Mon, July 26th, at La Casita de Don Pedro, 2620 W. Division, 4pm

Commemorating the capture of the Puerto Rican political prisoners
Celebrating 30 years of activism

Reflections by former political prisoners Luis Rosa and Alicia Rodríguez

Showcasing 30 years of campaign art and literature

April 3rd, 6-9pm
Batey Urbano, 2620 W Division Street

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Birthday of our Patriot, Oscar López Rivera, January 6, 2010
Special letter from the former Puerto Rican political prisoners calling for unity and for the release of the remaining political prisoners! Go to BoricuaHumanRights.org on January 6th to read the official document.

Bring Them Home Now! January 30, 2010 at 6PM
A local call to advance the campaign to free the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners! Former Puerto Rican political prisoner Ricardo Jiménez invites you for an evening of brainstorming and possibilities.
NBHRN Resource Center
2636 W. Division 1st floor rear

Buy Original Work from Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera, February 13th & 27th, 2010 at 6PM
Gallery Opening of Oscar’s Work. Sale of art is a fundraiser for his granddaughter’s education. Poetry featuring Xavier Luis Burgos w/ open mic, followed by jam session w/ Reyes, Eric López and Peter Vale.
NBHRN Resource Center
2636 W. Division 1st floor rear

30 Days for 30 Years, March 4th-April 3rd, 2010 at 6PM
To bring attention to the 30 years of incarceration of political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, NBHRN is organizing “30 days for 30 years”, a 30 day interactive art installation. We are inviting 30 people to stay 24 hours in a storefront prison cell for 30 days straight. This will be a national event with installations throughout the country and Puerto Rico. First prisoner goes in on March 4th.
Batey Urbano
2620 W. Division

30 Days for 30 Years, Closing Ceremony, April 3rd, 2010 at 5PM
Poetry, music and reflection on the 30 years of Patriot Carlos Alberto Torres’ incarceration. Special guests, former Puerto Rican political prisoners. Report on the status of Carlos’ case. Updates on the current campaign.

Sunday, December 20, 10AM-1PM
Casa Puertorriquena
1237 N. California
Chicago, IL 60622 US

National Boricua Human Rights Network is trying to raise $4000 for the campaign to release the Puerto Rican political prisoners.

The night will include a live performance from Salsa Dulce, a latin jazz/bomba/salsa band, refreshments, and the always popular silent auction!

Admission is $20 (21 and older ONLY).  The event will be held at Sonotheque Club at 1444 W. Chicago Ave from 6-9pm.

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Join NBHRN on Saturday April 4th, 2009, 6:30pm • Batey Urbano 2620 W. Division
$10 admission

• Various Cultural and Hip-Hop performances throughout the night!!
• Updates on the Struggle in Vieques and the campaign to free the remaining Puerto Rican Political Prisoners.
• Special Guest Speakers former Political Prisoners Lucy Rodriguez and Luis Rosa

In 1999, under immense pressure from the Puerto Rican community President Bill Clinton commuted the prison sentences of 12 of 15 Puerto Rican men and women arrested in the early 1980s. All of the prisoners where long considered political prisoners and prisoners of war. Convicted of seditious conspiracy (that is, of conspiring to use force against the authority of the United States over Puerto Rico), they had served 16 and 19 years of prison sentences ranging from 35 to 90 years. NBHRN continues to struggle for the release of two remaining political prisoners from that grouping, Oscar Lopez Rivera and Carlos Alberto Torres. On April 4th, we commemorate the capture of these prisoners to assure that our community remembers its rich history of resistance.

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The cast and crew of Crime against Humanity would like to truly thank every person that helped make 2008 east coast tour a success. We were happy to see so many people come out to the production at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture in the Bronx New York, Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia, La Paloma Sabanera in Hartford, Lawrence Community Works in Lawrence MA, St. Andrew’s Coffee Shop in Boston, and The Freedom School in Albany.

We are confident that with our radio interviews, news coverage, printed articles and internet promotion we reached millions of people. Through this production we hoped to contribute like so many before us to the freedom of our political prisoners and in turn the freedom of our nation. The play is just one tool in that struggle.

We thank every the press, and all of the organizations that spread the word to their list serves and contact lists, as well as thank every individual that passed out flyers printed and placed posters. Also, we thank those that housed us, fed us and shared their homes, and their spaces with us and all those who attended our performances, some leaving a few dollars, others giving hundreds. We greatly appreciate every person that organized a performance in his or her city or town. Thank you to the venues and all of those that gave their time to make sure our tour was a success.

As we head toward 2009 we should remember that this year will mark the 10th anniversary of freedom for 11 of our former political prisoners. We hope the play is just one of many tools that will help us reflect on that victory and will help us focus on the great challenge ahead. We are asking that in the spirit of this historic year we find ways to remember and activate people in the spirit of justice, equality and freedom for our remaining political prisoners.

As part of our national campaign to free the remaining Puerto Rican political prisoners we are asking that April 4, which is the 29th anniversary of their capture, be a day of commemoration. We would like organizations, individuals, and communities to hold an event in the spirit of resistance against US colonialism in Puerto Rico and for the release of the remaining Puerto Rican political prisoners. On behalf of Crime Against Humanity’s cast and crew we hope to see yet another successful year toward the freedom of our prisoners.

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Friday, December 12, 7PM at Hostos College, 500 Grand Concourse Bronx, New York City (download leaflet)

Sunday, December 14, 4PM at Taller Puertorriqueño, 2557 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (download leaflet)

Tuesday, December 16, 7PM La Paloma Sabanera 406 Capital Ave, Hartford, CT (download leaflet)

Wednesday, December 17, 7PM at 60 Island Street, Lawrence,  Massachusetts (download leaflet)

Thursday, December 18, 7PM at 169 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts (download leaflet)

Friday, December 19, at 3361 6th Ave, Albany, New York (download leaflet)

Friday, July 18, 7PM

Saturday, July 19, 7PM

Sunday, July 20, 2PM