all over the Puerto Rican Diaspora, with
each other and other artists from  the island � all coming
together under the banner of supporting those who have sacrificed
everything for the love of freedom.

�We also hope to unify organizations in an attempt to move
forward on better grounds on behalf of the companeros.

�Not only will we be spreading the word about the Puerto Rican
Political Prisoners' existence and individual cases to a wide range
of individuals open their eyes for the first time or updating those
who are already in the know, but we will also be offering the people
a way to assist, all people who support the struggle for our
companeros release, Puerto Rican and beyond.



For information:
- About the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and the ProLibertad
Freedom  Campaign, go to: www.ProLibertadweb.com or
myspace.com/freeourpolitcalprisoners
- About the Welfare Poets, go to www.welfarepoets.com or
www.myspace.com/thewelfarepoets
- About Boricuation, go to: www.myspace.com/boricuationonline
- You can also log on to myspace.com/freeourpolitcalprisoners for
future information regarding the project and planning meetings


Background
The fight for Puerto Rico's Independence go as far back as indigenous
resistance to Spanish occupation. For well over 500 years, countless
and nameless individuals have fought for our islands sovereignty.
Some have paid  the ultimate price with their lives.

Others have been held captive, arrested against their will, by a
court which held no jurisdiction over their cases and tramples on
their international right to fight for the liberation of their
homeland, our homeland, Puerto  Rico. The Puerto Rican people have
been able to free many of our political prisoners. We did so because
we created unity amongst ourselves and because we welcomed the
solidarity of all our allies. This Freedom Al-bum is another  example
of our creativity in building solidarity and unity amongst ourselves.

This album will educate, agitate and help further build our movement
to free our companeros behind the walls.