The Welfare Poets and other concerned organizations and individuals have come together to collaborate on a fund raising project to directly aid the current Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, incarcerated for fighting for the independence and self-determination of Puerto Rico. The Freedom Album will be a musical CD/compilation dedicated to the welfare of our political prisoners. We have united under the name The Puerto Rican Freedom Project Committee. Additionally, we also want this album to assist past Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War who have been freed and are now attempting to survive in a system where many channels have been closed to them, and even possibly aid future Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War.

The fight for Puerto Rico's Independence goes as far back as indigenous resistance to Spanish occupation. For well over 500 years, countless and nameless individuals have fought for our islands sovereignty. Some have paid the ultimate price with their lives. Others have been held captive, arrested against their will, by a court that held no jurisdiction over their cases and trampled on their international right to fight for the liberation of their homeland, our homeland, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican people have been able to free many of our Political Prisoners. We did so because we created unity amongst ourselves and because we welcomed the solidarity of all our allies. This Freedom Album is another example of our creativity in building solidarity and unity amongst ourselves.

This album will educate, agitate and help further build our movement to free our compañeros behind the walls. Our compañeros are Oscar Lopez Rivera, Carlos Alberto Torres, Haydee Beltran Torres and Avelino Gonzalez Claudio.