Seminars and Symposia
Workshop on U.S. Global Policy
US Embargo on Cuba
"Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress"
Mark Sullivan
Specialist in Latin American Affairs, Library of Congress
"Players and Perspectives: Dissensus and Common Ground"
Mauricio Font
Professor and Director, The Graduate Center and The Bildner Center
"Implications for Academic and Professional Travel in the
Changing
US Embargo on Cuba"
Ted Henken
Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
WHEN: Friday, June 19, 2009, 4:00-6:00 PM
WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204-9206
365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)
This workshop will cover political context, main issues, policy processes, key players, and positions. It will clarify the roles of Congress and the President in formulating Cuba policy in the United States. This workshop is provided free of charge by the Cuba Project/Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies.
The two-hour workshop will cover five main topics: (1) Current Political Dynamics, (2) US Policy toward Cuba, (3) Issues in US-Cuba Relations, (4) Civil Society Advocacy, and (5) Role of Congress and Legislative Initiatives.
Pre-registration is required. To register, please send email to cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu.
Friday 19 June 2009 Event Program
Please find Panelist PowerPoint presentation materials from the June 19 Workshop:
19 June 2009, Mark P. Sullivan PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt)
19 June 2009, Mauricio A. Font
PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt)
Readings from the workshop include (available as pdf files):
Mark P. Sullivan's “Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress”
Staff Trip Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (Sen. Lugar Report): "Changing Cuba Policy—In the United States National Interest"
Event Photos
Mauricio Font Presenting
Main Speaker: Mark P. Sullivan
Mark Sullivan addressing the audience
Mark P. Sullivan presenting (left) and Mauricio Font (right)
Prof. Ted Henken presenting
Ted Henken (left) Mauricio Font (left) and Mark Sullivan (right)
Director M. Font fielding audience questions
Audience
