AGENDA
October 20-22, 2017
Washington State Labor Council
321 16th Ave S, Seattle 98144
Friday, October 20, 2017
7:30-9:00 PM Reception: (early registration will start at 7:00)
Washington State Labor Council
321 16th Ave S, Seattle 98144
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Washington State Labor Council
321 16th Ave S, Seattle 98144
9:00 Registration ($35-$50 sliding scale)
9:30 Introductions and Agenda Review
9:45 New Member elections; co-chair elections; by-law changes; scholarship proposal
10:30 Opening remarks: Sandra Ramírez Rodríguez, North America Director of ICAP.
10:45 Presentation by Miguel Fraga: First Secretary Cuban Embassy, Washington DC
11:15 Break
11:30 Panel: Updates to travel and changes in laws regarding travel to Cuba
Panelists include Elizabeth Ribalta Rubiera, from the North America Dept. of ICAP
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Dare To Dream, Can one Medical School Change the World?
A 30 minute documentary produced by Jennifer Wager that tells the story of the largest
Medical school in the world, the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM). IFCO administers the scholarship program for U.S. citizens.
2:00 Panel: Expanding the solidarity movement in the United States: ELAM, Labor, solidarity brigade rep.
3:00 NNOC member group reports, strategies, projects, ideas to build movement, state and local resolutions, advocacy, etc.
6:00 PM Dinner $5.00 donation and 7:00 Public Rally
New Hope Baptist Church
124 21st Ave, Seattle 98122
Sunday, October 21, 2017
Washington State Labor Council
321 16th Ave S, Seattle 98144
10:00 NNOC businesses: planning future work, finances, next meeting.
10:30 continuation of NNOC member group reports, strategies, projects, ideas to build movement, state and local resolutions, advocacy, etc.
12:00 final remarks by Sandra Ramirez and Elizabeth Ribalta
