Join the Venceremos Brigade and the Kwame Ture Society for an intergenerational panel discussion on Cuba’s continued importance in the Black liberation struggle.

Information on how to travel to Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade during the summer of 2015 will also be provided at the event. Come learn more about Cuba’s history and it’s intersections with domestic and international Black liberation movements.

Panelists:

• Alexander V. Rodriguez Salazar, Second Secretary, Cuban Interests Section
• Netfa Freeman, Institute for Policy Studies and International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
• Lenora Knowles, Community Organizer/Study abroad student in Havana

Moderated by Jennifer Bryant, Venceremos Brigade, 2007 alum Howard University

This discussion is free and open to the public.

About the Venceremos Brigade:
The Venceremos Brigade is a Cuba solidarity project that has been in existence since 1969. It is the oldest Cuban solidarity project in the world. It was formed as a coalition of young people to show solidarity with the Cuban Revolution by working side by side with Cuban workers, challenging U.S. policies towards Cuba, including the United States embargo against Cuba. Over the last four and half decades, the VB has given over 9,000 people the opportunity to experience Cuba.

About the Kwame Ture Society:
The Kwame Ture Society for Africana studies is a student organization on the campus of Howard University that seeks to facilitate spaces where interested students and members of the community can convene in a Black space in order to focus their energies on African memory and intellectual thought. We meet regularly to study and apply our accumulating knowledge towards the overall advancement of our people and in order to continue to cultivate the consistency of our commitment to quality scholarship.