The 19th Friendshipment to Cuba is passing through Olympia with tons of aid loaded onto buses ready to defy the U.S. embargo and cross the border.

Join the caravanistas, physically defying the travel ban from Cuba, at Media Island (816 Adams St, across from the Timberland Library) today (6/19) at 6 p.m. as they make their Olympia stop en route to Cuba. Ever wanted to travel to Cuba? Ever wondered why you're not allowed? Ever wonder why we still maintain the Cold War remnant of a trade blockade on necessary shipments to Cuba? Come to Media Island and find out everything you wanted to know about Cuba but were never educated from anyone else to ask.

We will also feature a film festival that starts at 2 p.m. at Media Island.

2 p.m.
¡Salud! - A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud! looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems.’ From the shores of Africa to the Americas, !Salud! hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health—and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone’s birth right.

3:45 p.m.

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