Close to 75 people turned out to listen to two impressive speakers: John Hawkins for the Chicago Cuba Coalition and Clarisa López, daughter of Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rican political prisoner serving 31 years for struggling for the freedom of Puerto Rico.
The forum, which took place at DePaul University last Thursday Nov. 15th, also featured Casandra Figueroa and Jessie Fuentes performing their song “What would Oscar Say?” as well as a spirited Q&A as well as the film “31 Days for 31 Years Project”- a movie short on the Campaign to Free Oscar directed by Matt McCanna (below). Lastly, the forum also featured the launching of a renewed effort to gather letters to send to Pres. Obama and 900 letters were distributed to audience members, who committed to return them signed.
Successful forum on the Cuban 5 and Oscar López Rivera
