1. Julio Columbié Batista, was very involved in collecting signatures for the Varela Project and emerged as a pioneer of public protests against Cuban prisons. He is the founding Director of the National Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience Orlando Zapata Tamayo Front and later restructured the historic Pedro Luis Boitel National Civic Resistance Movement.
2. Blás Augusto Fortún Martínez, spent time in a forced labor camp in his late teens, afterward becoming involved with the Cuban Nationalist Movement Party and then with the Pedro Luis Boitel National Civic Resistance Movement. He continues to play an important part in public protests throughout the country.
3. Damaris Moyas Portieles, co-President of the Central Opposition Coalition in Villa Clara and chairwoman of the Rosa Parks Women's Movement for Civil Rights. She has become well known for her role organizing protests and hunger strikes.
4. Donaida Pérez Paseiro, first became linked to the opposition in 2007 as a freelance journalist. She joined the independent press agency, Laureles Press, and was involved in the creation of the National Front and the Rosa Parks Movement.
5. Marta Díaz Rondón, one of the main coordinators of the Eastern Democratic Alliance and the Orlando Zapata Tamayo Civic Resistance Front. She is a Dama de Blanco and Vice Chair of the Rosa Parks Civil Rights Movement.
6. Jorge Olivera Castillo, writer, poet, editor and television journalist. He joined the opposition in 1993 and initially worked as part of the independent union, Confederation of Democratic Workers of Cuba (CTDC). Beginning in 1999 and up until his arrest during the Black Spring of 2003, he was the director of the independent news agency, Habana Press. He was released in 2004 on medical parole due to health issues. Currently he is an independent journalist and president of the Writers Club Cuba, an entity that seeks a space for all Cuban writers committed to the defense of freedom of thought.
