UPCOMING EVENTS
Click here for a printable schedule of NNOC meetings and ambassadorial visit
National Network on Cuba (NNOC) annual conference, October 19-21, Augsburg University, Minneapolis. More information below this section.
7:30 am - 10:00 am, Monday, October 22
Dorsey & Whitney, LP
50 S. 6th Street, Minneapolis
A discussion with Miguel Fraga, First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, Washington, DC
4:45 - 6:00 pm, Monday, October 22
Olin-Rice Science Center 250
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Miguel Fraga, First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, Washington, DC
12:00 - 1:00 pm, Tuesday, October 23
O'Shaughnessy Frey Library, St. Thomas University
2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
Miguel Fraga, First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, Washington, DC
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7:30 pm, Tuesday, October 23
Blegen 150, University of Minnesota
Miguel Fraga, First Secretary, Cuban Embassy, Washington, DC
Fidel, the Untold Story, FRSO Socialist Movie Night
5:30, Saturday, October 27
4200 Cedar, Minneapolis
2001 documentary about Fidel Castro, historic leader of the socialist Cuban revolution
5:00 pm, Saturday, November 10
4200 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Speaker Steve Ellner is on a national tour to help the anti-war and the Latin America solidarity movement learn about the realities on the ground in Venezuela.
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NNOC Fall Meeting and Conference
October 19-21, 2018, Minneapolis, MN
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On October 19-21, the Minnesota Cuba Committee will for the first time host the annual meeting of the National Network on Cuba, our parent organization. The three-day conference will be held at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. Guests will include Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Cuban embassy in Washington who will also stay in the Twin Cities for two days after the conference for meetings with local leaders and activists. On Friday evening, October 19, there will be a welcoming reception, and during the day on Saturday, there will be a series of panels on a variety of subjects related to Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations. Saturday evening will be a rally and cultural event and Sunday morning will be the business meeting of the NNOC.
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Videos
- Socialism and Black Liberation in Cuba, report back from a panel of Black women who traveled to Cuba in July, October 15, 2018
- Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel at Riverside Church in Harlem, September 26, 2018
- The Purposeful Invisibility of Haiti, September 15, 2018, Facebook or YouTube
- Let's go to Cuba! Why we went, what we learned, how to get there. Report back on recent trips to Cuba, June 7, 2018
- How do we end the blockade of Cuba? Cuban religious leaders speak at Westminster Presbyterian Church, May 16, 2018.
- The Recent Cuban Elections and U.S.-Cuba Relations, April 17, 2018, presentation by Professors Luis Hierro Sánchez and August Nimtz, Minneapolis. YouTube, Facebook
- People's Power Democracy and the Historic 2018 Elections in Cuba, March 16, 2018, presentation by Professor Luis Hierro Sánchez, Minneapolis. YouTube, Facebook
- Women in Cuba, our achievements and continuing struggles, Griselda Aguilera Cabrera, Chicago Cuba Solidarity Coalition, January 15, 2018
- Minnesota Swedes Raising Cane in Cuba, East Side Freedom Library, January 4, 2018
- U.S.-Cuba relations, Ernesto Dominguez Lopez, University of Havana, University of Minnesota, December 7, 2017
- Cuba responds to the Hurricanes: Irma, Maria and Trump, Minneapolis panel, November 9, 2017, video
- National Network on Cuba annual meeting, October 20-22, videos
- June 17, 2017, webinar, What I Learned about Cuba by Going to Havana on May Day
- The March 19 webinar Guantanamo, More than a Prison is archived here. (A free Dropbox subscription may be required).
- Two films from the 2017 Minnesota Cuban Film Festival: Community Doctors (English or Spanish) and Memories of Overdevelopment.
- Por Siempre, Fidel, Forever, panel discussion on the death of Fidel Castro, Minneapolis, December 15, 2016, video
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Next Minnesota Cuba Committee meeting: 6:00 pm, Sunday, October 21, Boneshaker Books. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
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