SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ROOTED IN COMMUNITY ECN / NATURE S FRIENDS OCTOBER 2-11, 2015 Draft Program Hotels: Oct 2-6 Havana (pending) Oct 6-9 Matanzas (Playa de Oro) Oct 9-11 Havana (pending) License: P2P Tour Leader: Rev. Marjani Dele Guide/Interpreter requested: Sara Daisy Herrera Friday October 2 (Arrival day/havana) 9:50 am Check in at Miami International Airport, Concourse D, Second Floor, Marazul/American 12:50 pm Departure for Havana on flight AA 9450 1:50 pm Arrival Jose Marti International Airport Transfer in, hotel check-in (4:00 pm) Initial Meeting and Program Briefing 8:00 pm Welcome Dinner at El Tocororo with Cuban hosts and guests (Cultural options: music/salsa club, etc.) Saturday, October 3 (Havana) Morning Walking tour in Old Havana with Sara Daisy Visiting sites of cultural, historical and environmental interest, such as: Arte Corte (community project for Cuban youth; Imagen 3, a community arts project with artist collective, gallery and outdoor art lessons Lunch El Figaro paladar (private restaurant in private home) Afternoon Casa de Africa, museum and dance presentation Dinner at the hotel 8 pm Evening Speaker presentation* and Cultural Options
Sunday, October 4 (Havana) 9:00 am Agromercado 19 th and B (Farmers Market) Visit Alamar Organopónico, the largest urban garden in Havana. 12:30 pm Lunch in neighborhood of artist Jose Fuster (organized, cost not included) Brief tour of neighborhood art projects 2:00 pm Visit Centro Paolo Freire and La Jungla/TRANCE project 8:00 pm Evening Speaker Presentation* and/or Cultural Options Monday, October 5 (Havana) 9:30 am Visit to the Antonio Núñez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Humanity (FANJ): Overview of the work of the FANJ with Yociel Marrero and/or Roberto Perez) and/or Caridad Cruz (Talks on environmental education, permaculture, water and sewage issues, etc.) 12:30 pm Lunch (organized, cost not included) 2:30 pm Visit FANJ permaculture projects in and around Havana, including neighborhood of La Guinera 8:00 pm Evening Speaker presentation* and/or Cultural options Tuesday, October 6 (Havana/Matanzas) and hotel check-out 9:00 am Meet with representative of North America Department of the Cuban institute for Friendship with the People (ICAP), one of our host organizations. 10:00 am Meet with members of the National Union of Writers and Artists. (UNEAC) Commission Aponte, with member Gloria Alonso Lunch La Torre Restaurant (organized, cost not included) Afternoon Drive to Matanzas (Varadero) Hotel check-in 8:00 pm Cultural options (Afro Cuban band)
Wednesday, October 7 (Matanzas) 9:30 am Visit FANJ Permaculture Site, near Bellamar Caves Lunch on site (organized, cost not included) Afternoon: Visit to the Museum of the Route of the Slave and other sites of cultural, historical and environmental interest in Matanzas City tour w/ Sara Daisy (including hand-made books and publishers cooperative Ediciones Vigia, Colonial Pharmacy, etc.) Afternoon Afternoon at Varadero Beach (or other activity TBD) Dinner at the hotel Evening Cultural Options Thursday, October 8 (Matanzas) 9:30 am Visit a Policlinic/Consultorio and/or a school in Santa Marta Lunch at the hotel Afternoon (Natural Medicine Clinic and/or Herbal Medicine Garden (TBC) 8:30 pm Committee for the Defense of the Revolution presentation on the work of the CDR (meeting community needs) and informal gathering and with music, dance, snacks) Friday, October 9 (Matanzas/Havana) and hotel check-out Morning Varadero Beach or other activity (TBD) Lunch at hotel; then return to Havana Afternoon Visit El Cachón, community development project with sustainable agriculture, fishing cooperative and ecological car wash, etc. 4:00 pm Hotel check-in Dinner at the hotel or on your own? 8:30 pm Peña with Obini Batáa, women drummers (TBC) and/or other Cultural options
Saturday, October 10 (Havana / National Holiday) Morning: Visit neighborhoods of Guanabacoa and Regla, centers of Afrocuban religions: the Municipal Museum of Guanabacoa and the Church of Our Lady of Regla Return across Havana Bay by Ferry Lunch in Old or Central Havana Afternoon Free for individual research pursuits, follow up meetings, guide and bus available for Museum of the Revolution, etc.) 7:00 pm Farewell Dinner with Cuban hosts and guests Evening Cultural options and/or specific cultural event Sunday, October 11 Check out of hotel. Leave for Jose Marti International Airport 9 am Check in for flight AA 9453 12 nn Depart for US 1 pm Arrival in Miami International Airport * Possible evening speakers: Meeting with representative of Cuban Council of Churches and with representative from the office of the Cuban Episcopal Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpo Showing of film Maestra! about the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign with psychologist Norma Guilliard, who was a participant Gloria Rolando, Cuba s foremost Afro Cuban filmmaker who deals with issues of race, class and gender Speaker from CubaSolar, NGO promoting renewable energy projects in rural Cuba. CHEVERE, Afro Cuban dance presentation and dance lessons