![]() You can also join our “Cells Phones 4 Cuba” campaign which aims to boost connectivity amongst youth in Cuba. ![]() If you’re a young professional, we have YP groups in Miami, DC, New York and now in Boston. If you’re a student, you can get involved with one of our affiliate groups or representatives at more than 55 universities. Just opening up a dialogue is extremely important. Through organizations like ours – Roots of Hope, you can connect with young people in Cuba who hunger to get linked up with students and young professionals in the U.S. Is just that the totalitarianisms mays very hard to express yourself, but believe me we do have a lot to I have to say that I was making over they average, around 100cuc a month between my official salary and an illegal Internet account I provided to someone else, but I did have a cell phone, I just only used it as a pager to call back people or for texting, but it was very helpful for me, I only had to put 10cuc every month on my cell phone bill, there are a lot of Cuban who can’t afford that, but there are some that do, so if the embargo allow to send cell phone, do it!, is gonna help!Įveryone, thank you for all your support and great questions! As a co-founder of Roots of Hope, I am truly humbled and honored to be featured on CNN’s “Young People Who Rock” and appreciate your interest in supporting our mission to empower Cuban There’s many ways young people here can get involved. The books “1984” and “Animal Farm” are quite popular, every time you go to a concert of a “cantautor” of the new “trova” movement or to a humor show you will see that what people wanna hear from them is critics of the government, and they will highly rewards that. I think this Obama policy is great, even when the Cuban government hasn’t used this to improve anything at all, at least now when they said a call to Cuba is $1+ a min or the reason most Cuban doesn’t have the right to access Internet is because of the US embargo, everybody can tell they are a big I may not be the best example, cause I used to work in IT, so I almost always had unrestricted access to Internet and information, but at least from what I could tell from my closest friends from University and work place in Havana City, most of them are very interested on politics and how the politics choices made by our government has hurt us. These are my answers to some of the questions in others I think because Obama signed a bill that specifically target telecommunication as an area where the embargo doesn’t apply they can send these phone there. ![]() I’m a 29 years old Cuban who just came to US 4 month ago, I’m not related directly to “Raices de Esperanzas”, but I will love to. Getting access to that financially out-of-reach gadget, Felice believes, will be a big step toward more invaluable communication. A notable one is “Cell Phones 4 Cuba.” Raices de Esperanza basically collect cell phones for people on the island because they normally cost $50-$150 and the average monthly salary is $12-$15. ![]() If it were up to Felice, students wouldn’t get kicked out of school because they didn’t sign referendums they don’t agree with, a story he’s heard happen in Cuba time and again.įelice’s group is working different projects that he hopes will help do just that. ![]() It’s a non-partisan organization that encourages dialogue between young Americans and Cubans. Felice would love to see a society where young people can reflect on their hopes and fears and ultimately help each other, looking toward the future.įelice, 26, is one of the founders of Raices de Esperanza or Roots of Hope. When Felice Gorordo imagines a “perfect Cuba,” he sees young people able to gather in front of their school and discuss issues openly and freely at workshops, parties, discussions, or performances. Caption=”Felice Gorordo, 26, co-founded Roots of Hope to help foster dialogue between Cubans and Americans.”] ![]()
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