[pr-x] March 21 & 22 International Cuba Solidarity Webinars

[Tamara Hansen]

** Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) is endorsing and participating in the International US-Cuba Normalization Conference which has been rescheduled due to the Covid-19 global pandemic to November 13-15, 2020 in New York City. This weekend we invite our supporters and organizers to participate in a special conference plenary online forum (webinar). Please see registration information below. We hope you will join us! **

International Cuba Solidarity Conference

Join us to hear an update on the rescheduled International Cuba Conference

Ike Nahem of the New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition will give us a perspective on the significance of Cuba solidarity in the age of Coronavirus

The Conference is rescheduled but the movement to #unblockCuba is not postponed
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1) Plenary to be held Saturday, March 21 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IaggcK7VTaq4VTQmCMqMxA

Update on International Cuba Conference — Ike Nahem, New York-New Jersey Cuba Si Coalition

Chairperson - Gail Walker, IFCO/Pastors for Peace

Panel:
Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez - Cuban Mission to the United Nations
Video greeting to the Conference, Dr. Jorge Delgado Bustillo (introduced by Martín Koppel, Pathfinder Books)
Andrés Gómez — Antonio Maceo Brigade, Alianza Martiana, Miami, Florida
Milagros Rivera — Comité de Solidaridad con Cuba en Puerto Rico
Sean O'Donoghue - Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba
Isaac Saney - Canadian Network on Cuba

The focus of the conference is developing action.
Hear about some things you can do:
Dr. Rosemari Mealy -- initiator with Attorney Joan P. Gibbs, of the Resolution before the NY City Council -- for the Panel: Resolutions and Legislation to end the blockade of Cuba.

2) Workshop for Sunday, March 22 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific

The Impact of the Blockade of Cuba on the People of the US & What We can do About It

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-bWsFlJPT4O7l9dVHciSbA

Moderator: Howard Ehrman, Chicago Cuba Coalition

*Implementing Cuban approaches to combat health disparities in marginalized communities of color in the United States -Nathaniel Kratz, MD, ELAM Graduate, Columbia University Primary Care Internal Medicine Physician, New York City
*Environmental Programs’ Exchanges between Cuba & US. -Brenda López, Los Angeles – US Hands off Cuba
*Climate change disaster prevention, preparation & response in Puerto Rico, the US and Cuba -Mildred Milly Guzman-Young – Greater Hartford CT Coalition on Cuba
*Of the community or by the community? Police, criminal and restorative justice in Cuba -Ramon Espinoza - Greater Hartford CT Coalition on Cuba
*Relationship of Cuba’s Education System to Education Struggles in New York City and the US -Malcolm Sacks – New York City Public School Teacher and National Venceremos Brigade Co-Coordinator
*Coronavirus: Bring Down the Blockade NOW: We Demand Protection for Us and Our Most Vulnerable -Asilinn Pulley, Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter, Chicago

More information: www.us-cubanormalization.org

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VANCOUVER COMMUNITIES IN SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA (VCSC)
(Member of the Canadian Network on Cuba-CNC)
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