Thursday, May 27, 10-11:30 am ET

Virtual Forum

The Martin Luther King Center in Cuba, along with the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) and the Oxfam Program in Cuba, invites you to join next Thursday, May 27th, at 10 a.m. for the Virtual Forum: Right to Live Without a Blockade. The forum is part of the launch of a new Oxfam report on the impacts of U.S. sanctions on the Cuban people and on the life of women.

The report details how the U.S. Blockade against Cuba hinders development and Cuba's ability to carry out projects, it limits the development of capacities, the people's leadership, and the full exercise of their rights - particularly those groups that are most vulnerable. The report emphasizes the experience of women, illustrating the impacts of the Blockade on the Cuban population over these last six decades, and even more intensely, in this current moment of the global pandemic.

The Forum will be held just after the first 100 days of the new White House administration, and will convene before the upcoming session of the United Nations General Assembly (June 23rd, 2021), when the vote on the resolution regarding the need to end the U.S. Blockade, will be held.

For about an hour and a half, the Forum will put into dialogue testimonies and analysis from Cuba and the United States, and will advance proposals for an urgent change to this policy towards Cuba. The space will be facilitated by Cristina Escobar, a Cuban journalist who specializes in international issues, and will be livestreamed in Spanish and English in order to reach a large audience.

We invite you to follow the livestream here, to participate and submit your questions or comments through the following sites:

In English

Facebook: New Good Neighbor Policy Campaign 

Youtube: CODEPINK

In Spanish

Facebook: Centro Memorial "Martin Luther King" // Asociación Cubana de las Naciones Unidas-ACNU

Youtube: Centro Memorial Martin Luther King

Twitter: Centro Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Cuba // ACNU

Use these hashtags: #EliminaElBloqueo, #NoMásBloqueo, #UnblockCuba

We look forward to your participation!