{"id":1071,"date":"2020-05-15T16:18:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T00:18:28","slug":"may-19-webinar-cuba-africa-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/2020\/05\/15\/may-19-webinar-cuba-africa-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"May 19 Webinar: Cuba, Africa & the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Register today: https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_fCgw1XYWSmK3vfzrP1yF-g<\/a><\/p>\n

Join for a dynamic webinar celebrating Cuba’s contribution to struggles in Africa and the Caribbean, held on the occasion of the birthday of Malcolm X<\/p>\n

>>> Co-hosted by:<\/p>\n

– August Nimtz \u2014 Co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee; Professor of Political Science and African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota; Co-Author (with Esteban Morales), The Dynamics of Racial Discrimination in Cuba, Past and Present; Author, Marxism vs Liberalism: Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis.<\/p>\n

– Kennedee Geffinger \u2014 Universal Zulu Nation Hip Hop for Humanity Committee; Children\u2019s Programs Director, JCC Harlem; Founder, Keys to Ubuntu<\/p>\n

>>> Featuring:<\/p>\n

– Fernando Gonzalez Llort \u2014 President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP); Cuban internationalist fighter in Angola 1987-1989; Cuban Five hero<\/p>\n

– Chris \u201cChe\u201d Matlhako \u2014 Second Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party; leading member of Friends of Cuba in South Africa (FOCUS)<\/p>\n

– Dr. Rosemari Mealy \u2014 Educator and long-standing activist for peace, social, and economic justice. Dr. Mealy\u2019s work has involved years of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, including living and working in Cuba; Awarded \u201cFriendship Medal\u201d by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba; Author, Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of A Meeting; Rosemari is a member of the Board of Directors of IFCO\/Pastors for Peace, the New York-New Jersey Cuba Si Coalition; and National Conference of Black Lawyers.<\/p>\n

– Lee Robinson\u2014 President, African Awareness Association, Inc.; Representative, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC), Le Parti Populaire Revolutionnaire Africain de Guinee of Conakry, Guinea.<\/p>\n

– Don Rojas \u2014 Press Secretary for the martyred Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop (1981-1983); Executive Political Editor, The Real News Network; Director of Communications and International Relations, Institute of the Black World; Founder of the award-winning The Black World Today<\/p>\n

– Dr. Isaac Saney \u2014 Co-Chair, Canadian Network on Cuba; Professor, Dalhousie University; author of the forthcoming book, Africa’s Children Return! Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid’s End.<\/p>\n

– Frantz Voltaire \u2014 Haitian scholar and activist living in Montreal, Qu\u00e9bec; Author, Black Power in Haiti and A Brief History of Blacks in Canada; Founder and Chairperson of Le Center International de Documentation et d\u2019Information Haitienne, Carib\u00e9enne, et Afro-Canadienne (CIDICHCA).<\/p>\n

– Obi Egbuna Jr \u2014 \u201cStay Out of Cuba\u2019s Way Campaign\u201d; Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association; Author, Cuba’s Greatest Army: A Tribute To The Cuban Doctors (Children’s Play)<\/p>\n

Organized by:
\nOrganizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations
\nus-cubanormalization.org<\/a>
\nSaving Lives Campaign US-CANADA-CUBA Cooperation
\nsavinglives.us-cubanormalization.org<\/a>
\nNew York-New Jersey Cuba S\u00ed Coalition
\ncubasinynjcoalition.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Register today: https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_fCgw1XYWSmK3vfzrP1yF-g Join for a dynamic webinar celebrating Cuba’s contribution to struggles in Africa and the Caribbean, held on the occasion of the birthday of Malcolm X >>> Co-hosted by: – August Nimtz \u2014 Co-coordinator of the Minnesota Cuba Committee; Professor of Political Science and African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota; Co-Author (with Esteban Morales), The Dynamics of Racial Discrimination in Cuba, Past and Present; Author, Marxism vs Liberalism: Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis. – Kennedee Geffinger \u2014 Universal Zulu Nation Hip Hop for Humanity Committee; Children\u2019s Programs Director, JCC Harlem; Founder, Keys to Ubuntu >>> Featuring: – Fernando Gonzalez Llort \u2014 President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP); Cuban internationalist fighter in Angola 1987-1989; Cuban Five hero – Chris \u201cChe\u201d Matlhako \u2014 Second Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party; leading member of Friends of Cuba in South Africa (FOCUS) – Dr. Rosemari Mealy \u2014 Educator and long-standing activist for peace, social, and economic justice. Dr. Mealy\u2019s work has involved years of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, including living and working in Cuba; Awarded \u201cFriendship Medal\u201d by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba; Author, Fidel and Malcolm X: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"May 19 Webinar: Cuba, Africa & the Caribbean #CubaSalvaVidas Check out the link for more info & to register! #vanpoli #cdnpoli","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/header-image_email-05072020.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dbkE-hh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1073,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}