Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 18:46:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: UPDATE FROM HAVANA (fwd)




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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 01:36:45
From:  <yankro-AT-instjm.sld.cu>
To: marxjour-AT-ccc.uba.ar
Subject: UPDATE FROM HAVANA





     "Community  Press  in Today's World:
      Alternative Grass Roots Proposals"
         Oct 21-25, 1996 Havana, Cuba

Come  to  Cuba  and  build  solidarity  with  Left
thinkers and activists from all over the world!

The   Cuban  Committees  for  the Defense  of  the
Revolution (CDR)  and the Jose Marti International
Institute  of  Journalism (IIPJM)  jointly  invite
activists and alternative/community media  workers
to  come  to  Havana  to  discuss strategy  at the
International   Community  /  Alternative    Press
Encounter in October 1996.

In addition to the standard academic papers, there
will  be  projects  such  as  an  exchange  of  an
alternative U.S. currency with Cuban pesos, strike
videos, fiestas in Cuban nighborhoods and more!

Conference topics/activities:
- Communication,   democracy    and    popular
  movements
- Family  and  the community press
- Debates in a pluralist, democratic atmosphere
- Community  press  as  a  free  expression  of
  social, political and cultural movements
- Workshops in dynamic, active reporting
- Fighting  neoliberal  interventions
- The current situation and its perspectives for
  community radio, television and newspapers
* Papers have a 5 page limit with one page summary
  by Sep. 21

Organizers of the event have designed an  activity
plan including:
- Collateral   conferences   on   the   current
  economic and socio-political situation in Cuba
- Neighborhood encounters
- Sightseeing
- Visits to radio, television and newspapers

The  Encounter  will  allow participants to truly
experience  the reality of a country  that  lives,
works,  has fun  and  struggles  under  the  most
brutal  blockade  in  the 20th century.

************ ACTIVITY PROGRAM *************

Monday, October 21

9:00 am     Accreditaton of delegates in the
            Villa Panamericana
11:00 am    Official opening ceremony
12:30 pm    Lunch
2:30 pm     Conference: "The Current Social-Political
            Situation in Cuba," Dario Machado, Director
            of The Center for Studies on America (CEA)
4:00 pm     Plenary session:
            Communication, Democracy and
            Grass Roots Movements
7:00 pm     Dinner
Evening:    Free time, with optional activities at the
            conference center

Tuesday, October 22

9:00 am     Discussion sections on:
            1. Current community press issues
            2. Family and women's rights in the
            community/alternative press
            3. Community/alternative press as a free
            expression of social, political and cultural
            movements
            4. Active, dynamic reporting as a way to
            recover news legitimacy
            5. Adaptations to neoliberal interventions
            and the community/alternative press
10:30 am    Recess
11:00 am    Continuation of debates in groups
1:00 pm     Lunch
3:00 pm     Continuation of debates in groups
7:00 pm     Dinner
Evening:    Free time, with optional activities at the
            conference center

Wednesday, October 23

9:00 am     Workshops (3) on the current situation and
            perspectives of community radio, television
            and newpapers
10:30 am    Recess
11:00 am    Continuation of debates
1:00 pm     Lunch
3:00 pm     Continuation of debates
5:00 pm     Conference on "Cuba's Economic Situation,"
            with guest speaker
7:00 pm     Dinner
Evening:    Free time, with optional activities at the
            conference center

Thursday, October 24

9:00 am     Visits to Cuban radio, television, newspapers and
            NGO publications, etc.
11:00 am    Tour of Old Havana
1:00 pm     Lunch
3:00 pm     Exchange on the formation of Cuban
            journalists at the event's headquarters
7:00 pm     Dinner
Evening:    Free time, with optional activities at the
            conference center

Friday, October 25

9:00 am     Plenary session:
             -Reports from discussion sections
             -Reports from workshops
11:00 am    Recess
1:30 am     Closing ceremony
2:00 pm     Lunch
Afternoon   Free time
Evening     Closing fiesta in Havana neighborhoods!


*********************************
PACKAGE: 7 DAYS IN CUBA IN DIRECT
CONTACT WITH ITS PEOPLE
$224.00  USD     Oct  20-26
(6 nights and 7 days)
Includes:  full room and  board (breakfast,  lunch
and  dinner),  transportation  from  and  to   the
airport,    transfer   for   the entire   official
program  and  farewell  party
* Does not include air fare or
  airport  tax  ($12 USD)

Conference registration fee:
$50.00 USD for delegates  and  guests

Send your project proposal or paper title today!

Name_______________________

Institution________________

Position___________________

Tel________________________

Fax________________________

e-mail_____________________

Address____________________

To participate as:

speaker_____ attendant ______

(for speakers) Title of paper:

_____________________________

*  Don't forget to ask about our other
conferences, such  as the December Film
Critics  Encounter, concurrent with the
Havana  Film  Festival,  or the one on
Hemingway: Hard Core Journalism...

Organizing Committee:

Jose Marti International
Institute of Journalism
calle G #503 e/ 23 y 21,
Habana, Cuba
tel (537) 32 29 65,
fax (537) 33 30 79
e-mail:
<yankro-AT-instjm.sld.cu>

Comites de Defensa de  la
Revolucion (CDR)
calle Linea #157 e/ K y L
Habana, Cuba
tel (537) 32 19 56, 32 05 32
fax (537)  33 53 26

Questions?

Mike Fuller
International Relations
e-mail: <yankro-AT-instjm.sld.cu>

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LAUNCH A TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN, WRITE ON THE BATHROOM WALL, ETC...
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