Friday, November 13 – Cultural Program

Register for the Online International Solidarity Concert here.

Miguel Barnet, Pablo Menendez y Mezcla, Moncada, Arturo O’ Farrill, Sintesis, El Jones, Rebel Diaz, Telmary, El Septeto Santiaguero, Alexander Abreu y Havana D’Primera, Nancy Morejon, La Orquesta de Cámara de la Habana, Normand Raymond, Jane Bunnett y Maqueque, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, and Jack Hirschman!

Saturday, November 14 – Conference

Session 1 – 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Pacific
After the U.S. Elections: For Normalization!
Why We Must End the Blockade on Cuba!

Welcome and Greetings from Gail Walker & Ike Nahem
Co-chairs: Cheryl LaBash, National Network on Cuba and
Isaac Saney, Canadian Network on Cuba

Featuring:
His Excellency José Ramón Cabañas — Cuba’s Ambassador to the United States
Her Excellency Josefina Vidal — Cuba’s Ambassador to Canada. Lead negotiator in talks with Barack Obama Administration leading to reestablishment of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations
MP Niki Ashton — New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba, Canada
Sandy Pappas — Democrat State Senator from Minnesota and a representative from the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect

Session 2 – 7:00 pm Eastern/4:00 pm Pacific
Saving Lives Campaign – Bringing Cuba’s Example to the U.S.
and Canada During the Global Pandemic

Co-chairs: Alison Bodine, Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice
Pambana Gutto Bassett, Co-Director of the Cuba Program, Solidarity Collective

Featuring:
Dr. Samira Addrey — a graduate of ELAM and program coordinator for the ELAM scholarship program
Dr. Andy Coates — Physician in Albany NY on the frontline of treating COVID-19 patients
Alicia Jrapko — Co-chair of the Cuba Nobel Prize Committee
Dr. John Kirk — Cuba Researcher and Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Sunday, November 15 – Conference

Closing Session – 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Pacific
Defeating 60 Years of the U.S. Economic and Political War Against Cuba:
U.S., Canada, and International Perspectives for Building Solidarity
to End the Blockade in 2021

This Closing Session will focus on action and expanding international collaboration and movement-building to defeat – once and for all time – the blockade and secure U.S.-Cuba normalization as demanded by the peoples of the world, including clear majorities in the U.S. Participate in a dynamic discussion with speakers and special guests from Cuba, the U.S., Canada, Quebec, Puerto Rico and internationally.

Co-chairs: Gail Walker, Director, IFCO/Pastors for Peace
Isaac Saney, Co-chair, Canadian Network on Cuba

Special Guests:
Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta — Permanent Ambassador of Cuba to the United Nations
Fernando Gonzalez Llort — President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP); Cuban internationalist fighter in Angola 1987-1989; Cuban Five hero

Featuring:
Tamara Hansen — Coordinator, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba and Executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC)
Gabriel Prawl — President, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Seattle Chapter. Leading organizer of an unprecedented work stoppage of ILWU members up and down the U.S. West Coast in solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Aislinn Pulley — Black Lives Matter, Chicago
Brenda Lopez — Co-coordinator, Los Angeles, U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee. Participant, Recent Cubambiente International Conference in Havana
Mayra Alonso — from Marazul Tours
Juanita Palacios-Sims — Cuban-American, Co-owner, Beyond Cuba Travel
Colette Lavergne — La Table de Concertation et de Solidarité Québec-Cuba
Julio Fonseca — Executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), President of the Juan Gualberto Gomez Association of Cuban Residents in Toronto
Jocelyn Velazquez — Se Acabaron Las Promesas, Puerto Rico
Rev. Dorlimar Lebron Malave — Pastor of the First Spanish United Methodist Church “The People’s Church” located in East Harlem
Plus, reports from the Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade, the Venceremos Brigade, the Pastors for Peace Caravane to Cuba & more!
And special presentation by media outlet Belly of the Beast!