Please join us for a panel discussion on the Cuban Diaspora and how it echoes throughout the world.
Thursday, October 25, 2018 @ 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Overlook Gallery
The panel will be moderated by Peabody award-winning journalist Rolando Arrieta, NPR's news production and operations manager. His recent reporting on the new era of Cuban migration is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Panel participants include:
Writer Cristina Garcia (Dreaming in Cuban, Monkey Hunting, King of Cuba),
Geandy Pavón, a renowned Cuban photographer featured in the exhibition Cubans: Post Truth, Pleasure, and Pain, whose latest series depicts immigrants' struggles and stories that transcend official statistics,
Orlando Justo, Associate Professor of Business, Finance, and Marketing at Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York (BMCC/CUNY), an expert on Latin American economies and contemporary Cuban art,
Wake Forest University Associate Professor Linda S. Howe, a specialist in Latin American and Latino cultures, who has collaborated on cultural projects with Cuban writers and artists since 1992.
This event has been made possible by support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Wake Forest University.