Friday January 8th, 2016, @ 7 pm-10 pm

1199/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Labor Center 310 W. 43rd St. 7th Floor
(Take the A,C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, R, Q To 42nd St. Times Square/Port Authority)

Join us Friday January 8th, 2016, as we celebrate Oscar Lopez Rivera’s 73rd birthday!

For the past 34 years, Oscar has spent his birthday (January 6th) in prison without his family or friends!  Why is he in jail?  For being a revolutionary who fought for the independence of Puerto Rico from U.S. colonialism.

Join us we celebrate life, work, and legacy of this extraordinary man!
100% of the proceeds will go to Oscar’s commissary fund!

Poetry by: Rafael Landron, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, and Mariposa

Special Invited Guests:
Representatives of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations
Representative of The Venezuelan Consulate

Lynne Stewart, former Political Prisoner

Daniel McGowan, former Political Prisoner

Nelson Denis, author of “War against all Puerto Ricans”

Estela Vasquez, 1199/SEIU

Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home

Laura Whitehorn, former Political Prisoner

Francisco “Cisco” Torres, of the San Francisco 8

Artisans: Botanicafe and Jesus Mangual/Taino Cemí

Food, Music, Poetry, Birthday cards for Oscar and Fun! Donation: $5-$10 (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds)