Cuban Families: Miami & Cuba

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort

Miami Beach, Florida

JUNE 28 - JULY 2, 2003

Groves Conference Program

Saturday, June 28th

 

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Registration

Welcome Reception

Roma Hanks & Harriette McAdoo

 

Sunday, June 29th

 

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Groves Board Meeting

Queen Palm Room

 

9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session #1

Moderator: Harriette McAdoo

"Culture, Race & Religion: The Cuban Experience"

Jualynne Dodson

 

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session #2

Moderator: Mary Hicks

"A Dialogue about Family and Neighborhood Food Production in Cuban Family Life"

Karen Goebel

 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session #3

 

Moderator: James Peters

"Hispanic Funeral Customs: A Comparison of Cultures"

Leslie Koepke

Monday, June 30th

 

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Session #4

Moderator: Estella Martinez

"Escuela Ricardo Diaz Rodriquez en Jovena: Emblemmatic Use of the ‘Natural Elements" in Settings for the Care and Education of Cuba’s Children"

Christine Readdick

 

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Session #5

Moderator: Julia Malia

"Intergenerational Programs and the Family"

Sally Newman

 

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Session #6

Moderator: Connie Steele

"All Kids Are Our Kids": The Developmental Assets Framework in Cross-Cultural Perspectives"

JoLynn Cunningham

 

 

6:00 p.m. Bus departs from Royal Palm Crowne Plaza

Tour of Cuban Area

 

7:00 p.m. Dinner Larios, a Cuban Restaurant with Cuban Families

8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Hans Desalas, Facilitator

University of Miami

Institute for Cuban & Cuban American Studies

Cuban families to discuss with small groups of Groves members

 

10:00 p.m. Return to hotel

 

Tuesday, July 1st

7:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Groves Board Meeting

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session #7

Moderator: Judith Fischer

"Family & Religion: Can’t Have One Without The Other"

Jualynne Dodson

 

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Session #8

 

Moderator: Roger Rubin

"Cuba: Myths & Realities"

Johnny Clark, Miami Dade Community College

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session #9

Moderator: Carol Darling

Groves Reaction to Cuba Panel

 

Panelists: Marcia Lasswell,

Edith Lewis, Arthur Schiff,

and Jualynne Dodson

 

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Session #10

Moderator: Harriette McAdoo

Groves Presidential Banquet

Roma Hanks

Queen Palm Room

Wednesday, July 2nd

 

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Session #11

 

Moderator: Roma Hanks

Groves Discussion of Conference: Cubans in Cuba and Miami

Breakfast Buffet