Please see the agenda below for the NNOC fall meeting taking place from October 19-21,2018 in Minneapolis. While the co-chairs and the Minneapolis Committee are still working on the details we do not expect significant modifications.
Fall Meeting Agenda National Network on Cuba October 19 – 21, 2018 Augsburg University
Friday, October 19, 2018 7 – 10 pm – Opening Reception and Early Registration Hagfors Hall Room 150 700 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis
Welcome by representatives of Augsburg University, Minnesota Cuba Committee and National Network on Cuba
Remarks by Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy
Saturday, October 20, 2018 Hagfors Hall Room 150 700 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis
8:30am – Registration ($35 – $50 sliding scale)
9:30am – Welcome, Introductions and Agenda Review
9:45am – New Member Elections: Co-Chair/treasurer elections
10:00am – Video message from Sandra Ramirez, Director of the North American Division of ICAP
10: 45am – Opening Presentation: Organizing for the 50th Anniversary of the Venceremos Brigade: How the Cuba solidarity movement can help
Moderator: Cheryl La Bash
11:15am – Break
11:30am – City Council Resolutions to End the Blockade:
Moderator: Alicia Jrapko
12:15pm – Break for Lunch
(To participate in the Technology and Communications brainstorming at lunch see Cheryl LaBash/Peter Miller for more info)
1:30pm – Report from the Embassy – Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy
2:30pm – Dialog on Race:
Moderator: Banbose Shango
3:30pm – NNOC Proposal for Spring 2019 National Conference on Cuba
4:00pm – Member reports
7-10pm – An Evening of Music and Dance in Solidarity with Cuba Hoversten Chapel (inside Foss Center) 623 22nd Avenue South, Minneapolis
Moderator: Professor August Nimtz, Minnesota Cuba Committee
Presentation by Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy
Special Award to Felino de la Peña
Light Refreshments and Cash Bar
Sunday, October 21 Hagfors Hall Room 150 700 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis
9:30pm – Business Meeting Reconvenes Upcoming Projects/Events:
October 2018 – UN Vote Activities – International Solidarity Committees
November 2018 – Pastors for Peace Caravan
December 2018 – African Awareness Delegation
Winter 2018 delegation – Witness for Peace
May Day Brigade 2019 – ICAP/NNOC
Moderator: Nalda Vigezzi
10:30am – Member reports continue
12:30 – Break
12:45pm – Final Remarks from Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy
