After a 13 hour bus ride from Olympia I arrived in Missoula excited for an amazing Cuba Solidarity event that another caravanista organized. The event was extremely exciting with more than 75 young people coming to watch the movie "Bloqueo" and listening to an amazing local rock band Miller Creek. Good work, Katie.
After Missoula, two caravanistas were picked up by Montana Bob who drove us to his house in Bozeman, Montana. We watched the movie "Salud" and had delicious food cooked by Suzanne. The people that Bob and Suzanne invited were so moved by the movie "Salud" and this unjust and immoral blockade on Cuba that they all wanted to know how they could help out with the caravan.
The next morning, we left beautiful Montana to travel to Pocatello, Idaho to meet with the rest of the group coming from Boise, Idaho.
Thank you to the people of Montana for a great time and especially Bob and Suzanne who were such great hosts.
about me
i've lost faith in the corporate and state media. they claim to be 'balanced' and 'un-biased,' but they're not.
sometimes they lie outright. most of the time they leave a lot of information and context out. they're often earth un-friendly, printing mostly advertising on dead trees. they're funded and motivated by big money, big power, and subsequently we hear what they want us to hear.
i created this blog so i could share my journey with pastors for peace. i've been a social justice and environmental activist for a couple of decades. i'll be up front about it - that's the perspective you'll find here. you don't have to believe any of it if you don't want. go on your own journey, write your own blog. maybe i'll read it.
the first time i participated in the humanitarian aid caravan to cuba was in 2008. i went again in 2009. it's so much fun i'm doing it again in 2012, with the 23rd caravan. it's also a lot of hard work, and expensive, but the cubans are such an inspiration with their free education and health care ... and activists like me feel very welcomed there. if you'd like to share some financial support for the journey, i won't stop you, and i promise i'll spend it responsibly and ethically.
thanks for caring!