Part
1: The Forum 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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What are the policy implications of current travel regulations?
·
Who suffers from this policy?
·
What are the economic benefits to lifting the travel ban?
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What can we do to change current policy?
Invited: R. Richard Newcomb, director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control
Participants
include:
U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
U.S. Senator
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID)
U.S. Representative
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
U.S. Representative Bill Delahunt (D-MA)
U.S. Representative
Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
U.S. Representative
Sam Farr (D-CA)
U.S. Representative
Jim McGovern (D-MA)
U.S. Representative
George Nethercutt (R-WA)
Wynn Segall, Akin, Gump, Strauss,Hauer & Feld
Robert Muse, Muse and Associates
Philip Peters,
the Lexington Institute
Jose Miguel
Vivanco, Human Rights Watch
Bill Reinsch,
USA Engage
Thomas Cooper,
Gulfstream Int’l. Airlines
Francisco
Aruca, Marazul Charters, Inc.
Brent Gibadlo, Association of Travel-Related Industry Professionals
(ATRIP)
Dorothy
Robyn, the Brattle Group
David Cibrian,
esq., Jenkens and Gilchrist
Philip Lovejoy,
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Joan Slote,
former gold medal cyclist in the Senior Olympics
Nancy Chang, Center for Constitutional Rights
Part
2: Taking Action 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Immediately following the forum: a lunch briefing with Brent Gibadlo,
former legislative director for Rep. Jeff Flake and current executive
director of ATRIP, on how to lobby Congress, and an update from the
Center for Constitutional Rights’ Nancy Chang.
After lunch, the Latin America Working Group (LAWG) and the Washington
Office on Latin America (WOLA) will coordinate lobby visits until 5:00
p.m.
Would you like us to send an invitation to your colleague? Have questions?
Please email cubatravel@ciponline.org
