FIU’s Cuban Research Institute will host Cuban blogger and independent journalist Yoani Sánchez during her upcoming visit to South Florida.
Sánchez’s presentation is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on April 1, 2013, at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 SW 8th St., in West Miami-Dade. Admission to the event is free and tickets will be distributed the week of March 18. The event will also be transmitted via live webcast.
“Yoani is an important voice in public discussions about Cuba’s present and future,” said Cuban Research Institute Director Jorge Duany. “We are pleased to provide a forum for Sánchez to have an open and honest conversation with our faculty, students and members of the South Florida community.”
The title of Sánchez’s public lecture will be “Can Technologies and Social Media Accelerate Cuba’s Democratization?”
During her visit to FIU, Sánchez will receive the FIU Medallion of Courage, an honor created by FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg to recognize individuals who pursue or defend a noble cause at a personal cost. Sánchez, 37, has become known around the world as a vocal critic of the Cuban government. For the last six years she has documented her life on the island through her blog, GeneraciónY, and her Twitter updates via @yoanisanchez.
Last week, Sánchez was allowed to leave Cuba under travel rules newly instituted by the Cuban government. Brazil was her first stop in a three-month international tour that includes several Latin American and European nations and a few U.S. cities, including Miami.
For more information on Sánchez’s visit to FIU, please call 305-348-1991.
What an honor to have at FIU can not wait to meet her.
Sad…not an honor at all
if u defend all that communist garbage its not an honor
A most deserving award. Yoani Sánchez, voice of a generation.
Thank you FIU for acknowleging the work of a great Cuban patriot. Only history will understand her true greatness.
Great I would like to be there, My respect to her and my gratitude to The University.
This is a tremendous honor. Those who say the opposite must have never read Yoani’s blog. Congratulations to FIU for creating this Medallion of Courage and awarding it to Yoani. I definitely intend to attend.
Will the webcast be available to embed on other sites?
Unfortunately, no, it will not.