{"id":68,"date":"2014-07-10T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=68"},"modified":"2014-07-10T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T12:30:00","slug":"july-14-cuban-caravan-coming-to-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/july-14-cuban-caravan-coming-to-charleston\/","title":{"rendered":"July 14 &#8211; Cuban Caravan Coming to Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Cuban Caravan visits the Avery Research Center<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>July 14, 2014 <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Potluck @ 5:30pm<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Program @6:00pm<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>THE CARAVAN<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">This year marks the 25th <b>Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba<\/b>, a project of the&nbsp;<b><span style=\"color: black;\">Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)<\/span><\/b>.&nbsp;  At its core, this ongoing effort challenging the U. S. blockade of Cuba  seeks to bring an end to the senseless blockade , the travel ban, and  the many hardships experienced by Cuban people as a result of the  blockade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<p><center><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ldogNOktsM?rel=0\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p><b>POTLUCK<\/b><br \/><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">In accordance with tradition, there will be&nbsp; a communal meal (potluck)  commencing @ 5:30 p.m.&nbsp; So everybody, bring a dish to share, along with  all of the utensils, etc. needed to serve your dish.&nbsp; Please have potluck food at the Avery Research Center by at least by 4:30 pm on Monday,  July 14, 2014<b>.<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #cc0000; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Contact Mr. Curtis J. Franks at&nbsp;<span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"mailto:franksc@cofc.edu\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\">franksc@cofc.edu<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;or <a href=\"tel:843.953.7610\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"+18439537610\">843.953.7610<\/a>, and let him know what your dish \/ food contribution is going to be.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>CALL TO ACTION<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">In  the &#8216;Spirit of Freedom Summer,&#8217; we acknowledge and recognize the Cuban  government for awarding scholarships to attend medical school to  thousands of students from Africa, Asia, and the Americans (including  South Carolinians).&nbsp; Reciprocity has its place, so let&#8217;s get busy and  support the Caravanistas&nbsp; &amp; other initiatives to improve the quality  of life of as many people as we can.<\/p>\n<p>Monetary contributions toward the meal, and certainly to the  organization, are strongly encouraged.&nbsp; Checks should be made out to the organization:&nbsp;<b><span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifconews.org\/\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"IFCO\">IFCO<\/a><\/span><\/b>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Donations are tax deductible.<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>FOR MORE INFO:&nbsp; <span style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifconews.org\/\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\">IFCOnews.org<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Thank to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gullahgeecheenation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gullah Geechee Nation<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;\"> <\/span>for sharing this news!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban Caravan visits the Avery Research Center July 14, 2014 Potluck @ 5:30pm Program @6:00pm THE CARAVAN This year marks the 25th<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/july-14-cuban-caravan-coming-to-charleston\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2,19,11,18,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}