Coffee Hour: Report back from Writer/Artist/Education Delegation to Cuba
When, Where, How
Saturday, March 6th
10am - Noon
At the Resource Center of the Americas
Presented in English
What
“Debe ser cultos para ser libres.” Jose Marti
We will discuss literary/art and solidarity work combined; the powerful work of novelist Alejo Carpentier; contemporary Cuban literature; joint projects and publishing with Cuban writers; arts-in-education; an overview of this trip and future trips; arts-in-education; dance and the visual arts; Cuban cinema; literacy; Haiti/Cuba relationship and history; regional significance in the Caribbean/Latin America/US/Europe/; and so much more….
Who
Anya Achtenberg, novelist and poet; educator; Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World; MN Cuba Committee member; her 4th trip; travel ban challenger with Pastors for Peace; and organizer of the 2010 Writers and Artists Delegation to Cuba (aachtenberg@gmail.com, www.anyaachtenberg.com , 651.214.9248;
Greg Klave, active in the Minnesota Cuba Committee and in Pastors for Peace, organizer of the Cuban Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theater, who has traveled to Cuba 5 times in the last 4 years (gregklave@msn.com);
Charlie Sugnet, Professor of African Literature and Cinema, co-host of KFAI-radio’s African Rhythms show, and perennial demonstrator (sugnet@umn.edu); and
Joëlle Vitiello, Associate Professor and Chair of French and Francophone Studies at Macalester College, who writes about Caribbean literature and culture, especially Haiti, and women writers, and is a member of Haiti Justice Committee (vitiello@macalester.edu , vitiellojoelle@gmail.com , 651.608.0168.
