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!