Updates on Peace with Cuba

In a thrilling "mark-up" session Wednesday (June 30) in the House Committee on Agriculture, H.R. 4645, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act was passed by 25 votes to 20, putting us one step closer to ending the travel ban this year, in this Congress.

New legislation (HR 4645 ) would (finally) restore U.S. citizens' right to travel to Cuba and facilitate needed U.S. agricultural sales to the island. The Peterson-Moran bill (HR 4645) represents our best chance to end the travel ban in 2010. We need you to make some noise in your district and here in Washington so that the House feels the full strength and breadth of support among U.S. citizens for ending the travel ban on Cuba once and for all.

This statement was proposed and passed at the Annual Convocation of the Alliance of Baptists in Charlotte, NC on April 18, 2009

Join us for dinner on Wednesday, May 27 at 5:45 pm for an authentic Cuban meal and support our auction by offering an item or service that can be auctioned.

What: NASHVILLE IN HARMONY BENEFIT CONCERT Where: GLENDALE BAPTIST CHURCH When: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 4 PM Cost: SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 - 20

On February 22, 2009, members of the Glendale Baptist Church youth group presented the Peace with Cuba Global Call to Action plan to over 300 participants at the regional PeaceJam conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

Glendale Youth, as participants in the PeaceJam conference in Los Angeles, presented their Peace With Cuba Global Call to Action Plan in September, 2008.

Big news! We now have legislation in the House of Representatives calling for an end to the travel ban on Cuba for all Americans. "Travel for All" instead of "Travel for None" or even "Travel for Some." Take action now: ask your representative to co-sponsor H.R. 874.

You can see a slideshow of our trip to Cuba in June 2009 by clicking here.

Glendale Baptist Church got a license to travel to Cuba on Monday, March 30, 2009.