[act-ma] 5/09 Webinar: SHINING THE LIGHT ON CUBA'S MEDICAL SOLIDARITY

[Charlie Welch]

SHINING THE LIGHT ON CUBA'S MEDICAL SOLIDARITY
ONLINE WEBINAR for the "Cuba Fights Covid-19 Around the World" -
Fundraising Campaign
Webinar featuring Speakers & Discussion
SATURDAY MAY 9, 2020
4pm Pacific Time / 6pm Central Time / 7pm Eastern Time

REGISTER ONLINE HERE: https://tinyurl.com/ycg3frnx

Featuring guest panelists:
HER EXCELLENCY JOSEFINA VIDAL - Cuban Ambassador to Canada
MP NIKI ASHTON - Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski,
Manitoba
DR. JOHN KIRK - Cuba Researcher and Professor, Dalhousie University
DR. ISAAC SANEY - Co-Chair of Canadian Network on Cuba & Professor,
Dalhousie University
DR. KEITH ELLIS - Chair of Fundraising Campaign & Professor Emeritus,
University of Toronto

Webinar co-moderated by:
ELIZABETH HILL - Co-Chair of Canadian Network on Cuba & President of
Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto
TAMARA HANSEN – Executive Member of Canadian Network on Cuba & Coordinator
of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba

Cuba is showing the world how to confront the Covid-19 pandemic with
international solidarity. As of April 30, 2020 more than 1,450 Cuban
doctors, nurses and medical professionals from the Henry Reeve
International Medical Brigade have been welcomed in 22 countries in Europe,
Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East. Cuba's
biotechnology industry has also developed medicines and treatment regimes
for Covid-19 which have been used not only in Cuba, but also in China,
Spain and other countries.

Cuba's international solidarity is leading the way in the world-wide
struggle to confront Covid-19 despite nearly 60 years of a cruel and unjust
blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States. This same blockade on Cuba,
and its extraterritorial impacts, also prevents medical cooperation between
the United States, Canada and Cuba, which would be beneficial to people
living in all three countries.

Across Canada the Canadian Network on Cuba is organizing a campaign to
raise donations for Cuba’s amazing internationalist efforts. Since
launching the campaign on March 30, 2020 we have already raised $31,000.
Join in this online Webinar to learn more the importance of the fundraising
effort and about how people in Canada can support Cuba, both in their fight
against Covid-19 and their struggle to end the cruel U.S. blockade!

To learn more about the Cuba Fights Covid-19 Around the World Fundraising
Campaign and how you can donate to support the work of Cuba's international
medical missions today visit:
http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/index.php/our-campaigns/support-cuba-to-fight-against-covid-19/838-cnc-fundraising-for-cuba-a-new-stage


Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), a network of Cuba
solidarity organizations across Canada promoting friendship and solidarity
with Cuba and the Cuban people.
http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca

SHINING THE LIGHT ON CUBA'S MEDICAL SOLIDARITY
ONLINE WEBINAR for the "Cuba Fights Covid-19 Around the World" -
Fundraising Campaign

Webinar featuring Speakers & Discussion
SATURDAY MAY 9, 2020
4pm Pacific Time / 6pm Central Time / 7pm Eastern Time
REGISTER ONLINE HERE: <https://tinyurl.com/ycg3frnx>
https://tinyurl.com/ycg3frnx
Featuring guest panelists:

HER EXCELLENCY JOSEFINA VIDAL - Cuban Ambassador to Canada
MP NIKI ASHTON - Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski,
Manitoba
DR. JOHN KIRK - Cuba Researcher and Professor, Dalhousie University
DR. ISAAC SANEY - Co-Chair of Canadian Network on Cuba & Professor,
Dalhousie University
DR. KEITH ELLIS - Chair of Fundraising Campaign & Professor Emeritus,
University of Toronto

Webinar co-moderated by:
ELIZABETH HILL - Co-Chair of Canadian Network on Cuba & President of
Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto
TAMARA HANSEN – Executive Member of Canadian Network on Cuba & Coordinator
of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba

Cuba is showing the world how to confront the Covid-19 pandemic with
international solidarity. As of April 30, 2020 more than 1,450 Cuban
doctors, nurses and medical professionals from the Henry Reeve
International Medical Brigade have been welcomed in 22 countries in Europe,
Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East. Cuba's
biotechnology industry has also developed medicines and treatment regimes
for Covid-19 which have been used not only in Cuba, but also in China,
Spain and other countries.

Cuba's international solidarity is leading the way in the world-wide
struggle to confront Covid-19 despite nearly 60 years of a cruel and unjust
blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States. This same blockade on Cuba,
and its extraterritorial impacts, also prevents medical cooperation between
the United States, Canada and Cuba, which would be beneficial to people
living in all three countries.

Across Canada the Canadian Network on Cuba is organizing a campaign to
raise donations for Cuba’s amazing internationalist efforts. Since
launching the campaign on March 30, 2020 we have already raised $31,000.
Join in this online Webinar to learn more the importance of the fundraising
effort and about how people in Canada can support Cuba, both in their fight
against Covid-19 and their struggle to end the cruel U.S. blockade!

To learn more about the Cuba Fights Covid-19 Around the World Fundraising
Campaign and how you can donate to support the work of Cuba's international
medical missions today visit:
http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/index.php/our-campaigns/support-cuba-to-fight-against-covid-19/838-cnc-fundraising-for-cuba-a-new-stage


Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), a network of Cuba
solidarity organizations across Canada promoting friendship and solidarity
with Cuba and the Cuban people.
http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca
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