ELAC Summer Session Cuba Study Abroad

04/06/2016

http://remezcla.com/features/film/documentary-uncovers-afro-cuban-community-singing-almost-extinct-african-language/?utm_content=buffer4e39d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

'They Are We' tells a story that, were it not told by a University professor in the middle of a documentary, you’d swear couldn’t possibly be true.

03/30/2016

Still some space ... act fast ! :-)

03/18/2016

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/18/che-guevaras-son-obamas-historic-cuba-visit-lets-see

Days ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba, the oldest son of revolutionary Ernest "Che" Guevara has expressed mixed feelings about the historic visit.He will be the first sitting president to visit the island nation in nearly nine decades.

03/18/2016

Sign up for the trip by March 31st!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/some-of-worlds-best-art-i_b_7756648.html

THE BLOG Some of World's Best Art Is Made in Cuba 07/08/2015 03:47 pm ET | Updated Jul 08, 2015 Miles Mogulescu Entertainment attorney, producer, writer and political activist Cuban artists are creating some of the most exciting and innovative contemporary art in the world. The best Cuban art can st…

03/02/2016

Cuba Travelers! You can use scholarship money to pay for your trip if you enroll in Summer Session II. Act fast! The scholarship deadline is March 5th.
http://www.elac-foundation.org/scholarships.php

The East Los Angeles College Foundation in conjunction with East Los Angeles College and the Academic Departments will be awarding scholarships to the students of East Los Angeles College this Spring 2016 Semester Scholarship Amounts: Varies by scholarship, from $500Award Period: Spring 2016 Semeste…

02/27/2016

Graffiti seen at South Gate Educational Center ...

02/19/2016

President Obama and First Lady Michelle are headed to CUBA!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/world/americas/obama-cuba-trip.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article

The visit is part of an effort to end more than a half-century of estrangement and forge normalized relations with a Cold War adversary.

01/25/2016

http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2015/07/one_on_one_with_afro_cubans_what_it_means_to_be_black_in_cuba.html

As U.S. relations with Cuba warm up, we turn to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s exploration of blackness on the Caribbean island and how the revolution’s anti-racism stance failed to meet its promise.

01/24/2016

Countdown to Cuba!
Just 67 days left to sign up!
Only 177 days until BLAST OFF!
Click on "sign up" above for more info.

12/23/2015

http://remezcla.com/lists/cuba-usa-relations-2015-recap/

The US-Cuba diplomatic landscape was altered in 2015, ushering both positive and negative changes. We took a look back at the year's biggest milestones.

12/18/2015

http://www.thenation.com/article/why-us-cuba-normalization-is-accelerating/

When Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cuba last August to raise the Stars and Stripes over the newly reopened US Embassy, his entourage included Carlos Gutierrez, a prominent Cuban-American businessman who served as secretary of commerce in the George W. Bush administration.