Cuba holds event on Afro-descendants, equality, and social justice

Cuba is holding the International Conference "Cuba 2024 Decade of Afro-Descendants" at the Havana-based Conference Center and other venues from this Monday to December 13. 
 
Themed “Equality, Equity, and Social Justice,” the event’s first two days will be held in this meeting institution with panels leading to the National Program against Racism and Racial Discrimination and its 12 sub-programs.

The International Conference will find new stages where delegates can meet with the inhabitants and enjoy music from genres such as rumba, jazz, and son.

Other visits will include the Museum of Literacy, an elementary school, a special education school at the Havana-based Ciudad Libertad school complex, the “Enrique Jose Varona” Center for the Study of Educational Sciences, and the Cintio Vitier Community Project, focused on plastic arts.

The organizing committee noted that participants would visit the Quintin Bandera Cultural Center in Old Havana and the Rebel Slave Museum in Matanzas province.

Music, lectures, and book launching in Calle de Madera in Havana’s historic center, among other initiatives, characterize an event dedicated to defending the rights of Afro-descendants, recognizing their contributions, and preserving their cultural heritage.