Workshops 1 & 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

1. Cuba and Reproductive Justice

Chair, Lucy Pagoada-Quesada, NYC Department of Education Teacher. Official Coordinator of the Libre Party, USA-Canadá and Costa Rica. Producer of the program ‘Voices of Resistance’ at WBAI, 99.5 FM, NY

Yamila Gonzalez Ferrer, Vice President, National Union of Cuban Jurists (UNJC)

Osmayda Hernandez, Director, International Relations, FMC

Cindy Domingo, US Women and Cuba Collaboration

2. Cuba and Climate Justice

Chair, Tarisse Iriarte, international art curator, scholar and political activist from Brooklyn, NYC with Afro-Caribbean Roots in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Tee is a committed Cuba solidarity activist member of our Cuba Si NY/NJ Coalition.

Alison Bodine Vancouver UK Climate Justice activist, Editorial Board, Fire This Time

Dr. Helen Yaffe Video Presentation Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Author, We Are Cuba!, Producer, Tarea Vida

Video from Karibuni – Cuba in Africa:

Maybel Gonzalez

Jose Alexis Ginarte, UNJC

Workshops 3 & 4
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm

3. Labor Unions Standing With Cuba

Chair: Ethan Young, is a Brooklyn-based trade union activist with over 17 years of experience in organized labor struggles across the Americas. Ethan’s commitment to worker’s rights was profoundly shaped by his first visit to Cuba a decade ago, where he participated in a May Day labor delegation.

Zonya Rivera, Second Secretary, Federation of Cuban Women (FMC)

SOLIDARITY VIDEO MESSAGE:, Cuban Workers Central Union (CTC)

Dr. Brima Sylla, Vice President, Amazon Labor Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1

Tamara Hansen, Vancouver, CA Reportback from 2025 Teachers Union delegation to Cuba

Video Message from Cuban Workers Central Union (CTC)

LIVESTREAMED PARTICIPATION

Mike Vera,,Longtime Captain-Organizer, Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific, Marine Division, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

Joseph Richert, Secretary-Treasurer SEIU Local 73. SEIU Local 73 represents more than 35,000 workers, primarily in public service and publicly funded positions in school districts, municipalities, social service agencies, and many other job classifications in Illinois and Indiana.