"Cuba and Cuba-America" Panel Discussion at UMD, March 27, 2-4 pm

The Latin American Studies Center and U.S. Latina/o Studies Program

present:

Cuba and Cuba-America

panel presentation and discussion

Friday, March 27

2:00pm - 4:00pm

*The Art Gallery, 2202 Art-Sociology Building

University of Maryland

How do the current changes in policy and diplomatic relations impact Cubans in the U.S. and in Cuba? How is “home” defined, returned to, escaped from, protested against, and protected? Panelists will discuss what it means to be Cuban and Cubano in 2015.

Featuring -

Mavis Anderson, Latin America Working Group, Senior Associate

Netfa Freeman, Institute for Policy Studies, Coordinator and Activist

Rafael Lorente, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Associate Dean, UMD

Nancy Mirabal,  American Studies and U.S. Latina/o Studies, Associate Professor, UMD

Ricardo Ortíz, Department of English, Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Laurie Frederik, Latin American Studies and Performance Studies, Associate Professor, UMD