500 Women for the Cuban 5

To all progressive Women,

The PEPFC5 is calling on all progressive women to Sign on to the 500 Women for the Cuban 5 Initiative!!

We are asking women to send in the support letter to Louise Arbour and then email the PEPFC5 (at freethec_5@yahoo.com) and let us know if we can add your name to a press release that will be emailed to all press and political listserves. The PDF format of the letter can be found at the Jericho Website: http://www.thejerichomovement.com/events5.html

The goal of adding your names it to show the breadth of support the Cuban5 moms/wives have. The press release will be avilable to anyone who asks for it. It will be a basic press release introducing the Women's History Month Initiative for the Cuban 5 and contain your names.

Our hope is that this will motivate more sisters to sign on and forward out the letter further.

Every Monday people will see a press release with more and more sisters names. Our goal is to have a press release on Monday March 31st with the 500 names of women who sent the letter to Louise Arbour.

If any of you are interested just send us your name to this email (freethec_5@yahoo.com) with your name and any titles/organization you belong to.

IF ANY OF YOU KNOW ANY FEMALE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NONPROFIT LEADERS, ACTIVISTS, TEACHERS, LAWYERS, or any woman you think might have clout and weight, please send her this note and motivate her to participate. The more names the better, the BROADER the better!!

I hope all of you can help us in this endeavor, FREE THE CUBAN 5!!

Benjamin Ramos

The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5

So far we have these amazing sisters Joining the 500 Women for the Cuban 5:

Anne Lamb, NYC Jericho Movement

Paulette D'Auteuil, NYC Jericho Movement

Maryloo Soued, Al-Awda

Margaret Gilpin, President, Kangaroo Productions, Inc.

Alicia Jrapko, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban FiveNational Coordinator

Maegan "la Mala" Ortiz, Editor VivirLatino-Latino Life in Blog Form

Join The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5’s Women’s History Month Initiative. Starting from Sat. Match 1st-Monday March 31st we are calling on people to fax or mail out this letter to Louise Arbour The High Commissioner of Human Rights of the Office for Human Rights-United Nations Office at Geneva. We are asking her to intercede on behalf of the Cuban 5’s mothers/wives to pressure the U.S. government to grant them VISAs to visit their husbands/sons!!

Due to the U.S. government’s denial to approve visas, Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo and Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert have not seen their wives since their incarceration!! Others in the Cuban 5 have not seen their parents, wives and children with regularity, because the U.S. government has taken prolonged periods of time to issue them visas. The U.S. government’s denial of visitation rights is a cruel and horrible form of psychological torture. Their rationale for denial is ridiculous and baseless; none of these family members are a threat to national security.

The PDF format of the letter can be found at the Jericho Website: http://www.thejerichomovement.com/events5.html

Please download sign and fax or mail out IMMEDIATELY!!