12:00, Sunday, May 6 Heart of the Beast May Day Parade
Show the thousands of people lining the parade route that Minnesotans support Cuba and demand an end to the U.S. embargo. Assembly begins at 11:00 am at Cedar Field
(25th Street at Cedar Ave.) in the Community Voices section.
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How do We End the Blockade of Cuba? What Cubans want Americans to hear and do
7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 16 Moderator Rev. Tim Hart-Anderson
- Gail Walker, Executive Director, Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization - Rev. Joel Dopico, President of the Cuban Council of Churches - Rev. Carlos Emilio Ham, President of the Protestant Theological Seminary in Matanzas - Rev. Reinerio Arce, Director of Ecumenical Institute for the Science of Religions. - Mrs. Tania Ham-Mantanzas, Cuba
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Application deadline is May 1.
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Travel to Cuba is still legal.
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filmmaker Gloria Rolando's
new film, Sisters of the Heart
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Minnesota legislation
opposing the U.S. embargo of Cuba
SF 2183 and HF 2510 were introduced in the 2017 session of the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives. The bills’ titles are “A Resolution urging the United State Congress to permanently repeal trade, financial, and travel restrictions to Cuba.”
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Videos
- 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
- Days of Action against the Blockade, September 11-16
- National Cuba Conference in NYC, March 25-26, 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, May 6, Boneshaker Books, 2002 23rd Ave. So., Minneapolis. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
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Check our Travel page for information about travel to Cuba in the wake of the Trump changes. |
Mailing address: Minnesota Cuba Committee
c/o Franklin Curbelo · 400 E. Lake St. · Minneapolis, MN 55408
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