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Workers World
February 18, 2018
The latter involved over 100 participants and was chaired by IFCO/Pastors for Peace Director Gail Walker. Aguilera began by citing Fidel CastroÃâôs 1953 courtroom self-defense titled “History Will Absolve Me.” She said in Spanish: “Fidel stated the program that the new government would carry out — and oneÃâà...
taosnews
February 11, 2018
He studied abroad in Costa Rica, spent extended time in Mexico, and went to Cuba on a humanitarian mission while working for Pastors for Peace. He attended Law School at the University of Michigan, graduating in 2001, and went on to practice law at top firms in New York and Hong Kong. His compassÃâà...
teleSUR English
July 14, 2017
Walker founded the organization as a project of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, and was inspired by what he saw as anti-imperialist struggles in Latin America. The project focused on solidarity efforts with Cuba beginning in 1992, sending regular caravans to the Island. They haveÃâà...
Miami Herald
August 24, 2016
For years, the U.S.-based Pastors for Peace defied the embargo on Cuba with “caravans” of humanitarian aid hauled across the U.S.-Mexico border that ... The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization Pastors for Peace (IFCO), which has been audited by the IRS for the last seven years, said inÃâà...
Workers World
July 19, 2016
It was a full house at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, where the Pastors for Peace caravan made a stop as part of its vital work raising awareness about the reality of U.S.-Cuba relations. The event drew a number of LGBTQ activists, who were particularly interested in hearing Calzadilla's perspective onÃâà...
CounterPunch
October 6, 2015
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO/Pastors for Peace) has worked tirelessly so that someday U. S. international dealings would be based on peace and mutual respect. Now the Internal Revenue Service is about to remove the tax-exempt status of that non-profit, humanitarianÃâà...
Havana Times
July 18, 2015
Pastors for Peace not only delivers material support, it also provides an important model of solidarity in action. In this interview, Gail Walker, the Executive Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace, speaks of the historic “link between Cuba and the AfricanÃâà...
The Militant
December 31, 1999
“The construction workers told me that here bosses want everything done fast, even if it means doing it unsafely and without proper training and equipment.” Gail Walker, executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization and one of the coordinators of the National Network onÃâà...
