The PCC is meeting this now and Raul is setting forth the direction for the new Cuba.  The following from Time

This will be the sixth Cuban party congress since the first in 1975, and it could be the most important. The 1,000 delegates gathering in Havana plan to ratify almost 300 reforms Raúl proposed last year – the boldest of which, including broadened private enterprise, have Cuba-watchers asking if he’s moving the island to a China-style system of communist capitalism, or perhaps even a more liberal, less centralized political structure. In his

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Meeting of Wednesday, January 5, 2011 — 7 PM

Sequoya Branch Public Library

Tokay at Midvale Boulevards — Madison, WI

Please note: January’s meeting to be held in Study Rooms A & B at Sequoya Library.

A G E N D A

I.  Happy New Year!  Welcome and introductions.

II.  Progress report on Wisconsin Medical Project’s travel license application and related programs.

III.  Crane Project report.

IV.  Treasurer’s report.

V.  What’s ahead for 2011: Economic changes in Cuba and prospects for US-Cuba policy.

VI.  Other business.

VII.  Adjournment.

The Governor’s 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr., Heritage Award will be presented to Ricardo Gonzalez, at the State Capitol on Monday, January 17 at 12 Noon. This event will be carried live on Wisconsin Public Radio and TV. The award is in acknowledgement of “his past and continued work for social justice, community service and accomplishments as a well-respected and deserving public figure.” (Oscar Mireles, Chair, MLK 2011 State Planning Group). The other recipient will be our good friend Judge Paul Higginbotham, making this event even more special.

The Tribute and Ceremony will be broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio: http://wpt2.org/index.cfm, http://www.wpr.org/

The Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association Annual Meeting/Holiday Party will Wednesday, December 1 from 7 to 9 pm at Cardinal Bar, 418 East Wilson St.  A fruit & dessert buffet will be available with lots of holiday cheer.  Come hear an update on Cuba from our WMP travelers just returned from a visit to the Island.

Mark your Calendar!   9PM the Majestic (Doors open at 8:00).

Featuring:  Mambo Blue, Golpe Tierra, Tony Castaneda, Grupo Candela and Special Dance Rview by Dando Mambo.

All proceeds go to Doctors without Borders for Latin America Disaster Relief!

Sponsored by Centro Hispano, WORT, Cardinal, Madison-Camagüey Sister City Associaion.

The Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association and the Wisconsin Medical Project invite you to a benefit to support their continued humanitarian work in Cuba.  Please join us  for a social evening of wine and hors d’oevres.  The silent auction will include Cuban art and photography, gift certificates and much more.

The Cardinal Bar

Sequoya Branch Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevards — Madison, WI

A G E N D A

I.  Welcome and introductions.

II.  A.  All set — Wisconsin Medical Project’s next delegation to Camaguey, Nov. 6-13.
B.  Ricardo will travel with the group and take donations to
Camaguey’s Video Art Festival.  NOTE:  Laptop needed to donate to this project; if you have one you wish to donate or sell, please reply to this message.

III.  Crane Project report.

IV.  Update on the Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, Wednesday, Nov. 17
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The well-known sculptor Martha Jimenez will be exhibiting her works at Emerson college in Boston.  Links are here and here

Works by Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, from the province of Camaguey, will be exhibited at the Emerson College in Boston, US, at the invitation of the institution.

This is the first exhibition of Jimenez’s work in the US, where she recently concluded a tour of six states.

The Cuban artist was also invited to give lectures at the university devoted to the study of communication and performing arts.

The exhibition consists

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Last November, the work of two Camagüeyano artists was exhibited at Edgewood College’s DeRicci Gallery under the sponsorship of MCSCA. In early August, the artistic exchange between our sister cities moved in a southerly direction when the staging of Bob Skloot’s play IF THE WHOLE BODY DIES: RAPHAEL LEMKIN AND THE TREATY AGAINST GENOCIDE made its Spanish-language premiere at the Escuela de Artes in Camaguey.

Skloot’s play, written in 2006 and translated last year by Bertha Pancorvo, was passed along to a small theatre company, Grupo Teatral Teatro, by Orestes Larios, one of the two…