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Student documentaries!

View the short documentary made by Anna Farb and Rachel Gilbert on urban agriculture in Cuba and the documentary by Matt Guariglia and Marilyn Romero on the Community Studies Center’s YouTube Channel!

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Listen to Diego Gutiérrez’s “De Cero”

01 Próximo Zarpazo 02 De Vuelta 03 Mañana Será 04 En La Luna De Valencia 05 Siguiendo Los Cometas 06 Entrel Los Flashes 07 Sabor Salado 08 Adriana 09 Sin Mi Mitad 10 Quien 11 Ostra

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Health Care

Health Care

With the help of Steve Brouwer and his book Revolutionary Doctors: How Cuba and Venezuela are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care , students were given an introduction to health care and medicine in Cuba. Speaking with Connor Gorry, an American journalist working for a peer-reviewed medical journal in Cuba, and a visit to ELAM, […]

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Gender and Sexuality

Gender and Sexuality

Students were given the opportunity to visit and hear from many people involved with gender and sexuality issues in Cuba. Students were given multiple opportunities to visit CENESEX, the National Center for Sex Education, as well as hear from the director Mariela Castro Espín, daughter of current president Raúl Castro. Students also attended lectures that […]

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Urban Agriculture

Urban Agriculture

In the expert hands of economics professor Sinan Koont, students learned about many different aspects of urban agriculture in Cuba throughout the course and during the trip. One day was devoted to a visit to UPBC Organopónico Vivero Alamar, an 25-acre organic farm in Alamar, a district of the province of Havana. The entire group […]

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