Click Here to Read "How I Learned to Love Cuba" An account of One Caravanista's Travels to Cuba	Sept 9 2006 WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND LEARNED IN CUBA Report Back from 10 Vancouver Activists' travels to Cuba! Scroll Down For More Photos and the Report Vancouver Che Brigade Brigadistas at the Federation of Cuban Women Office in Bayamo, Granma Province. Vancouver Pastors for Peace Caravanistas in Richland, Washington. On Saturday Sept 9th, stories and images of Cuba filled the Mt Pleasant Neighborhood House. Over 55 people listened and learned to what 10 young activists learned during their summer in Cuba. These young activists spent about a month this last summer travelling and working with Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba and the Che Guevara Work Brigade. Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba organized "What We Saw and Learned in Cuba" to give a space for the Caravanistas and the Brigadistas to share their experiences in Cuba. The event was MC'd by VCSC member Jo, who set the tone with her own exciting experiences travelling to Cuba on her own this summer. The program was opened by Noah Fine and Nicole Burton (who traveled with the Che Brigade and the Pastors for Peace Caravan, respectively). They gave an overview of their travels and explained the important work of the two organizations in defending Cuba. Throughout the night the other eight travellers - Polina Ivanova, Kira Koshelanyk, Sophie Ziner, Nita Palmer, Lindsay Clarke, Alison Bodine, Tamara Hansen and Jane Ivanova - showed slides of their excursions and spoke about what they learned of the history of Cuba, gains Cuba has made and democracy in Cuba. They gave inspiring and funny anecdotes of their travels and shared the knowledge that they had gained. The evening was wrapped up with a discussion and the many questions could have gone on through the night, as people lingered to talk in the corridor following the event. "What We Saw and Learned in Cuba" was an excellent account of what Cuba is today, with its challenges, gains, struggles and victories. The event was sure to inspire more travellers for 2007! Jo, MC for the evening, introduces the speakers Alison Bodine, Pastors for Peace Caravanista and Jane Ivanova, Che Guevara Brigadista Brigadistas Nita Palmer and Lindsay Clarke talk about what they learned about democracy in Cuba Nita Palmer, Che Guevara Work Brigade Alison Bodine, Pastors for Peace Caravan Sophie Ziner, Pastors for Peace Caravanista Tamara Hansen, Coordiantor of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and Brigadista Noah Fine, Coordiantor of the Vancouver Free the Cuban 5 Committee and Brigadista Noah Fine (Che Guevara Work Brigade) and Nicole Burton (Pastors for Peace Caravan) Nicole Burton (Pastors for Peace Caravan)