March 11-12, Fordham University, NYC

International US-Cuba Normalization Conference

An International Conference on US-Cuba Normalization will be held next weekend, March 11-12. The conference is an in-person event at Fordham University in New York City, but the Plenary sessions will also livestreamed. Pre-registration for the conference for in-person and virtual attendance is required, and can be done here.

The conference is packed with events:

Saturday, March 11:

• 9:15-11:45 am: Cuba solidarity short film festival
• 12:00 pm: Plenary session, featuring a keynote presentation by Noemi Rabaza Fernandez, First Vice-President, Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and a presentation on prospects for removing Cuba from the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list
• 2:00-3:30 pm: Concurrent panels
• Cuba and the African diaspora, featuring presentations by Ambassador Yuri Gala Lopez – Deputy Permanent Representative, Cuban UN Mission and Professor Kenia Serrano, Dean of Preparatory School of Languages, University of Havana, Coordinator, Cuba in Africa Oral History Project
• Women’s Rights in Cuba today, featuring three panelists from the Federacíon de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC)
• Cuba and Youth Solidarity
• Cuba and the Labor Movement
• 4:00-5:30: Concurrent panels
• Organizing the movement in the streets
• Resolutions and legislative outreach
• Solidarity travel
• 8:00-9:30 pm: Public rally featuring a message from the Cuban Ambassador to the United States, Lianys Torres Rivera

Sunday, March 12

• 9:30 am: Special film presentation
• 11:00-2:00 pm: Closing plenary

Full details about the conference and all the speakers can be found on the conference website.

(Message courtesy of an email from the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee.)