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>From: D James <deborah@globalexchange.org>
>
>Women's Labor & Economic Justice Delegation to Cuba Announcement=20
>***** Please Distribute Widely
>
>Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
>Following on the heels of the popular resistance to the World Trade=20
>Organization in Seattle, the Women's International League for Peace=20
>and Freedom (WILPF) would like to announce our upcoming delegation=20
>to Cuba, co-sponsored by Hermanas: Sisterhood in Central America=20
>and the Caribbean and the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office=20
>(LELO) of Seattle. We're pleased to invite you to the Women's=20
>International Trade Union Conference and Economic Justice=20
>Delegation, April 24-May 5, 2000!
>
>This year's annual delegation offers a choice between a 9 day/8=20
>night program in Havana ( HAVANA ONLY -- April 24-May 2) and a 12=20
>day/11 night program that includes a round-trip excursion to=20
>Santiago de Cuba (HAVANA - SANTIAGO -- April 24-May 5). Both=20
>options will include: the 2 day Women's International Trade Union=20
>Conference; interactive workshops and exchanges with Cuban women on=20
>labor and women's employment issues, trade union organizing and=20
>economic justice projects; site visits to health care facilities and=20
>the National Center for Sex Education, schools and factories; and a=20
>day trip to Matanzas province and Varadero beach. The Santiago de=20
>Cuba option will also include site visits to women's economic=20
>development projects of the Federation of Cuban women and an AIDS=20
>care facility; meetings with artists and musicians; and ecological,=20
>historical and cultural programs with emphasis on Afro-Cuban=20
>culture. The province of Santiago is described as the cradle of the=20
>Cuban Revolution and the heart of the African diaspora in Cuba.
>
>The cost for this trip will include roundtrip airfare to Havana from=20
>Nassau, Bahamas or Cancun, Mexico; all outings and meetings; double=20
>occupancy housing at the Federation of Cuban Women Schoolhouse,=20
>transportation to and from airport, program activities; two meals=20
>per day; guides and translators; expert trip leaders; pre-conference=20
>orientation, Women's Trade Union Conference registration, and study=20
>packet. The cost for the HAVANA ONLY program will be $1050 for=20
>WILPF members and $1250 for non-members. The cost for the=20
>HAVANA-SANTIAGO program will be $1350 for WILPF members and $1550=20
>for non-members and includes (in addition to the Havana only=20
>program) roundtrip airfare to Santiago from Havana, breakfast daily=20
>in Santiago, and 3 nights at the Casagranda Hotel. Double occupancy=20
>accommodations at the Hotel Riviera in Havana are available for an=20
>additional $300 added to the delegation cost. We remind interested=20
>participants that you can join WILPF for $35 with your conference=20
>registration to obtain the lower price for the trip.
>
>Please contact Bob Guild at Marazul Tours (800-223-5334) to make=20
>your reservation and travel arrangements as soon as possible. Feel=20
>free to directly contact your travel agent for airline reservations=20
>to and from either Cancun or Nassau, as these arrangements are=20
>independent from the delegation. Please also:
>1) complete the attached registration form
>2) write a statement indicating your established interest in the=20
>subject matter of the conference to the US Treasury Department,=20
>Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for license to travel to=20
>Cuba (sample statement enclosed)
>3) attach your resume (for the license application). =20
>
>Please fax all materials (1) Registration forms (2) Letter to US=20
>Treasury/OFAC; (3) resume to Bob Guild at 201-319-9009, and mail the=20
>originals with a $300 deposit -- cashier's check or money order=20
>ONLY - to Marazul Tours, 4100 Park Ave., Weehawken, NJ 07087.
>
>The balance is due by March 22, 2000. If your plans change and you=20
>cannot participate in the delegation, deposits will be refunded=20
>minus $100 through March 22, 2000. =20
>
>
>We plan to have a diverse delegation and space is limited. Thus, we=20
>encourage all women to participate and sign up early. Please get in=20
>touch with any of the delegation co-leaders with questions or=20
>concerns. We look forward to hearing from you.
>
>In sisterhood,
>
>Jan Strout =20
>New Jersey Co-leader =20
>609-448-3819 =20
>jan.strout@fex.org =20
>
>Deborah James
>California Co-leader
>415-436-9722 =20
>deborah@globalexchange.org
>
>Cindy Domingo =20
>Washington Co-leader =20
>206-782-2565 =20
>Cindy.Domingo@METROKC.GOV =20
>
>Tamara James
>Kansas Co-leader
>316-267-5791
>tsjames@worldnet.att.net
>
>*********************************************************************=20
>******************
>Hermanas: Sisterhood in Central America and the Caribbean, Northwest Labor =
and
>Employment Law Office (LELO) and the Women's International League=20
>for Peace and
>Freedom (WILPF), invite you to join:
>
>Women's International Labor Conference and Economic Justice Delegation to C=
uba
>
>Havana, April 24 - May 5, 2000
>
>Cuban women, labor, and economic justice
>For over 39 years the U.S. embargo of Cuba has placed a tremendous economic
>strain on Cuba1s socialist system, which is considered to be a model for
>developing nations. Equal pay for equal work, excellent labor rights
>including paid maternity leave, affirmative action, universal access to goo=
d
>quality health care, full reproductive and sexual rights, access to day car=
e
>centers, free universal education, and other rights have encouraged the
>relative economic equality of women across ethnicities in Cuba. There are
>more women than men in medical school, more women in politics than any othe=
r
>Latin American nation, and incredibly low incidence of labor discrimination=
,
>domestic violence, and delinquent child support, among other factors.
>
>Even with Cuba's creative responses to all the struggles resulting from the
>U.S. embargo, loss of trade and aid from the former Soviet Union and other
>factors, Cuban women are seeing a rise in economic problems they had
>succeeded in overcoming in past decades. The growth in the tourist sector
>has led to the rise in prostitution, especially of Afro-Cuban women, which
>has caused a great deal of alarm. Increases in time spent securing food fo=
r
>the family, difficulties in transportation, and on other basic family
>obligations had led to a decrease in women1s political participation in
>Cuba, which used to be the highest in the hemisphere.
>
>Who are Hermanas, LELO, and WILPF?
>Hermanas and WILPF have been organizing annual women1s delegations to Cuba
>since 1990. All of our actions, including delegations, aim to empower
>diverse women in the US and other parts of the world to participate in and
>develop just and peaceful international relations, to deepen women1s global
>solidarity, and to use a women-to-women citizen diplomacy model to craft
>methods to normalize US-Cuba relations. WILPF and Hermanas are members of t=
he
>National Network on Cuba, a group of over 100 organizations working=20
>to change US
>policy. LELO is a labor advocacy organization in the Northwest focusing on
>empowering communities of color and women to pressure for labor rights
>domestically and internationally. They are very active in the coordination=
of
>activities around Cuba at the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.
>
>Who will participate?
>We are organizing a delegation of diverse women involved or interested in
>women's labor and economic issues including workers, trade union activists,
>professors, economic and racial justice organizers, women's human rights
>activists, welfare and low-income organizing, health and work/family issues=
,
>students, and women working in related fields.
>
>Sample Itinerary:
>April 24 Travel to Havana, Cuba
>April 25 Tour Havana, visit historical and cultural sites of interest
>April 26 Meetings with economists, labor union leaders, women's groups
>April 27 Site visits to health centers, schools and factories to=20
>meet with workers
>April 28 Women's Labor Conference in Havana
>April 29 Women's Labor Conference in Havana
>April 30 Day trip to Matanzas province
>May 1 Participate in International Labor Day March and Celebrations
>May 2 Return home -or-
>May 2-5 Travel to Santiago, Cuba
>We will also enjoy evening cultural events and free time to arrange=20
>meetings of
>particular interest.
>
>*********************************************************************=20
>******************
>REGISTRATION for the WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION =20
> CONFERENCE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE DELEGATION TO CUBA
>APRIL 24-MAY 5, 2000
>
>
>Please complete this form and mail or fax it to:
>Bob Guild, Marazul Tours, Inc., 4100 Park Ave., Weehawken, NJ 07087;=20
>fax: 201-319-9009
>INCLUDE a $300* deposit (certified check or money order ONLY, made=20
>payable to Marazul Tours).
>Must be received no later than March 22, 2000.
>
>Name_________________________________________________________________=20
>_______________
>(as appears on your passport)
>
>Address______________________________________________________________=20
>________________
> Street City State Zip
>
>E-mail____________________________________________ Fax=20
>(____)__________________________
>
>Home phone (____)_____________________________ Work phone=20
>(____)_______________________
>
>Occupation__________________________________ Date and place of=20
>birth_______________________
>
>Citizen of _______________ Passport=20
>number_________________________Expiration______________
>
>___I am currently a member of Women's International League for Peace=20
>and Freedom.
>___I would like to join WILPF today. I have included $35 annual=20
>membership dues.
>___Havana ONLY-April 24-May 2 (COST: $1050 for WILPF members/ $1250=20
>for non-members)
>___Havana AND Santiago-April 24-May 5 (Cost: $1350 for WILPF=20
>members/ $1550 for non-members)
>___Please help me obtain a specific license from the US Treasury=20
>Dept., Office of Foreign Assets Control. Please find enclosed a=20
>copy of my resume and a signed statement indicating my established=20
>interest in this =20
>conference's themes and topics (sample statement attached).
>
>Which point of departure will you use? (Check one)
>
>__Nassau: When do you ARRIVE in Nas: airline___________flight=20
>#____arrival date/time___________
> When do you DEPART from Nas: airline____________flight=20
>#____arrival date/time______________
>Note: On May 2-Depart Havana 1:15pm; Arrives in Nassau 2:45pm.
> On May 5-Depart Havana 3:45pm; Arrives in Nassau 5:15pm (all=20
>times are subject to change).
>__Cancun: When do you ARRIVE in Can: airline___________flight=20
>#____arrival date/time__________
> When do you DEPART from Can: airline_____________flight=20
>#____arrival date/time_____________
>Note: Daily flights Depart Cancun at 7:25pm; Arriving in Havana at 9:25pm.
> Daily flights Depart Havana at 7:00am; Arriving in Cancun at=20
>7:00am (all times are subject to change).
>
>Accommodations are double-occupancy. I would like to share my room=20
>with_______________________
>If you do not indicate a roommate preference, one will be selected=20
>for you. You may specify if you smoke or prefer a non-smoker.
>
>In case of emergency, contact:
>
>Name__________________________________________Relationship___________=20
>_________________
>Home Phone (____)________________________________Work Phone=20
>(____)_____________________
>
>*If your plans change and you cannot participate in the delegation,=20
>deposits will be refunded minus $100 through March 22, 2000.=20
> Payment in FULL is due by March 22, 2000.
>
>*********************************************************************=20
>******************
>
>Cuba Women's Labor and Economic Justice Conference and Delegation,=20
>April 2-May 5, 2000
>Application Form Page 2
>Please provide brief answers to the following questions so that we=20
>may get to know our delegation better:
>
>1. Describe yourself briefly including relevant educational=20
>background, work/professional, volunteer and past travel experiences.
>
>
>
>2. Have you ever visited or lived in Cuba? When, how long, why?
>
>
>3. Which delegation activities particularly interest you?
>
>
>4. Knowledge of the Spanish language is helpful, but not necessary.=20
> How would you rate your knowledge of Spanish? (None, Basic,=20
>Conversational, Fluent)
>
>
>5. Do you have any special health problems, including but not=20
>limited to allergies, disabilities, etc.? Are you on a special diet=20
>(i.e. vegetarian, vegan, food allergies, etc.)? Are you taking=20
>medication? If yes, please explain.
>
>
>6. Would you like to participate in collecting humanitarian aid and=20
>information materials to donate to Cuba? If YES, what kinds of=20
>donations might you be able to obtain?
>
>
>7. Are there ways you would like to share information about=20
>Cuba upon your return?
>
>
>
>Please feel free to add any additional information that you feel is relevan=
t.
>
>
>
>*********************************************************************=20
>******************
>
>SAMPLE STATEMENT FOR US TREASURY/OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
>
>Jane Doe
>1111 Somestreet Way
>Somewhere, PA 11111
>Phone: (111) 111-1111, Fax: (111) 111-1111
>
>
>
>
>, 2000
>
>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>
>I would like to participate in the Women's International Trade Union=20
>Conference in Cuba April 24-May 5, 2000 with the Women's=20
>International League for Peace and Freedom to further my interest in=20
>____________________________(this depends on your professional,=20
>educational or activist background, for example: women's rights,=20
> trade unionism , racial justice, work and family policy, welfare or=20
>low-income organizing, US and global economy, etc.).
>
>I have volunteered with _____________________(list relevant=20
>organizations, campaigns, demonstrations, conferences, etc.) for=20
>_________years/months/hours per week. My education is in=20
>______________(if relevant). I have worked as a ____________(if=20
>relevant, for example: professor, researcher, welfare organizer,=20
>women's and/or human right's advocate, trade union activist, etc.)=20
>for ____years. This conference will allow me to share my=20
>professional experiences/vocational interests/ long-time interests=20
>with an international group of women who have worked in the fields=20
>of labor organizing, gender, racial and economic justice.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Jane Doe
>
>
>Enclosures (1)
>
>PLEASE ATTACH RESUME.
>
>
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Subject: Women's Labor & Economic Justice Delegation to Cuba
=46rom: D James <<deborah@globalexchange.org>
<fontfamily><param>Times_New_Roman</param>Women's Labor & Economic
Justice Delegation to Cuba Announcement ***** Please Distribute Widely
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
=46ollowing on the heels of the popular resistance to the World Trade
Organization in Seattle, the Women's International League for Peace and
=46reedom (WILPF) would like to announce our upcoming delegation to Cuba,
co-sponsored by Hermanas: Sisterhood in Central America and the
Caribbean and the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office (LELO) of
Seattle. We're pleased to invite you to the Women's International
Trade Union Conference and Economic Justice Delegation, April 24-May 5,
2000!
This year's annual delegation offers a choice between a 9 day/8 night
program in Havana ( HAVANA ONLY -- April 24-May 2) and a 12 day/11
night program that includes a round-trip excursion to Santiago de Cuba
(HAVANA - SANTIAGO -- April 24-May 5). Both options will include: the
2 day Women's International Trade Union Conference; interactive
workshops and exchanges with Cuban women on labor and women's
employment issues, trade union organizing and economic justice
projects; site visits to health care facilities and the National Center
for Sex Education, schools and factories; and a day trip to Matanzas
province and Varadero beach. The Santiago de Cuba option will also
include site visits to women's economic development projects of the
=46ederation of Cuban women and an AIDS care facility; meetings with
artists and musicians; and ecological, historical and cultural programs
with emphasis on Afro-Cuban culture. The province of Santiago is
described as the cradle of the Cuban Revolution and the heart of the
African diaspora in Cuba.
The cost for this trip will include roundtrip airfare to Havana from
Nassau, Bahamas or Cancun, Mexico; all outings and meetings; double
occupancy housing at the Federation of Cuban Women Schoolhouse,
transportation to and from airport, program activities; two meals per
day; guides and translators; expert trip leaders; pre-conference
orientation, Women's Trade Union Conference registration, and study
packet. The cost for the HAVANA ONLY program will be $1050 for WILPF
members and $1250 for non-members. The cost for the HAVANA-SANTIAGO
program will be $1350 for WILPF members and $1550 for non-members and
includes (in addition to the Havana only program) roundtrip airfare to
Santiago from Havana, breakfast daily in Santiago, and 3 nights at the
Casagranda Hotel. Double occupancy accommodations at the Hotel Riviera
in Havana are available for an additional $300 added to the delegation
cost. We remind interested participants that you can join WILPF for
$35 with your conference registration to obtain the lower price for the
trip.
Please contact Bob Guild at Marazul Tours (800-223-5334) to make your
reservation and travel arrangements <bold><italic>as soon as
possible</italic></bold>. Feel free to directly contact your travel
agent for airline reservations to and from either Cancun or Nassau, as
these arrangements are independent from the delegation. Please also:
1) complete the attached registration form
2) write a statement indicating your established interest in the
subject matter of the conference to the US Treasury Department, Office
of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for license to travel to Cuba (sample
statement enclosed)
3) attach your resume (for the license application). =20
Please <bold><underline>fax</underline></bold> all materials (1)
Registration forms (2) Letter to US Treasury/OFAC; (3) resume to Bob
Guild at 201-319-9009, and <bold><underline>mail</underline></bold> the
originals with a $300 deposit -- cashier's check or money order ONLY
- to Marazul Tours, 4100 Park Ave., Weehawken, NJ 07087.
<bold><italic>The balance is due by March 22, 2000.</italic></bold>
If your plans change and you cannot participate in the delegation,
deposits will be refunded minus $100 through March 22, 2000. =20
We plan to have a diverse delegation and space is limited. Thus, we
encourage all women to participate and sign up early. Please get in
touch with any of the delegation co-leaders with questions or concerns.
We look forward to hearing from you.
In sisterhood,
Jan Strout =20
New Jersey Co-leader =20
609-448-3819 =20
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>jan.strout@fex.org</color></u=
nderline>
=20
<underline>
</underline>Deborah James
California Co-leader
415-436-9722 =20
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>deborah@globalexchange.org</c=
olor></underline>
Cindy Domingo =20
Washington Co-leader =20
206-782-2565 =20
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>Cindy.Domingo@METROKC.GOV</co=
lor></underline>
=20
Tamara James
Kansas Co-leader
316-267-5791
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>tsjames@worldnet.att.net
</color>********************************************************************=
*******************
</underline></fontfamily><fixed>Hermanas: Sisterhood in Central America
and the Caribbean, Northwest Labor and
Employment Law Office (LELO) and the Women's International League for
Peace and
=46reedom (WILPF), invite you to join:
Women's International Labor Conference and Economic Justice Delegation
to Cuba
Havana, April 24 - May 5, 2000
Cuban women, labor, and economic justice
=46or over 39 years the U.S. embargo of Cuba has placed a tremendous
economic
strain on Cuba1s socialist system, which is considered to be a model
for
developing nations. Equal pay for equal work, excellent labor rights
including paid maternity leave, affirmative action, universal access to
good
quality health care, full reproductive and sexual rights, access to day
care
centers, free universal education, and other rights have encouraged
the
relative economic equality of women across ethnicities in Cuba. There
are
more women than men in medical school, more women in politics than any
other
Latin American nation, and incredibly low incidence of labor
discrimination,
domestic violence, and delinquent child support, among other factors.
Even with Cuba's creative responses to all the struggles resulting from
the
U.S. embargo, loss of trade and aid from the former Soviet Union and
other
factors, Cuban women are seeing a rise in economic problems they had
succeeded in overcoming in past decades. The growth in the tourist
sector
has led to the rise in prostitution, especially of Afro-Cuban women,
which
has caused a great deal of alarm. Increases in time spent securing
food for
the family, difficulties in transportation, and on other basic family
obligations had led to a decrease in women1s political participation
in
Cuba, which used to be the highest in the hemisphere.
Who are Hermanas, LELO, and WILPF?
Hermanas and WILPF have been organizing annual women1s delegations to
Cuba
since 1990. All of our actions, including delegations, aim to empower
diverse women in the US and other parts of the world to participate in
and
develop just and peaceful international relations, to deepen women1s
global
solidarity, and to use a women-to-women citizen diplomacy model to
craft
methods to normalize US-Cuba relations. WILPF and Hermanas are members
of the
National Network on Cuba, a group of over 100 organizations working to
change US
policy. LELO is a labor advocacy organization in the Northwest
focusing on
empowering communities of color and women to pressure for labor rights
domestically and internationally. They are very active in the
coordination of
activities around Cuba at the World Trade Organization meeting in
Seattle.
Who will participate?
We are organizing a delegation of diverse women involved or interested
in
women's labor and economic issues including workers, trade union
activists,
professors, economic and racial justice organizers, women's human
rights
activists, welfare and low-income organizing, health and work/family
issues,
students, and women working in related fields.
Sample Itinerary:
April 24 Travel to Havana, Cuba
April 25 Tour Havana, visit historical and cultural sites of
interest
April 26 Meetings with economists, labor union leaders, women's
groups
April 27 Site visits to health centers, schools and factories to
meet with workers
April 28 Women's Labor Conference in Havana
April 29 Women's Labor Conference in Havana
April 30 Day trip to Matanzas province
May 1 Participate in International Labor Day March and
Celebrations
May 2 Return home -or-
May 2-5 Travel to Santiago, Cuba
We will also enjoy evening cultural events and free time to arrange
meetings of
particular interest.
</fixed><underline><fontfamily><param>Times_New_Roman</param>
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***********
</fontfamily></underline><fontfamily><param>Times_New_Roman</param><bold>REG=
ISTRATION
for the WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION =20
CONFERENCE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE DELEGATION TO CUBA
APRIL 24-MAY 5, 2000
</bold>Please complete this form and mail or fax it to:
Bob Guild, Marazul Tours, Inc., 4100 Park Ave., Weehawken, NJ 07087;
fax: 201-319-9009
INCLUDE a $300* deposit (certified check or money order ONLY, made
payable to Marazul Tours).
Must be received no later than March 22, 2000.
Name________________________________________________________________________=
________
(as appears on your passport)
Address_____________________________________________________________________=
_________
Street City State Zip
E-mail____________________________________________ Fax
(____)__________________________
Home phone (____)_____________________________ Work phone
(____)_______________________
Occupation__________________________________ Date and place of
birth_______________________
Citizen of _______________ Passport
number_________________________Expiration______________
___I am currently a member of Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom.
___I would like to join WILPF today. I have included $35 annual
membership dues.
___<bold>Havana ONLY</bold>-April 24-May 2 <bold>(COST: $1050 for
WILPF members/ $1250 for non-members)
</bold>___<bold>Havana AND Santiago</bold>-April 24-May 5 <bold>(Cost:
$1350 for WILPF members/ $1550 for non-members)
</bold>___Please help me obtain a specific license from the US Treasury
Dept., Office of Foreign Assets Control. Please find enclosed a copy
of my resume and a signed statement indicating my established interest
in this =20
conference's themes and topics (sample statement attached).
Which point of departure will you use? (Check one)
__<bold>Nassau</bold>: When do you ARRIVE in Nas:
airline___________flight #____arrival date/time___________
When do you DEPART from Nas: airline____________flight #____arrival
date/time______________
Note: On May 2-Depart Havana 1:15pm; Arrives in Nassau 2:45pm.
On May 5-Depart Havana 3:45pm; Arrives in Nassau 5:15pm (all
times are <bold>subject to change</bold>).
__<bold>Cancun</bold>: When do you ARRIVE in Can:
airline___________flight #____arrival date/time__________
When do you DEPART from Can: airline_____________flight #____arrival
date/time_____________
Note: Daily flights Depart Cancun at 7:25pm; Arriving in Havana at
9:25pm.
Daily flights Depart Havana at 7:00am; Arriving in Cancun at
7:00am (all times are <bold>subject to change</bold>).
Accommodations are double-occupancy. I would like to share my room
with_______________________
If you do not indicate a roommate preference, one will be selected for
you. You may specify if you smoke or prefer a non-smoker.
In case of emergency, contact:
Name__________________________________________Relationship__________________=
__________
Home Phone (____)________________________________Work Phone
(____)_____________________
*If your plans change and you cannot participate in the delegation,
deposits will be refunded minus $100 through March 22, 2000. Payment
in FULL is due by March 22, 2000.
<underline>*****************************************************************=
**********************
</underline>
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><smaller>Cuba Women's
Labor and Economic Justice Conference and Delegation, April 2-May 5,
2000
Application Form Page 2
</smaller></fontfamily><bold><fontfamily><param>Times_New_Roman</param>Pleas=
e
provide brief answers to the following questions so that we may get to
know our delegation better:
</fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Times_New_Roman</param>1.
Describe yourself briefly including relevant educational background,
work/professional, volunteer and past travel experiences.
2. Have you ever visited or lived in Cuba? When, how long, why?
3. Which delegation activities particularly interest you?
4. Knowledge of the Spanish language is helpful, but not necessary.
How would you rate your knowledge of Spanish? (None, Basic,
Conversational, Fluent)
5. Do you have any special health problems, including but not limited
to allergies, disabilities, etc.? Are you on a special diet (i.e.
vegetarian, vegan, food allergies, etc.)? Are you taking medication?
If yes, please explain.
6. Would you like to participate in collecting humanitarian aid and
information materials to donate to Cuba? If YES, what kinds of
donations might you be able to obtain?
7. Are there ways you would like to share information about Cuba
upon your return?
Please feel free to add any additional information that you feel is
relevant.
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<bold><underline>SAMPLE</underline> STATEMENT FOR US TREASURY/OFFICE OF
=46OREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
</bold>Jane Doe
1111 Somestreet Way
Somewhere, PA 11111
Phone: (111) 111-1111, Fax: (111) 111-1111
, 2000
To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to participate in the Women's International Trade Union
Conference in Cuba April 24-May 5, 2000 with the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom to further my interest in
____________________________(this depends on your professional,
educational or activist background, for example: women's rights,
trade unionism , racial justice, work and family policy, welfare or
low-income organizing, US and global economy, etc.).
I have volunteered with _____________________(list relevant
organizations, campaigns, demonstrations, conferences, etc.) for
_________years/months/hours per week. My education is in
______________(if relevant). I have worked as a ____________(if
relevant, for example: professor, researcher, welfare organizer,
women's and/or human right's advocate, trade union activist, etc.) for
____years. This conference will allow me to share my professional
experiences/vocational interests/ long-time interests with an
international group of women who have worked in the fields of labor
organizing, gender, racial and economic justice.
Sincerely,
Jane Doe
Enclosures (1)
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