The Road Ahead in the Struggle for
Human Rights, Citizen Participation, and Durable Democracy
Program Agenda
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
A Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba Conference
Florida State University-Panama Campus, City of Knowledge
Convention Center, Building E184, Room #108
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome
Dr. Adolfo Leyva de Varona, Prof. of International Relations and Latin American
History, FSU-Panama
9:15 am Panel I: Irrelevant Power: A New Path for Social Activism in the Americas
Felix Velazquez, Latin American Center for Nonviolence, Venezuela
Matias Bianchi, Director de Asuntos del Sur
Moises Leonardo Rodriguez Valdez, Corriente Martiana, Cuba
Moderator: Omar Lopez, Cuban American National Foundation, Miami
10:45 am Panel II: Challenges to Citizen Participation in a Repressive Environment
Manuel Cuesta Morúa, Partido Arco Progresista, Cuba
Guillermo Fariñas, FANTU, Cuba
Carlos Ámel Oliva Torres,Unión Patriótica de Cuba, Cuba
Henry Constantín Ferreiro, journalist, Cuba
Moderator: Dr. Carla Pousa, FSU-Panama
12:15 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Panel III: The Role of Women in the Struggle for Human Rights
Berta Soler, Ladies in White, Cuba
Miriam Celaya, blogger, Cuba
Sayli Navarro Alvarez, Ladies in White, Cuba
Moderator: Karinna Alvarez, Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, Miami
3:00 pm Panel IV: The Meaning of Free Expression
David Escalona Carrillo, Omni Zona Franca, Cuba
Michel Matos, Matraka, Cuba
Soandres del Rio Ferrer, Puños Arriba, Cuba
Aldo Roberto Rodriguez Baquero, Los Aldeanos, Cuba
Moderator: Pedro Vidal, Cuban Soul Foundation, Miami
4:30 pm Closing
With the generous support of the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba and Florida State University-Panama.