Crédito extra: 12/6 & 12/7 Cuba, Race, Revolution & Organizing

Post date: Nov 30, 2015 10:24:32 PM

Organizing from the grassroots in revolutionary Cuba: The experience in one working-class community. Maritza López and Hildelisa Leal, community organizers from Balcón Arimao/La Lisa, are community organizers and trained popular educators working on issues of race and gender empowerment, and activists in Cuba's Neighborhood Network of Afrodescendants. On Sun. Dec 6, 6:30 PM; Free admission at Encuentro 5 9A Hamilton Place (near Park St. T) http://www.july26.org/home/

Black Liberation and the Cuban Revolution Maritza López and Hildelisa Leal, community organizers from Balcón Arimao/La Lisa, are community organizers and trained popular educators working on issues of race and gender empowerment, and activists in Cuba's Neighborhood Network of Afrodescendants. On Monday, December 7th 6:30-8:30pm at Ayida Gallery, 391 Dudley St, Roxbury MA 02119 https://www.facebook.com/events/455006134686235/

For extra credit, respond to these questions in detailed, vibrant paragraphs: 1)Why did you chose to attend this event? How can organizing address social issues that affect the community? 2) Speak with someone hosting the event, from either the July26th Coalition or Encuentro5 or Mass Action Against Police Brutality. Identify yourself and why you are there. Record their name, what their role is, and how their [Latin@] identity affects their experience of the world. In your own words, what is their organization about? (Who is it for, what do they do, how can you get involved?) 3)What did you see/feel/experience at the event? Who attended? Who presented? Were the populations different? 4) Record three main points from the talk. What did you agree/disagree with? 5) What did you learn? What questions are you left with? (Photos encouraged!)