Introduction to Oregon Cuba 2013 Summer Experience

1. Introduction to Oregon Cuba 2013 Summer Experience Student Presenters from: Oregon State University The University of Oregon Portland State University What we learned over the Past 10 days and how it connected to Spring Class

2. Community Lynda Parmele Bess Miller

3. Pleasantly surprised with the community aspect • “Take responsibility for yourself!” • Psycho Ballet • ELAM Medical School

4. Community Transformation Project in Pogolotti • Children’s Home • Solidarity Inspired Us

5. Healthcare Lynda Parmele Bess Miller Michelle Pray

6. Crowning achievement that is recognized worldwide • Other Highlights • Women’s health • Psychology

7. Social Gain • opportunity for underprivileged • Political Gain • Countries send people to study system • Countries ask for help from Cuba • Economical Gain • Export of doctors is #1 contribution to GDP • Own Experience

8. Transportation Infrastructure Jorge Michel Andrew Jamieson Katelyn Stevens

9. Not Just Yank Tanks • Personal Perceptions of Cuban Transportation • Vintage vs. New Cars • Tourism Influence

10. Public Transportation • Accessibility • Different Transportation Techniques • No Public Transportation in Varadero

11. Car OwnershipUnintended Consequences • Maintenance: Parts and Gas • Economic Disparities

12. Perceptions of the Cuban People Towards Their American Neighbors Colin Woekel Dani Smith

13. Cuban Youth • Preparation • Skeptical Friends • Arrival • Skeptical Me • Introductions • Intrigue • Friendship

14. Professional • Most encountered groups during our visit to Cuba • Professors, guides, taxi drivers, community members • Highly educated professionals working in the tourist industry • Concerned with hardships brought about because of the bloqueo • Want to get to know Americans, improve Cuban economy • Problem in relations is political, it is not the Cuban or American people.

15. Psycho Ballet • What is the one thing you would like me to tell my brothers and sisters back home about their Cuban neighbors? • Love • Family • Justice

16. Tourism of Cuba Dylan Dornfeld Andrew Seng

17. Negative and Positive Impacts • Dual Economy • Segregation between tourists and locals • ¿Authéntica Cuba? • Educational Tourism

18. Comparisons and Contrasts: • Veradero vs. Habana • Five Star Hotel Tourism • Sex Tourism • Implications of future tourism

19. The Impact of Religion in Afro-Cuban Culture Quortni Fambro Celeny Gonzalez

20. What we experienced We have all visited a number of sites that have shown us Afro Cuban Religions on an academic level • San Severino Fortress • Cultural Project Afro Cuban Drumming Performance • Casa de Africa Unexpected encounters • Organic Garden in Alamar • William Solar Hospital • Regla at the Community Center • Daily interactions with people in bars, restaurants and on the street.

21. Yemaya at San Severino Fortress Group Tour of the Afro Cuban Orishas.

24. What we experienced We have visited a number of sites that have shown us Afro Cuban Religions on an academic level • San Severino Fortress • Cultural Project Afro Cuban Drumming Performance • Casa de Africa Unexpected encounters • Organic Garden in Alamar • William Solar Hospital • Regla at the Community Center • Daily interactions with people in bars, restaurants and on the street.

26. Afro Cuban Religion Today • The power of these various Afro Cuban religions have given people the ability to identify themselves, as Cubans first and as a believer second. • Whether through medicinal medicine, music, dance, language or culinary foods the impact of these religions on Cuban culture is a sign of resistance.

27. Women in Cuba Esmeralda Flores and Tawny Garcia

28. What we have learned… • The White Man´s Ladies • Slave Mothers and White Fathers family in Cuba

29. Observations… • Leadership Roles • Medical: more women • Education: more women in the liberal arts • Community outreach: La Marina in Matanzas • Everyday Women:

30. GRACIAS! THANKS! CUBA QUESTIONS???