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DESCRIPTION:Cuban food and Latin music, poetry and politics at La Pena\n\nBarrios 
 Unidos, the Cuba Study Group, Three Americas, Inc., and the Watsonville 
 Brown Berets will host a gala fund-raiser for the Santa Cruz Cuba Caravans 
 – a contingent of the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba.  \n\nLa 
 Pena\nThe evening will feature a Cuban dinner cooked by Gina Val Leiva a 
 former “Peter Pan” child - one of thousands of children exiled from 
 Cuba after the Revolution by frightened parents who were told their 
 children would be sent to Russia by the revolutionary government.  \n\nGina 
 is one of the people the dinner will benefit, enabling her to return to 
 Cuba as a "caravanista" and re-connect with family left behind.\n\nA 
 highlight of the evening’s entertainment will be the Brown Beret’s 
 hiphop and spoken word artists. \n\nNane Alejandrez, founder and exceutive 
 director of Barrios Unidos will speak about their organization's 
 international work with Venezuela and other Latin American 
 countries.\n\nThere will be music by Los Kombucheros, greetings from Rep. 
 Sam Farr, a political skit by Students Informing Now, presentations by 
 former Caravanistas, and other short acts. \n\nThe evening will end with 
 Lois and Bert Muhly leading the audience in original songs about 
 Cuba.\n\nCost: 	Dinner suggested donation $25-$35 \n	Theatre $10 (no-one 
 turned away for lack of funds)\nContact for tickets and information – 427 
 0980\n\nHosted by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Action 
 Committee.\n\nBackground:\nFor the past five years, Santa Cruz Cuba 
 Caravans has traveled to Cuba with the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment to 
 Cuba as a challenge to the illegal and immoral U.S. blockade.  We have sent 
 over 20 people on the Pastors Caravan and donated four buses loaded with 
 material aid to Cuba.  This gala event will raise funds for scholarships 
 for students and low-income adults to travel as “caravanistas” on this 
 life-changing journey.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/16/18493258.php
SUMMARY:La Pena: a Celebration of Latin American Culture
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowhip\n6401 Freedom Blvd., Aptos, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/16/18493258.php
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