ENCASA / US-CUBA Emergency Network of Cuban-American Scholars and Artists for Change in U.S.-Cuba Policy

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Do you want a rational policy toward Cuba? Be heard as part of a national network of academics, artists, and other professionals with a special interest in Cuba-U.S. relations, including many Cuban Americans nationwide, who reject the Miami-Washington policy of unremitting hostility and blockade. Counting on a central core of prominent academics in more than 150 universities throughout the U.S., ENCASA seeks to work collaboratively with other organizations of like purpose to achieve a public presence at a time when open and reasoned debate on the subject takes on a special urgency. Formed in Spring 2006, ENCASA took Miami by surprise by publishing in The Miami Herald a full-page advertisement, signed by more than 100 of its Cuban-American members, which in plain words denounced current U.S. policy and rejected as unprincipled the Miami interests behind that policy. ENCASA's members and representatives have since appeared in the print and broadcast media, expressing themselves publicly in support of a new policy. Most recently, ENCASA defended through legal action the right to academic travel to Cuba for on-site research and professional exchanges. On its behalf, ENCASA's attorney members filed an amicus curiae brief in a judicial challenge to a new Florida state law that prohibits most academic exchanges with Cuba.  The plaintiffs prevailed, in part, in a decision handed down in August, 2008 by Patricia Seitz, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. The state of Florida is appealing the case.

Amplify your voice. If you agree with the principles expressed in our  founding declaration, we invite you to join us. Write to us at the address listed under Contact Us and send your name, title, profession, and  institutional affiliation. Please indicate also whether or not you are Cuban- American. Join Us