August Events

Stand with Revolutionary Cuba!

Monthly Picket

Montreal

Monday, August 17 — 5:00-6:00 pm
U.S. Consulate, 1134 St. Catherine Street West
(east of Stanley Street, near Peel metro)
Picketing will follow distancing guidelines; bring a mask, water, signs
Organized by the Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba
tableqccu@gmail.com

Ottawa

Monday, August 17 — 4:30 pm
U.S. Embassy on Mackenzie Street
Organized by Ottawa Cuba Connections

Online Virtual Picket

Monday, August 17
4:00 pm PDT; 7:00 pm EDT; 8:00 ADT
Register online here.
Join the event on Facebook.
Organized by: Canadian Network on Cuba

~ Participez en anglais, français ou espagnol! ~
~ Participate in English, French or Spanish! ~
~ ¡Participa en inglés, francés o español! ~
Make protest signs, display banners, or wear t-shirts against the blockade to be displayed in a group photo at the end of the virtual picket!

Featured speakers include:
David Aldama Pando, Third Secretary, Cuban Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
Lisa Valanti, Vice-President of the Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister Cities Partnership with Cuba
Trevor Brown, President, Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association and the Jamaica Peace Council
Irma Dioli, President, National Italy-Cuba Friendship Association
Benjamin Mercado, Secretary of International Relations for Izquierda Socialista, Peru

Greetings from:
Cuba solidarity organizers in Australia, Ukraine and Colombia, and Canadian Network on Cuba member groups and the Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec—Cuba.

Celebrate 60 Years of the Cuban Federation of Women

Thursday, August 20 – 5:00 pm PDT/ 8:00 pm EDT
Register for Zoom webinar here.
Join the event on Facebook
Organized by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba

Speakers:
Her Excellency Josefina Vidal, Cuban Ambassador to Canada. Previously, she was president of the Cuban delegation in the first and second rounds of Cuba-U.S. talks, which paved the way for the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Sandra Ramirez Rodriguez, Director of the North America Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
Gretel Marante Roset, International Foreign Affairs representative at the national office of the Federation of Cuban Women
Tamara Columbie Matos, International Foreign Affairs representative at the national office of the Federation of Cuban Women
Magia López Cabrera, rapper, poet and half of the duo Obsesion de Cuba
Stephany Mazuera Vargas, Organizer with Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba

On August 23, 1960, the Cuban Federation of Women (FMC) held its founding meeting led by Vilma Espín Guillois, a leader of the Cuban revolution and the eternal president of the FMC. Today, FMC is one of the world’s largest woman’s organizations, with 4 million members made up of more than 90 per cent of women over the age of 14 in Cuba. The FMC continues to develop policies and programs aimed at achieving full equality for women in all spheres and levels of Cuban society. As Comandante Fidel Castro said, Cuba women are leading “A revolution within the revolution.”