Author: Green Cities Fund
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2015 New Trier H.S. Outstanding Alumni Award Acceptance
2015 New Trier H.S. Outstanding Alumni Award Acceptance
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Sovereign Cuba, 125 Years Later
It is long past time that the US treated Cuba like the sovereign nation it is. By William M. LeoGrande, Professor, American University, Washington, DCThe NationFEBRUARY 13, 2023
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Remarks of Tom Miller at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (the “Barsky Center”)
In the mid-nineteen sixties, as the American War in Vietnam ground on in all its ugliness, a war correspondent named Martha Gellhorn came to Vietnam. She had been married to famous American author Ernest Hemmingway, and had accompanied him to Spain where they reported on the Spanish Civil War as witnesses to the tragedy of…
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U.S. Treasury “Frequently Asked Questions” update published June 4th, 2019
What are the travel authorizations in the Cuba program? OFAC has issued general licenses within the 12 categories of authorized travel for many travel related transactions to, from, or within Cuba that previously required a specific license (i.e., an application and a case-by-case determination). Travel-related transactions are permitted by general license for certain travel related…
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4.1.19 Comment from Marie
I wanted to let you know how much my husband and I enjoyed our very special visit to Cuba! And most important was that it was all possible because of Sandra Vazquez! She tirelessly organized this quest of mine to finally visit Cuba and view many beautiful paintings of my great, great grandfather, the 19th…
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Leah Garchik
Features Columnist San Francisco Chronicle 28th August, 2018 In 1967, while the war in Vietnam was raging, Tom Miller, who was practicing law in New York, read a report by Martha Gellhorn about the effects of napalm on the Vietnamese, especially children. He left his New York law practice to become a founder of Children’s Medical Relief International,…
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TRACY
Sandra was a wonderful guide for the four of us Americans, because she is a happy, cheerful, honest, person who know Havana like the back of her hand. The four of us who hired her wanted to take her home with us. She’s just lovable. She really knows good restaurants and good food in Havana,…
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JONATHAN and JOYCE
We had an amazing trip under the aegis of Green Cities. Cuba is wondrous, but especially so due to the fantastic organizing by Sandra Vazquez and her wonderful family and team on the ground in Havana. Sandra knows everyone and can arrange anything. We are by nature stubbornly independent travelers, but putting ourselves fully in…
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Lasers may ease pain of Vietnam War ‘napalm girl’
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/25/lasers-may-ease-pain-vietnam-war-napalm-girl/74592268/
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PLANTING SEEDS “COCINA ABIERTA” PROJECT
Cocina AbiertaHAVANA, CUBA Urgent Message From Varun Mehra*I am writing to ask for your help to raise some money and skills for a very special project in Cuba, where I first traveled in early 2012 on an invitation from Tom & Nhu Miller of Green Cities Fund (gcf-2024:8888). In December 2012, we traveled to Havana organized a delegation of…
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Famed Bay Area chef and restauranteur Narsai David has joined the “Planting Seeds” team
Check out The Monthly’s article on Narsai David: Broadening Cuban Relations | East Bay foodie Narsai David explores the organic farming movement in Cuba while working to create a culinary academy dedicated to the Cal cuisine ethos. View the Planting Seeds Project Page