Upcoming Webinars of Interest
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19: 60th Anniversary of Fidel Castro’s visit to NYC
Saturday, September 19 7:30 PM Eastern time
REGISTER ONLINE HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zffJd0YKQxWn_EBBUth-5w
Webinar marking the 60th anniversary of the Premier Fidel Castro’s visit to New York City for the 15th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, including his historic visit to Harlem and meeting with Malcolm X.
Hosted by Rosemari Mealy – Author of FIDEL & MALCOLM X: Memories of a Meeting
Featuring:
> Ambassador Raul Roa Kouri – Former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the United Nations. Ambassador Roa played a key role in negotiating the 1960 Cuban Delegation’s stay in Harlem
> Ambassador Ana Silva Rodriguez – Charge de Affaires, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations
> Arnaldo Goenaga Barron, Sr. – Director of the New York July 26 Movement and part of the 1960 security team for Fidel and the Cuban Delegation
> and more!
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 20 – Women on the Frontlines: 60th Anniversary of the FMC
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 5:00 PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/2EVC7bh
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1556640617841586
Join us as we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) and 20 years of US Women and Cuba Collaboration’s work.
Guest speakers include:
> Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodriguez, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations
> Gretel Marante Rosset, International Foreign Affairs, National Office of the FMC
> Dayannis Tamayo Preval, Las Isabelas in Santiago, Cuba.
Organized by: US Women and Cuba Collaboration (https://www.womenandcuba.org/)
Cosponsors: WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee, LELO/A Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organizing, NOW’s Global Feminism Task Force
SEPTEMBER 20 – “Silvio & el Poder de La Palabra,” Film Debut & Concert
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 8:00 PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silvio-el-poder-de-la-palabra-tickets-119132954875
Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/797862387689249
The event combines the debut screening of Silvio Rodriguez: Mi primera tarea, a new documentary from Catherine Murphy, with a tribute concert to Silvio Rodriguez. The concert features globally renowned artists: Duo Made y Feña; Rochy Ameneiro-Rodrigo Garcia Ameneiro + Tania Haase ( Duo Espiral); Katia and Nina Cardenal; Francisco Herrera; Quetzal; Rodstarz de Rebel Diaz and Franco Valdes; Kelvis Ochoa; Roly Berrio; Susana Baca & Lila Downs!
Watch the film trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfD2YW_lOFw&feature=youtu.be
This event, “Silvio & el Poder de La Palabra” is a collaboration of The Literacy Project (https://www.theliteracyproject.org/) & HotHouse, and presented exclusively by HotHouseGlobal (https://hothouse.net/)
SEPTEMBER 26 – Cuban Doctors Speak: 15 years of the Henry Reeve Brigade
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 8:00 PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE: https://www.cubanobel.org/webinar
Join Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/318228109393298
Join to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of one of the world’s most beautiful projects: Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade!
Hosted by: Danny Glover and journalist/author Vijay Prashad
Organized by: Nobel Peace Prize for Cuban Doctors ([https://www.cubanobel..org/]https://www.cubanobel.org/)
