30 Days for 30 Years: A 30 day Interactive Art Installation
176 East 106th Street New York in Manhattan (next to the Fonda Boricua Lounge) and will run 30 days consecutively from March 4th- April 3rd
176 East 106th Street New York in Manhattan (next to the Fonda Boricua Lounge) and will run 30 days consecutively from March 4th- April 3rd
The National Boricua Human Rights Network is excited to announce the opening of an art installation titled: “The experience of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto: 30 Days for 30 years”
In response to the 30th year of incarceration of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, the NBHRN has recreated the isolation of prison. One participant has volunteered to spend 12 hours in a makeshift prison cell, with only notepad pencil and book for comfort.
The installation will take place next to the FB Lounge 172 East 106th Street New York in Manhattan and will run 30 days consecutively from March 4th- April 3rd. This project will be taking place simultaneously in four locations: Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Juan, Puerto Rico. People can stop by and view the cell and participants 12 hours a day and learn more about Carlos Alberto Torres and the other remaining Puerto Rican political prisoner, Oscar Lopez Rivera and Avelino Gonzalez Claudio.
Carlos Alberto Torres was arrested in 1980, accused of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 78 years in federal prison. April 4, 2010 will mark the 30th year of his incarceration. In response to the 30th year of incarceration of longest held Puerto Rican Political Prisoner- Carlos Alberto Torres - the National Boricua Human Rights Network has re-created the isolation by the US Government of Puerto Rico’s patriot. It is also to bring awareness and to send a message to release them.
The National Boricua Human Rights Network is an organization composed of Puerto Ricans in the US with 3 main concerns: (1) The decontamination of the island of Vieques to its people; (2) The release of the remaining Puerto Rican political prisoners; (3) An end to the continuing political repression and criminalization of the Puerto Rican community.
Log on at http://www.boricuahumanrights.org/ for more information. Family and loved ones, as well lawyers and activists familiar with the campaign for their excarceration are available for interviews. Please contact Melissa Montero at zoemontero@hotmail.com for more information and a list of possible interviewees.
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My name is Steven "Humble" Mangual an associate correspondent of the ON THE COUNT! WBAI Crew and I will be in the make-shift cell on Saturday, March 13th 2010 from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. If you can weather the storm, come and show your love share in the struggle to bring the remaining Puerto Rican Political prisoners home. LETS BRING THEM HOME!!! You can get more information at our Face Book account.
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