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The singer Vania Borges (left) and Danilo de la Rosa, a few minutes after announcing that the performer would coordinate the network of artists Súmate. The project was conceived four years ago to create bridges between different community platforms inserted in the neighborhoods of the municipality of Old Havana, but now it covers different spaces of the Cuban capital.
Photo: IPS_Cuba
July 6.- The Sociocultural Communication and Activism Project Join ! He announced his work projections for the coming years, with a keen interest in creating alliances between the state and the private sector and expanding the issues to be addressed in his work. 39; activism.
The details transcended during a press conference organized by ¡Súmate! and the Cuban Institute of Music, led by the state, on July 4, in the private bar and restaurant Olalá, located in the central neighborhood of Havana in Vedado.
"In addition to working on the prevention of violence, a theme for four years, we want to focus on other issues that may be useful for people in the capital, especially young people," he said. said Danilo de la Rosa, general coordinator of the initiative, at IPS, Cuba. [19659005Militantlycomplainsthat"nowthecampaigniscommittedtocontributingtotheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentagendaofHavanaproposedbytheprovincialgovernmentuptotheyear2030"
Among the priority topics in the new program mentioned are the prevention of violence, environmental education, inclusive communication, badual and reproductive rights and the responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages .
"We also want to train ourselves to values that are badociated with solidarity and respect, and to educate people to have a critical look at any act of discrimination due to the color of the skin, the badual orientation, social origin and other reasons, "added De la Rosa, which provides that the strategy presented until 2020.
Signature of membership in the Network of Artists Join- we! this gives priority to spaces frequented by young people to send messages of peace, respect and inclusion.
Photo: IPS_Cuba
Culture and Inclusion
During the activity, the network of artists was formally presented Súmate, created three years ago to send messages of peace, inclusion and respect for the cultural sphere.
In addition, the project announced the membership of the network of the Cuban Institute of Music, the Provincial Directorate of Culture of Havana. , the New Latin American Film Foundation, the company Recordings and Musical Editions, the musical program Cuerda Viva and the television channels Cubavisión Internacional and Cbad Habana
The artist Rosalí Suárez, actress Ingrid Lovaina, have also joined the initiative, the journalist Claudia Lugo, the entrepreneur Osmar León, as well as Yarelis Martínez, director of the Mulatas Son orchestra; Miguel Díaz-Canel Villanueva, singer and guitarist of the group DECUBA; and the pop band Cero Stress.
De la Rosa reported that singer Vania Borges will be the coordinator and goodwill ambbadador of the network, "in recognition of the constant support she has given to various public good initiatives from the beginning. Borges told IPS Cuba that "it is important that public figures be positive examples and convey appropriate messages to young people."
For the performer, "every artist should be a mirror where the new generations find a reference. "
He stressed that" art can transform for good or for bad, but when it is made of commitment to society, it is very useful to move, sensitize and guide. "
At the meeting, they also emphasized the need to use the principles of corporate social responsibility and strengthen alliances in the area of accountability. Corporate Social Security Among non-state enterprises and local institutions, organizations and projects.
"National policies urge the private sector to contribute, beyond its economic activity, to the well-being and development of the population," said De Rosa
According to him, "it is a way to build bridges between private economic actors and institutions that reside in a city to which both must contribute equally. "
New logo of the Súmate Artists Network
photo: IPS_Cuba [19659011] Other Initiatives
In addition to sharing the screenings of ¡Súmate! for the next three years, the conference gave details of two other actions that will be developed in the coming days.
De la Rosa commented that the DECUBA group will offer a concert, in the capital John Lennon Park, on July 11th. (20h30), to salute the World Population Day, which is celebrated on the same date since 1989.
He has planned that, with the Non-Governmental Federation of Cuban Women and the company Suchel Camacho SA, Join us! will be present at a fair that has been called The Perfume Workshop, dedicated to the 500 years of the founding of Havana.
"From an educational and cultural point of view, this space aims to make known the Cuban perfumery of the past and the present," concluded the activist. (2018)
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