Cuban Five Highlighted in Vermont

Attorney Leonard Weinglass and Gloria La Riva, director of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five will speak at two meetings in Vermont on the situation of the five antiterrorists unjustly imprisoned in the United States.

On February 12th and 13th on the Campus of Vermont Law School and at the Waterfront Theater in Burlington Vermont, Weinglass and La Riva will discuss their work in the struggle to achieve justice and freedom for the "Cuban Five" wrongfully imprisoned since 1998.

Vermont Law School and Burlington College’s Institute for Civic Engagement will be hosting the meetings, a first for the New England state, is in keeping with Vermont Law School’s motto "Law for the Community and the World."

The members of the Vermont Law School National Lawyers Guild and Burlington College’s Institute for Civic Engagement have been working hard to educate and motivate their law school community about the case of the "Five."

The Vermont Guild believes that greater awareness and participation in the struggle for justice will make the world a better place for all. As it is said, "A Better World is possible!"

Weinglass and La Riva will speak at Chase Hall, Vermont Law School, in South Royalton on Tuesday, February 12 at 5 p.m.. The following day they will repeat the program om Burlington at the Waterfront Theatre, presented by Burlington College, at 6 p.m.

Both events have been organized by law student Jared Carter, and are sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, said organizing committee sources.