The Plight of Rafters or Balseros Fleeing Fidel Castros Cuba

The Plight of Rafters’ or Balseros Fleeing Fidel Castro's Cuba

New York, NY 10003 April 14 2006

The 180-minute film ¿Adiós Patria? will be shown at the Western Region
Headquarters of the National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) on
Saturday, April 22, 2006 at 1pm. The documentary explores the reasons
more than one million Cubans have left their homeland since the 1959
triumph of the revolution. It mixes poignant footage from the island
with personal testimony from exiles and commentary by historians,
politicians, and anti-Castro activists. CORE seeks to raise awareness of
the plight of rafters’ or balseros and the desperation that leads them
to brave shark infested waters to seek freedom on America’s shores. Many
face an uncertain future to flee from Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

CORE (www.core-online.org), is a 64 year civil rights organization known
for its 1960s demonstrations and the murder of three of its members as
depicted in the movie “Mississippi Burning". Carl McGill is Assistant
Western Regional Director of CORE and a candidate for the 35th
California Congressional District. From Saturday, April 22 through
Saturday, June 2, 2006 Carl McGill will sponsor weekly events that
foster and create dialogue about critical issues facing our nation.

As a friend of the Cuban exile community, Carl McGill traveled from
Southern California to Miami’s Little Havana in 2000, to protest
Congresswoman Maxine Waters and the Congressional Black Caucus’ support
of Fidel Castro. To defeat Maxine Waters in the June 6 primary, all
donations from ¿Adiós Patria? will go towards the campaign to elect Carl
McGill. Many view his campaign as a campaign to have more choices in the
congressional race in district 35. It is a campaign to break the Maxine
Waters Monopoly and to have the voices and issues of multi-ethnic
communities heard. The 35th Congressional District is the City of
Hawthorne, which is historically known as the home of California’s
annual Cuban American Festival and Sociedad José Martí.

Some text borrowed from "mages of Exile" by Elise Ackerman, April 1997.

Seating is limited and reservations are required.

If you can't attend, please consider a campaign donation in lieu of
attendance

Thank you,

Carl McGill for US Congress 2006

Laura Oliva, Director of Latino Affairs
Formerly of Santiago, Cuba

For further information, please visit:
http://www.carlmcgill.com
http://www.core-online.org
http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/cubanrafters.html

Corinne Innis (cinnis@core-online.org)
Publicist
Congress of Racial Equality -- CORE
817 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone : 212-598-4000 ext. 1104

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