CUBA
Overview
Through our decades-long partnership with the Martin Luther King Memorial Center in Havana, WFPSC organizes full-time delegations of educational exchange activities.
The U.S. government has upheld a failed and inhumane policy toward Cuba for over sixty years. The economic and financial blockade along with a media smear campaign has denied the people of Cuba the opportunity to realize the full potential of a society organized around peoples’ needs while denying the people of the United States the chance to learn from our island neighbors’ success and challenges and to build people-to-peoples relationships.
WFPSC delegations break this isolation & misinformation by allowing delegates to learn about the Cuban process first-hand. Delegation themes range from arts and culture, education and law to sustainable agriculture and health care. Every delegation explores the economic and social effect of U.S. policy towards the island and activates delegates to help turn a new page in U.S-Cuba relations.
Meet The Cuba Team
For over six decades, the U.S. government has upheld a failed and inhumane policy toward Cuba - which U.S. lawmakers refer to as an embargo, but is called a blockade in Cuba & by those working in solidarity with Cuba because these policies go beyond the scope of an embargo. WFPSC’s partnerships with the Cuban people have taught us that the U.S. blockade and travel ban toward Cuba is:
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An Unnecessary Policy. Cuba is not and never has been, a threat to the international community. The blockade against Cuba only hurts people in Cuba and the U.S.
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An Unpopular Policy. Public opinion polls indicate that the overwhelming majority of Americans disagree with the blockade and the United Nations has consistently condemned the U.S. embargo.
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An Immoral Policy. The blockade causes people to suffer in both countries. In Cuba, millions of people are denied access to basic necessities – and U.S. citizens are denied access to cutting-edge medicines produced in Cuba and the right to freely exchange with our close neighbors. The blockade is considered immoral and unethical by most countries, religious leaders, and people of conscience around the world.
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An Unconstitutional Policy. The embargo prohibits U.S. citizens the legal right to travel to Cuba – a ban most scholars consider unconstitutional.
U.S. State Aggression Toward Cuba
For Upcoming Delegations, click here.
Let Cuba Live
Join WFPSC in a global campaign demanding that that the current US government remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and unconditionally end the blockade, which is rejected by the entire international community. You can help reach one million signatures,
Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors
What would you do if your neighbor was starving? This is not a hypothetical. Right now the U.S. government is deliberately starving the Cuban people 90 miles to our South. We all must act now.
By: ACERE (Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect)
Sign this letter from Cuban Americans to President Biden, demanding that he fulfill his presidential campaign promise to change course on U.S policy towards Cuba, and abate the humanitarian situation in the island by returning to a policy of engagement and lifting sanctions. Signing is open to Cuban American and other U.S Citizens.
ACTIONS
COALITION PARTNERS
International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations
New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition
RESOURCES
LAWG’s 2024 Cuba Advocacy Toolkit
Everything you need to take action in support of Cuba! This kit contains an overview of U.S Cuba policy; current bills in Congress that either try to end the inhumane blockade or encode into law the continued suffering of Cubans by making permanent the designation of Cuba as a State that harbors terrorists; talking points and informational resources, and action tips such as writing a letter to the editor or meeting with your congressional representatives.
ACERE’s Remove Cuba from SSOT toolkit
This toolkit, continuously updated, helps individuals and organizations advocate for the removal of Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. The toolkit contains background information and clear facts on this issue, links with templates to send messages directly to President Biden and your members of Congress, and social media resources.