VANCOUVER CUBA SOLIDARITY UPCOMING & ENDORSED EVENTS! January 23, 2021 CNC Medical Supplies for Cuba Campaign Online Webinar ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca January 31, 2021 JOSÉ MARTÍ, Revolutionary, Visionary, Leader Online Webinar ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca February 7, 2021 The importance of U.S., Canada and Cuban medical and scientific collaboration to treat and prevent COVID-19 Hundreds of thousands are dying from COVID - Cuba offers solutions to save lives! ![]() Click here to register For more information visit us-cubanormalization.org February 17, 2021 Virtual Protest to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! ![]() 4pm Pacific - 7pm Eastern Click here to register Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca Vancouver Remembers Fidel Castro! ![]() PAST EVENTS! January 17, 2020 24 Virtual Protest to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! ![]() Click here to watch the webinar Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca December 17, 2020 24 HOUR GLOBAL VIRTUAL PICKET >> END TO THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA! >> AWARD CUBA’S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL BRIGADE THE NOBEL PRIZE! ![]() Click here for report Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca Endorsed by: Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), El Movimiento Colombiano de Solidaridad con Cuba (MCSC), The Ukrainian Committee "Stop the blockade of Cuba", The U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Organizing Committee, Australia-Cuba Friendship Society WA, Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec – Cuba, Associazione Nazionale di Amicizia Italia-Cuba, & The National Network on Cuba (NNOC) – U.S. November 13-15, 2020 Concert & International Conference Webinar for The Normalization of US-Cuba Relations ![]() Click here to watch the videos For more information visit us-cubanormalization.org November 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Click here to watch the webinar Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca October 29, 2020 Canada-Cuba Relations in the Time of Trump and Covid-19 Virtual Webinar ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca October 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca September 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca September 27, 2020 Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba Webinar Cuba Cultural Night ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca August 20, 2020 Online Webinar 60 Years of the Cuban Women's Federation! ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) August 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() Speakers from across Canada and around the world! *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca August 13, 2020 Online Webinar Join us to celebrate comandante Fidel Castro’s 94th birthday and pay tribute to his remarkable life! ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations www.us-cubanormalization.org July 26, 2020 Online Webinar Let's Celebrate Cuba's National Rebellion Day Celebremos el Día de la Rebeldía Nacional de Cuba! ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca July 17, 2020 Lift the U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! Virtual Picket ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Speakers from across Canada and around the world! Organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca July 7, 2020 Webinar Why There Are No George Floyd's in Cuba ![]() Click here to watch the recording Featuring speakers from the United States and Cuba, and greetings from participants in mass anti-police Brutality and Black Lives Matter protests across the United States! Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org June 30, 2020 Despite U.S. Blockade Cuba's Internationalism Leading the Way ![]() *Click to watch recording* Featuring: >> TANIA LÓPEZ LARROQUE - Consul General of the Cuban Consulate in Toronto >> ARNOLD AUGUST - Author and journalist of many articles and books on Cuba >> TAMARA HANSEN - Author, coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba, and executive member of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade - Vancouver Members of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) June 17, 2020 Online Webinar & Picket Action Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() *Click to watch recording* >>> Featuring Speakers & Greetings from Across Canada and Around the World including: * YHONNY GARCIA – Leader of the Venezuela's National Movement of Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Venezuela-Cuba (Caracas, Venezuela) * TREVOR BROWN – President of the Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association * CIKIAH THOMAS – Co-Chair of the Global African Congress * CHERYL LABASH - Co-Chair of the National Network on Cuba (Detroit, U.S.) * VIASHESLAV KARPENKO - The Ukrainian Committee "Stop the blockade of Cuba" (Kiev, Ukraine) * Greetings from CNC member groups & la Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec - Cuba >>> Event Co-chairs: * MARICARMEN GUEVARA – Ottawa Cuba Connection * COLETTE LAVERGNE - la Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec - Cuba * AZZA ROJBI – Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade – Vancouver Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca June 16, 2020 Online Webinar Danny Glover talks COVID, Cuba and Saving Lives with Cuban Ambassador to the U.S. José Ramón Cabañas ![]() Click here to watch the recording Hosted by the #SavingLives Campaign International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations savinglives.us-cubanormalization.org June 14, 2020 Online Webinar The Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade Commemorates the Life & Legacy of Che Guevara! ![]() *Click to watch the recording* Organized by the Che Guevara Brigade Committee of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/brigade May 19, 2020 Webinar Paying Humanities Debt: Cuba, Africa & the Caribbean ![]() Click here to watch the recording >>> Featuring: Fernando Gonzalez Llort — President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP); Cuban internationalist fighter in Angola 1987-1989; Cuban Five hero and other dynamic speakers! Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org May 17, 2020 Online Webinar & Picket Action Lift the Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() Click here to watch the recording >>> Featuring Speakers & Greetings from Across Canada and Around the World including: * VINNIE MOLINA – President of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, Western Australian Branch * GAIL WALKER – Director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace * ROB MILLER – Director of Cuba Solidarity Campaign – Britain * MANUEL LOPEZ - The Ukrainian Committee "Stop the blockade of Cuba" * Greetings from CNC member groups & la Table de concertation et de solidarité Québec - Cuba Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca May 9, 2020 Cuba Solidarity Webinar Shining the Light on Cuba's Medical Solidarity ![]() Click here to watch the recording **Featuring: 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 **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 Organised by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) canadiannetworkoncuba.ca May 2, 2020 International Solidarity Webinar Celebrate May Day 2020! ![]() Click here to watch the recording **Co-Chairs: Tamara Hansen — Member, British Columbia Teachers' Federation; Coordinator, Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba; Executive Committee, Canadian Network on Cuba; Author, “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.” Lucy Pagoada-Quesada — Member United Federation of Teachers, New York City, Official Coordinator Of The Libre Party (The Political Arm of The National Resistance Popular Front) Coordinated in Honduras by President Manuel Zelaya Rosales. **Speakers: - CUBAN CENTRAL TRADE UNION - CTC Representative— Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba (Central Union of Cuban Workers) - KHAYA XABA — National Spokesperson, National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), Congress of South African Trade Unions. - FRANCISCO TORREALBA — President, Bolivarian Federation of Transport Workers of Venezuela, Vice President, Bolivarian Central of Workers of Venezuela, Member, Venezuelan National Assembly - JUDY SHERIDAN-GONZALEZ — President, New York State Nurses Association, Front Line Working Nurse in the Fight Against COVID-19 - CHRIS SMALLS — Fired Amazon Worker Who Led Walkout Protesting Unsafe Working Conditions in Giant Amazon Warehouse in Staten Island, NYC - DON FOREMAN — International Representative, Canadian Union of Postal Workers International Labor Solidarity Messages from: Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, and Brazil Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org April 18, 2020 The Worldwide Health Crisis Demands Solidarity, Not Sanctions! ![]() Click here to watch the recording **Co-Chairs: Alison Bodine — Fire This Time, Movement for Social Justice, Vancouver, Canada Brenda Lopez — Co-coordinator, Los Angeles, US Hands Off Cuba Committee. Participant, Recent Cubambiente International Conference in Havana. **Speakers: Ambassador Josefina Vidal — Cuba’s Ambassador to Canada. Lead negotiator in talks with Barack Obama Administration leading to reestablishment of US-Cuba diplomatic relations Dr. Christine Knight — US Graduate of Latin American School of Medicine, Havana, Class of 2019 Medea Benjamin — Co-founder CODEPINK, The US Economic and Political War Against Venezuela Dr. Horace Campbell — Professor of African American Studies and Political Science, Syracuse University, New York Fernando Perez-Viart — Former M.D. from Cuba; President of Louisiana's Cuban Club; (Association of Cubans and Descends living in Louisiana); Volunteer Director of Proyecto Hispano de Ayuda a la Comunidad, (509 (a)(2)) Social Latino Non-profit. in Acadiana. Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org April 9, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Cuba Shows That International Solidarity is the Answer! ![]() Click here to watch the recording **Co-Chairs: Alison Bodine — Fire This Time, Movement for Social Justice, Vancouver, Canada Claudia de la Cruz — Executive Director, The People’s Forum, New York City **Speakers: Ambassador José Cabañas — Cuban Embassy, Washington, DC Dr. Helen Yaffe — Lecturer in Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow, Author, Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution; We Are Cuba!; Cuba’s Contribution to Combating COVID-19 (Yale University Press blog) Dr. John Kirk — Department of Spanish and Latin American, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadian authority on Cuban Medical Internationalism. Featured on PBS Nova program “Cuba’s Cancer Hope.” Dr. Alexa Weber — Circulo Bolivariana “Negra Hipolita” On the current health care situation in Venezuela and opposition to the latest U.S. threats and sanctions. Dr. Isaac Saney — Co-chair, Canadian Network on Cuba. Prospects for a Campaign to Access Cuba's Interferon Alpha 2B Recombinant and other medical assistance to treat COViD-19. Organised by the International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations us-cubanormalization.org International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations UPDATE Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) is endorsing and participating in the International US-Cuba Normalization Conference which has been rescheduled due to the Covid-19 global pandemic to November 13-15, 2020 in New York City. Below are links to watch the online recordings of the special conference online forums (webinars). March 21 & 22 International Cuba Solidarity Webinars 1-- Plenary, Saturday, March 21 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific Link to watch the recording: Click here 2-- Workshop, Sunday, March 22 - 2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific The Impact of the Blockade of Cuba on the People of the US & What We can do About It Link to watch the recording: Click here UPDATE The monthly protest action against the U.S. Blockade on Cuba for March 17 is cancelled until further notice due to ongoing health concerns around Covid-19. We encourage all of our supporters to join us in a social media campaign tomorrow with the hashtag #CubaIsGreat which is what tourist from Great Britain proclaimed when Cuba allowed their cruise ship to dock in its ports after numerous other countries refused. To learn more about Cuba's work to combat this global pandemic despite the harmful U.S. blockade please join us on Facebook and Twitter (@NoBloqueoVan) March 17, 2020 Monthly Protest Action Lift The U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now! ![]() 4pm U.S. Consulate 1075 W. Pender Street (Vancouver, Canada) March 6, 2020 Celebrating the Revolutionary Women Of Cuba, Venezuela & The World! ![]() February 28, 2020 Do You Want To Travel To Cuba? Join the Ernesto Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade ![]() February 4 - 15, 2020 WORLD PREMIERE of "Anywhere But Here” A play by Carmen Aguirre Raps created with Shad Kabango ![]() December 31, 2019 New Years Eve Party Celebrating 61 Years of the Cuban Revolution ![]() October 26-27, 2019 8th Vancouver International Che Guevara Conference ![]() CLICK HERE FOR THE REPORT! September 28, 2019 Report Back From the 2018 Calixto Garcia Brigade in Cuba! ![]() August 22, 2019 HUMANITY IS DIVERSITY ![]() July 27, 2019 Celebrate Cuba's Moncada Day & The Gains of The Cuban Revolution! ![]() June 14, 2019 Celebrating the Birthday of Revolutionary Hero Ernesto Che Guevara with Guest Speakers DIRECT FROM CUBA! ![]() May 4, 2019 Cuba Today A Conversation with Her Excellency Josefina Vidal Cuban Ambassador to Canada ![]() March 8, 2019 Celebrate International Women’s Day 2019 ![]() March 1, 2019 Proyecto Cultural Sur Mujer y Madre Tierra ![]() Organized by: Proyecto Cultural Sur-Vancouver Sponsored by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) February 15, 2019 Cuba Film Night Film, Music & Poetry ![]() January 20, 2019 Free Community Event 60 Years of the Cuban Revolution! & How Far We Have Come ![]() December 31, 2018 New Years Eve Party Celebrating 60 Years of the Cuban Revolution ![]() Vancouver Latin American Film Festival August 23 - September 2, 2018 ![]() Community Festival Partner: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) August 9, 2018 Humanity is Diversity Featuring the Film "Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution" ![]() July 28, 2018 Celebrate Cuba's Moncada Day & the Gains of the Cuban Revolution! ![]() June 23, 2018 Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Revolutionary Hero CHE GUEVARA & Report Back from the 2018 Ernesto Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba! ![]() May 25, 2018 Palabras en el Mundo - Poetry Festival! ![]() Co-organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & Proyecto Cultural Sur April 3, 2018 Elections & Democracy in Revolutionary Cuba ![]() March 9, 2018 Celebrate International Women's Day Celebrating the Revolutionary Women of Cuba & Venezuela! ![]() February 18, 2018 Cuban Film Night Featured Cuban Film Clandestinos ![]() December 31, 2017 New Years Eve Party Celebrating 59 Years of the Cuban Revolution ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! November 1, 2017 Book Launch Cuba-U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond by Arnold August Trump's Cuban Policy: a discussion with Arnold August ![]() November 1, 2017 International Day of Actions Against the U.S. Blockade on Cuba! Featured Guests: Legendary Cuban Musician Gerardo Alfonso Bouna Vedere Jabu with Tony Chotem South African Singer, Song-writer ![]() October 27-29, 2017 7th International Che Guevara Conference 50 Years After the Assassination of Ernesto Che Guevara 100 Years Since the Russian Revolution & 58 Years of the Cuban Revolution From the Russian Revolution to the Cuba Revolution The Question of Leadership & Implementing The Socialist Project & Where We Are Today ![]() ![]() CLICK HERE FOR REPORT & PHOTOS! September 14, 2017 Humanity is Diversity Cuban Day against Homophobia and Transphobia ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! August 24 - September 3, 2017 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival ![]() Community Festival Partner: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) For more information on the Festival: http://vlaff.org July 30, 2017 Celebrating the 4th Anniversary of the South American "Sopa Sur" Monument ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! Co-organized by: Proyecto Cultural Sur-Vancouver & Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) July 29, 2017 Celebrate Cuba's July 26th Movement & The Gains of the Cuban Revolution ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! July 2, 2017 Cuba Fundraiser & BBQ ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! June 10, 2017 Cuba in Perspective FIDEL & CHE: AN EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP Celebrating the Birthday of Revolutionary Hero Ernesto Che Guevara ![]() Guest Speakers Direct from Cuba: >> SANDRA RAMÍREZ RODRÍGUEZ Director of the North America Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) >> YAMIL MARTÍNEZ MARRERO Canada Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! May 13, 2017 Cuba Political & Cultural Event Cuba Film & Trivia Night ![]() REPORT & PHOTOS COMING SOON! April 8, 2017 Info Night for the 2017 Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade! Music - Trivia Games - Multimedia |