I send this along in appreciation for the suggestions and responsiveness to my
post in April.
-----peter miller
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alt-rootsofhope.org: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
There are a couple of key markers, stopping off points on the Community
Technology road between the US and Cuba, and an especially useful one is
rootsofhope.org. It’s got prime resources and lessons to teach, about what to
do, and what not to do.
What’s not to like? — www.rootsofhope.org is a bilingual “international network
of students and young professionals working to inspire young people across the
globe to think about Cuba and proactively support our young counterparts on the
island through innovative means.” As “a nonprofit, nonpartisan movement,” it’s
supported with big name endorsers, a funding program, travel support, and a
“Tech4Cuba” component, gathering and distributing new and used equipment.
The show-stopper for this self-proclaimed “nonprofit, non-partisan” effort is
near the bottom of the page: “Right now, 11 million people in Cuba are
systematically denied the ability to exercise their most fundamental rights and
actualize their full potential. Living under the Western Hemisphere’s last
dictatorship, Cuba’s people are denied their most basic rights of free speech,
free association and information freedom.”
For more, see the full report at www.peterbmiller.wordpress.org/cuba-project —
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