You are invited to a Zoom meeting/conference call.
When: Saturday Apr 4, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time
The whole world is grappling with how best to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. One country, Cuba, is sending its doctors and nurses around the world to help beleaguered health care systems and making available a Cuban produced antiviral drug Interferon Alpha 2B that has been widely used in China, as well as Cuba, to help successfully combat the respiratory symptoms in patients badly affected by the virus. Meanwhile the US embassy in Havana, Cuba is hysterically demanding that governments refuse to accept the Cuban doctors and drugs.
What lessons can we learn from the Cuban health care system and wider society about how to combat the COVID-19 crisis?
How is the Trump administration intensifying the 60 year old economic blockade of Cuba, and what needs to be done to end the blockade.
This conference call using Zoom software is intended to replace the public event about the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba that was due to take place in Portland on Saturday April 4th
The speakers will be Stephanie Sarantos and Liam Summers from Seattle (see below for more details). Moderating the call will be John Waller the overall Caravan Coordinator.
After the presentation call participants will be able to verbally ask questions and discuss the issues raised including their implications for Portland.
Jack Herbert from Portland CASC writes – “Let’s come from all our movements to learn from and about Cubans and consult together how to organize, more concretely and safely, showing up for all our struggles effectively and getting community behavior that will best protect us from the virus. We can arrange how we can merge struggles for mass support for all.”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wtf-utrTwiQ8FJ6l9EhAtz5RxIa21Y-A
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting via your computer or cell phone. The call is scheduled to last for 2 hours.
Stephanie Sarantos is a former staff nurse and now an educator at the Clearwater School in Seattle. She has become a strong advocate for the people of Cuba from traveling on several Pastors for Peace caravans. She is continuously grateful for all she learns from the Cuban people and encourages others to visit and experience the Cuban culture that inspires us to act in solidarity and lead with love.
Liam Summers is a student at the Clearwater School who has traveled on the last 2 caravans and has been inspired by Cuban socialism.
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