Fund for Reconciliation and Development
145 Palisade Street, Suite 401, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
914-231-6270 director@ffrd.org www.cubapeople2people.org
In association with
the Cuban Art Space
Family
Law and the Evolving Role of Women
Group
leaders: Hal Mayerson and Sandra Levinson
February
17-24, 2013 – GROUP I
Sunday, Feb. 17: MIA
Havana
5:30am Check-in at Miami International
Airport
8:30am Marazul/World Atlantic flight
5931 departs
9:30am Arrival José Martí
International airport, Havana
Lunch
Afternoon program
Check into Hotel Parque Central
8:00 pm Dinner at El Aljibe with
invited guests
Monday, Feb. 18:
9:00 am
Meeting with the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the
Peoples (ICAP)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Visit to the
Literacy Museum
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Welcoming lunch at
the headquarters of the National Union of Cuban Jurists.
Discussion with Dr. Yamila Gonzalez Ferrer and Cuban lawyers, “New
Issues
in Family Law in Cuba”
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm Walking tour of
Old Havana with Mario or Miguel Coyla (if it is possible),
with emphasis on the main plazas of Old Havana and in Plaza Vieja,
visiting
the Fototeca, the Diago Gallery and if time permits, the Taller de
Grabado just
off Plaza de Catedral – talk with the artists, etc.
Dinner on your own
9:00 am – 10:30 pm Visit ISA,
the Instituto Superior de Arte, one of the architectural wonders of
the
hemisphere visiting the School of Visual Arts, talk with students and
professors.
11:00 am Visit
the Orientation House of Women and Family of the FMC at the Plaza de
la
Revolucion ( if it is possible with Dr. Isabel Moy Ricardo or another
specialist)
12:30 pm – 2:00PM Lunch at the
friendship House
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Visit the
Organoponico in Alamar; talk about experience of women-led urban
agriculture
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Visit
private studio of painter ( if it is possible of Juan Carlos in
Centro Habana.
Can visit private studio of William Perez and Marlys Fuego in Centro
Habana)
Dinner on your own
Wednesday, Feb. 20:
9:00 am – 10:30 am Discussion
of US-Cuba relations and Cuba's process
of reform with Jose Viera
11:00 – 12:00 N Visit to the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Community Project
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Visit to the
Jaimanitas Community Project with Jose Fuster, lunch on your
own
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Meeting and
discussion at Cenesex with Director and staff on issues relating to
gender and sexual bias in Cuba
Dinner on your own
9:30 am – 10:30 am Dr. Leonardo Perez
Gallardo and others will discuss the new laws of Cuba
which permit the purchase and sale of real estate and automobiles
and the
impact on the economy of Cuba
11:00 am – 12:00 n Meeting and
discussion with Cuban Educators
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch included
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Meeting with
specialist to discuss the “Public Health in Cuba. It’s Impact on
Women and Children” –( Coordinator, Ms. Maritza Rodriguez Lara,
of the
FMC and a Psychologist specializing in health issues)
Dinner on your own
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Drive to Las
Terrazas, visit the complex, visit two artists’ homes there (Lester
Campa, Jorge Deporte)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch at Casa de
Campesino (included)
Continuous with the excursion
4:00 pm Return to the Hotel
Dinner on your own
9:00
pm Opera de la Calle at the Habana Libre
Hotel
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Visit to artist
home studios in Vedado, e.g., Alicia Leal and Juan Moreira
(painting, photography, prints); Yamilys and Jacqueline Brito
(printmaking,
painting, drawing, mixed media work);
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
2:30 pm – 6:00 pm Visit Fine Art
Museum
Havana: Visit crafts market, rum museums
8:00 pm Farewell Dinner at Templete/
Barca
Domingo , Feb 24
7:30am Check-in at Terminal 2, José
Martí Airport
10:30am Depart via Marazul/World
Atlantic flight 5932
11:30am Arrival in Miami
for cost and registration form, contact director@ffrd.org
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