On Sunday, May 29th, Las Mujeres will be at the Loisaida Festival on Avenue C, gathering petition signatures and spreading the word about the movement to free Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera!
Look for us on stage as we commemorate Oscar's 35th year of incarceration, and then join us at our booth at 4:00 pm sharp for a 35-minute action.
We will be stationed throughout the day on the west side of Avenue C between 6th & 7th Street (Booth #10). We will rally there at 4:00!
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On Sunday, May 29th, Las Mujeres will be at the Loisaida Festival on Avenue C, gathering petition signatures and spreading the word about the movement to free Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera!
Look for us on stage as we commemorate Oscar's 35th year of incarceration, and then join us at our booth at 4:00 pm sharp for a 35-minute action.
We will be stationed throughout the day on the west side of Avenue C between 6th & 7th Street (Booth #10). We will rally there at 4:00!
Hermanos are welcome to attend to distribute literature, gather petitions signatures, and help us build a movement for Oscar's release.
WHEN:
Sunday, May 29th
4:00 pm to 4:34 pm
WHERE:
Loisaida Festival
Booth 10-6W on the West Side of Avenue C
(between 6th & 7th Street)
DIRECTIONS:
Subway: 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q or R train to 14th St.
Bus: 8, 9, 14A, or 14D bus
Car: FDR Drive to 14th Street
About Oscar López Rivera: Often described as the Nelson Mandela of our generation, Oscar is the longest held Puerto Rican political prisoner in the history of the nation’s independence movement. Activists, singers, politicians, actors, students, religious leaders and lawyers the world over have called on President Barack Obama to exercise his Constitutional power of pardon, and to grant immediate and unconditional release to Oscar López Rivera.
35 Mujeres NYC x Oscar is a group of women from New York City committed to securing Oscar López Rivera’s freedom. We hold monthly rallies for 35 minutes on the last Sunday of every month from 4:00 – 4:34pm to signify the 35 years that Oscar has been imprisoned in federal penitentiaries, and will continue to hold monthly rallies until he is released. Our rallies coincide with actions occurring at the same date and time in San Juan, Puerto Rico that were initiated by 32 women in 2013 to mark Oscar’s 32nd year of imprisonment.