Canadian Professor John Kirk, who nominated the Cuban Internationalist Medical Program for the Nobel Peace Prize to take part in Conference on September 18 in Washington D.C.
As part of a series of activities planned in Washington DC from September 16-18, an All Day Conference, “The U.S. Blockade Against Cuba: Why It’s Wrong and What We Need To Do to End It” will take place on September 18.
Professor John Kirk will be participating in the panel entitled How the Blockade Impacts Health Care in Cuba and the United States. Kirk is a Canadian Professor of Latin American Studies at Dalhousie University in Canada. He is the author/co-editor of 16 books and scores of articles in academic journals. Mr. Kirk recently nominated the Cuban Internationalist Medical Program to the Nobel Peace Prize.
His most recent book Healthcare without Borders, Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism will be soon available. In reference to this relevant book, known U.S. linguist Noam Chomsky stated: “Kirk’s invaluable study reveals to us, for the first time, the range and character of Cuba’s remarkable achievement which should be an inspiration and a model for those with far greater advantages”
The conference will take place at Calvary Baptist Church, 755 Eighth Street NW in Washington DC.
To register for the conference
“I join the majority of fellow citizens of the United States and call for the U.S. Congress to respect our expressed will to remove the blockade against Cuba that impedes full, respectful, and productive diplomatic relations between the two countries and prevents free and fruitful people-to people relations.”
