Over the weekend of June 24th and 25th, about a dozen Santa Cruz activists busied themselves at the Live Oak Grange sorting medical supplies, soaps, books, pens, and automotive parts among other items, as part of the Pastors for Peace 2006 Cuba Friend-Shipment Caravan. This is the 17th year in which our fellow community members have challenged the travel ban to Cuba and the inhumane embargo on Cuba by the US government. Volunteers did a quality inspection of donated supplies before loading them onto the donated ambulance, former Police SWAT wagon, and Peace Mobile. Other people put their handprints onto the vehicles to demonstrate peace, friendship and solidarity from across the sea. Read more and view photos

see also: Links for Cuba Caravan || Media Alert with 4th of July Parade Update

Audio: Santa Cruz Activists Gear Up for Caravan to Cuba || Update Interview with Caravanista Before Crossing into Mexico

Video in Fresno: U.S. gov. does not want us to see reality of Cuba