National Boricua Human Rights Network » Video http://boricuahumanrights.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:29:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NBHRN 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast http://boricuahumanrights.org/2012/01/09/nbhrn-18th-annual-pancake-breakfast/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2012/01/09/nbhrn-18th-annual-pancake-breakfast/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:22:38 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=2335 View the video and interview with Miguel Morales of the National Boricua Human Rights Network at the 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast Commissary Fundraiser. The Pancake Breakfast took place Sunday, December 11, 2011.

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Elnuevodia.com

This video shares a clip about the gathering in solidarity with Puerto Rico, September 12th and 13th,2011 in Cuba.  This gathering represents solidarity in the call for justice for the Puerto Rican political prisoners and the Cuban 5.  As the speakers share, commemorating the 143rd anniversary of el Grito de Lares was symbolic and an important date for the community to unite.

 

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Unknown Boricua: Streaming from Juan Sanchez on Vimeo.

Juan Sanchez presents a  collection of audio clips, images, and transformative ideas of the “Nuyorican state of mind”.  The streaming presents the diversity of experiences within the history of Puerto Rico and the United States through a flow of images, languages,  and music.

 

 

 

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/10/12/unknown-boricua-streaming/feed/ 0 Conference on Political Prisoners at Hostos College 1993 http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/09/19/conference-on-political-prisoners-at-hostos-college-1993/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/09/19/conference-on-political-prisoners-at-hostos-college-1993/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:37:05 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=2071 State Assemblyman Jose Rivera (than a City Councilman) leads a conference on the campaign to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners at Hostos College on March 13, 1993.

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/09/19/conference-on-political-prisoners-at-hostos-college-1993/feed/ 0 NBHRN & Centro Sin Fronteras welcome Cuba Caravan to Paseo Boricua http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/15/nbhrn-centro-sin-fronteras-welcome-cuba-caravan-to-paseo-boricua/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/15/nbhrn-centro-sin-fronteras-welcome-cuba-caravan-to-paseo-boricua/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:42:22 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=2050
A crowd of 50 enthusiastic well-wishers and supporters greeted Father Luis Barrios and the 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba last Sunday, July 10 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church. Pastor and activist Emma Lozano began the event with a service and powerful service linking the Cuba Caravan to the struggle to free the Cuban Five, to immigration reform and finally to the campaign to free Oscar López Rivera. Peggy Valdés, the MC and representative from the Chicago Cuba Coalition, then introduced Father Luis Barrios, a former pastor of St. Anne’s Church in NYC and professor at John Jay College, spoke eloquently on the need to challenge US policy on Cuba. Peggy then introduced Ricardo Jiménez, former political prisoner and co-coordinator of the National Boricua Human Rights Network. Ricardo traced the evolution of puerto Rican political prisoner from the turn of the century to the present, concluding with the present situation of Oscar López Rivera and making a powerful call for solidarity with the campaign to free Oscar, as wells the Cuba caravan and the Cuban Five. Last to speak was Chastity, a young African-American woman that spoke on the program in Cuba that offers free medical school for young people of color in the US, as well as Latin America. Having Successfully finished the program, she is now interning at Alivio Medical Center. A follow up meeting for interested youth is planned for the fall. Centro Sin Fronteras, the Chicago Cuba Coalition and the National Boricua Human Rights Network organized the event. Listen to Ricardo’s message below.

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/15/nbhrn-centro-sin-fronteras-welcome-cuba-caravan-to-paseo-boricua/feed/ 0 Chicago Student Film Project on OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/13/chicago-student-film-project-on-oscar-lopez-rivera/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/13/chicago-student-film-project-on-oscar-lopez-rivera/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:05:47 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=2033 This video is by Matt McCanna, a 19 year film major at Columbia College Chicago. From Matt: “I decided to make this documentary due to my concern about the general lack of knowledge the public has to the issue of the colonial status of Puerto Rico. However this documentary mainly focuses on the unjustly imprisonment of Oscar López Rivera that was a result of his belief for an independent Puerto Rico.” (Matt also collaborates with the Network and was one of the Freedom Walkers this year along with Michael Reyes Benavides)

]]> http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/07/13/chicago-student-film-project-on-oscar-lopez-rivera/feed/ 0 Highlights of May 29 events! http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/05/28/highlights-of-may-29-events/ http://boricuahumanrights.org/2011/05/28/highlights-of-may-29-events/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 03:36:11 +0000 alejandro http://boricuahumanrights.org/?p=1952 Cleveland short video:
On Saturday, May 28, the Cleveland Chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network and the Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience
Project sponsored an afternoon of drumming and spiritual renewal to call for the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López
Rivera on the eve of the 30th anniversary of his arrest. The “Grito de Libertad” was held at Edgewater Park, overlooking the shore of Lake
Erie, and featured tambourines and conga, bongo, and taiko drums, which attracted the attention of many people who had come to enjoy the afternoon there. Special thanks to Rubén Hernandez and his group for their vibrant contribution to the work for Oscar’s freedom.

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Enrique Salgado Jr on his Humboldt Park Freedom Walk yesterday : This morning we walked and it was hard. This afternoon I walk with my family in solidarity with the Freedom Walk from Terre Haute, Ind. to Chicago. My goal for the day is 12 miles. To Micheal and Matt, I see your videos and I am humbled by the miles you are eating up. As a Puerto Rican I am forever grateful for your willingness. I also want to thank my family for walking with me and support this effort and in turn Oscar.

And today: Weds morning Solidarity Walk with the Freedom Walk in honor of Oscar Lopez Rivera. Yesterday I walked 6 miles in the morning and 5.5 in the evening fro a total of 11.5 miles. This morning meditating and praying with Oscar in mind I was able to get over small mental hurdles to walk 7 miles. Please support the Freedom walk by pledging at boricuahumanrights.org

Tuesday’s Humboldt Park Walk:

Wednesday’s Humboldt Park Walk:

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