October 6, 2022
Presented by Jorge Olivera Castillo, City of Asylum, and Nancy Alfaya Hernandez, activist & artist,
Jorge Olivera Castillo will discuss censorship in Cuba and share his experiences working both in government media and against it. He began to write literature as a political prisoner in Cuba’s Guantanamo Prison in 2003. He will speak about his experience in prison and solitary confinement. After the Ladies in White protest movement organized for the release of Black Spring prisoners, he was released in 2004. He and his wife Nancy Alfaya Hernandez continued to work as activists for freedom and democracy in Cuba while facing repression from the political police. Jorge will give information about activists and artists working to bring freedom to Cubans and the risks they face. He will share his new writings, including a book based on his experiences as a veteran of the Angolan Civil War at 19 years old. Jorge will read political poems in Spanish with English subtitles.
This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the departments of Spanish & Portuguese studies; and Latin American, Latinx & Caribbean studies.
For more information, please visit: https://www.clarkeforum.org/thursday-october-6-2022/
Further information
- Location:
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
- Cost: Free