Across the US, the National Boricua Human Rights Network is sponsoring commemorations of May 29, 2011-the arrest of Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Vietnam War veteran, decorated for his valor on the battlefield with the Bronze Star, who also distinguished himself by his ceaseless community work in Chicago’s Puerto Rican community and founded [...]
The small but determined group of walkers that left this morning to join Michael and Matt on the last leg of the Freedom Walk 2011, made up for their numbers by their enthusiasm and by showing all who were walking their specially printed Oscar shirts. This group will walk 15 miles today and return tomorrow [...]
On Day 8 of the Freedom Walk, Michael and Matt were joined by Samuel Vega, who recently finished his 1 year Pritzker Fellowship with National Public Radio. See Sammy as he begins the walk: Also, Michael and Matt reflected on the the toll the walk has taken on them, but that they are looking forward [...]
From Enrique Salgado Jr, one of the Humboldt Park Walkers on his Wednesday afternoon walk: This morning I walked alone. This evening I walked with my three year old son, who bike two miles on his tricycle in solidarity with the Freedom Walk for Oscar Lopez Rivera. It was one of my proudest moments…to be [...]
URGENT CALL FOR SOLIDARITY! All out to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA What you can do: Walk on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 & 29th A group of 20 people will be walking 30 miles from Indiana to Chicago on Saturday and Sunday (15 miles a day). [...]
Wednesday, May 25, Michael and Matt walked another 21 miles, getting to with 80 miles of Chicago, and expect to reach Highland, IN, where they will be joined by over another 20 Freedom Walkers on Saturday, May 28, to finish the last 30 miles and arrive at the Unity Ecumenical Service on Sunday, May 29, [...]
As they end Day 5, Freedom Walkers Michael Reyes Benavides and Matt McCanna reflect on Oscar’s incarceration, while in Humboldt Park, Chicago, Enrique Salgado Jr, has organized a small grouping to walk around the park for the next 4 days, twice a day, in the morning and evening. Ricky has also managed to document the [...]
Yesterday, Michael Reyes Benavides and Matt McCanna, the Freedom Walkers journeyed another 22 miles, the longest one day hike so far, to get within 106 miles of Chicago. Michael also made an appeal for interested individuals to join them this Saturday and Sunday, to walk the last 30 miles to Chicago. To register for the [...]
Today, Saturday, May 21, the Freedom Walkers (Michael Reyes Benavides, Matt McCanna) got 20 miles closer to Chicago, where they will meet another 30 Freedom Walkers 30 miles from Chicago on Saturday, May 28 as they arrive at the Unity Ecumenical Service on Sunday, May 29 (the day of Oscar’s arrest and subsequent imprisonment for [...]
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