1 hr 39 min
Minnesota Cuba Day - a Chat with the Cuban Ambassador and Minnesota Leaders East Side Freedom Library
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Sponsored by the Solidarity Committee of the Americas (SCOTA), a Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) committee in Minnesota, the Minnesota Cuba Committee, East Side Freedom Library,j Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and others.
Links posted during the event: U of MN-Cuba medical collaborations: https://www.sph.umn.edu/events-calend...Belly of the Beast video series: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/ACERE: https://www.acere.orgSolidarity Committee of the Americas (SCOTA) email: solidaritycommitteeofamericas@gmail.com SCOTA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/solidarityco...Women Against Military Madness (WAAM): https://www.womenagainstmilitarymadne...
After 20 months of pandemic restrictions, Cuba is reopening and preparing to ease travel restrictions to the island on November 15. Ambassador Torres Rivera and panelists discuss how Cuba is functioning today and, despite the punishing 60-year blockade by the United States, is battling Covid and climate change and continuing to work toward the betterment of its people.
Minnesotans have long been interested in Cuba, with many having traveled there. They have also proposed and passed governmental resolutions, engaged in medical collaboration and assistance, traded agricultural goods and knowledge, and have reached out in many other ways. This meeting was an opportunity to build on those efforts.
Panelists include: -Nachito Herrera, Cuban-American and renowned musician who survived Covid with the help of Cuban and University of Minnesota doctors -Kevin Paap, President, Minnesota Farm Bureau -Senator Sandy Pappas, author of legislative resolutions opposing the blockade, has led several legislative delegations to Cuba -Dr. Teddie Potter, University of Minnesota School of Nursing -Dr. John Oswald, Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health -Ofunshi Raudemar ACT DDHH, Cuban-American Babalawo from the Yoruba religious tradition
Video: https://youtu.be/IxKTEguxogk
Sponsored by the Solidarity Committee of the Americas (SCOTA), a Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) committee in Minnesota, the Minnesota Cuba Committee, East Side Freedom Library,j Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and others.
Links posted during the event: U of MN-Cuba medical collaborations: https://www.sph.umn.edu/events-calend...Belly of the Beast video series: https://www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/ACERE: https://www.acere.orgSolidarity Committee of the Americas (SCOTA) email: solidaritycommitteeofamericas@gmail.com SCOTA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/solidarityco...Women Against Military Madness (WAAM): https://www.womenagainstmilitarymadne...
After 20 months of pandemic restrictions, Cuba is reopening and preparing to ease travel restrictions to the island on November 15. Ambassador Torres Rivera and panelists discuss how Cuba is functioning today and, despite the punishing 60-year blockade by the United States, is battling Covid and climate change and continuing to work toward the betterment of its people.
Minnesotans have long been interested in Cuba, with many having traveled there. They have also proposed and passed governmental resolutions, engaged in medical collaboration and assistance, traded agricultural goods and knowledge, and have reached out in many other ways. This meeting was an opportunity to build on those efforts.
Panelists include: -Nachito Herrera, Cuban-American and renowned musician who survived Covid with the help of Cuban and University of Minnesota doctors -Kevin Paap, President, Minnesota Farm Bureau -Senator Sandy Pappas, author of legislative resolutions opposing the blockade, has led several legislative delegations to Cuba -Dr. Teddie Potter, University of Minnesota School of Nursing -Dr. John Oswald, Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health -Ofunshi Raudemar ACT DDHH, Cuban-American Babalawo from the Yoruba religious tradition
Video: https://youtu.be/IxKTEguxogk
1 hr 39 min