Abroadia has invited several guests who have had ample experience with Cuba to speak about the current situation the country is in and prospects for revived relations with the US in the Trump era. Our discussion will take place on October 16th at 12pm EST. Our panelists include:

• Elisabeth Stevens from Americans for Common Sense on Cuba

• Colin Laverty from Cuba Educational Travel

• Anaya Sesay, is a multimedia storyteller and public servant who explores how art, memory, and storytelling can recover what has been suppressed. Her work engages public memory, cultural preservation, international relations, and migrant rights, with a focus on how underserved communities design their own systems of resilience. She studied abroad in Cuba and wrote the article “The Case for Studying Abroad in Cuba”.

This event is FREE and open to anyone with an interest in Cuba. Register HERE.

Abby Pauley, Institutional Relations & Communications Manager, Manna Project International, joins us on October 14th at 10 am Eastern Time to talk about her organization and the volunteer and internship opportunities that are available to American students.

Register HERE

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Global Thoughts Speaker: Andrea Rizzotti, June 12 at 11am EST

On June 12th at 11am Eastern Time, Abroadia will host Andrea Rizzotti, the Academic Coordinator of FLACSO in Argentina. She will discuss their new program, “Global Leadership, Peace, and Human Rights” semester program. This Zoom chat is free and open to everyone.

Click HERE to register.

Today is Mother’s Day in Bolivia. ¡Feliz Día de la Madre Boliviana!

On May 26, 2025 Tom Millington sat down with Federico Scremin and Yasmin Prumar from the Universidad de la Matanza (Buenos Aires, Argentina) for a conversation over Zoom. Check out the recording of the chat below.

Chat with Universidad de la Matanza

Abroadia Announces Familiarization Visit to Cuba

Abroadia is welcoming applications to participate in its familiarization visit to Cuba June 25-July 3rd. This is open to anyone with an interest in Cuba, but especially for faculty, administrators and graduate students.

Click HERE to learn more.

Join Tom Millington on March 3rd at 10:00am Eastern Time as he discuss the program and answers your questions. Register for free below.

Post-generational Study Abroad in Cuba

“Schools are built on producing single right answers rather than creative solutions”

— Jeff Jarvis, professor, City University of New York

In his book “The Perennials”, Mauro F. Guillén notes that “18% of Americans live in multigenerational households” and that “Creativity peaks when people are in their 20s and 50s.” He also describes “perennials” as, “People who are not characterized by the decade in which they were born, but rather by the way they work, learn, and interact with others.”

Johnny Maracas in action.

Understanding that this is new terrain for an international education program, Abroadia partnered with Austin Community College to create a forum for individuals whose profiles may not align evenly with those of most study-abroad students.

From June 1-15, 2024 Austin Community College students ranging in age from 19-63 joined Abroadia in Cuba to experience the world of percussion and music. They not only represented a diversity of age and experience, but they differed in musical ability and language skills. It was no accident that the students got along so well; they each complimented the other in their interests, aspirations, and willingness to engage in and interact with Cubans.

The American poet Ezra Pound beseeched readers to “Hear the colors of my voice.” In Cuba, the Austin Community College students, this community of post-generational individuals, experienced first-hand the vibrancy and polychromic beauty of Cuba while expressing their own pedagogical and experiential diversity. We believe the field of international education would be remiss not to focus more attention on perennials.

Guillén defines perennials as, “People of all ages, stripes, and types who transcend stereotypes and make connections with each other and the world around them…they are not defined by their generation.”

Resources on Postgenerational students and workers:

Mauro Guillén, author of Perennials and the Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society

The Postgenerational Workforce

How to leverage the unique contributions of millennials and Gen Z to build a powerful multigenerational team

Young Talent: What to Expect From the Post-Millennial Workforce

Source of Banner Photo: Kaboompics.com

Michael Loadenthal, Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, has joined Abroadia’s Board of Advisors. He will help guide Abroadia’s efforts to build peace and justice components in its programs. Click HERE to learn more about his background.

Abroadia Executive Director Tom Millington published an article in the Finger Lakes Times (Geneva, NY) about the recent Austin Community College program in Cuba. Check it out HERE.

Bella Brown (Nazareth University) who studied in Cuba with us in January 2024, wrote a wonderful article detailing her experience in Cuba and her impressions of the country. Click the link below to read it. Thank you, Bella!

In the picture to the left, Bella is giving us the thumbs up. We think she likes Viñales!

https://8amfeatures.substack.com/p/dont-understand-it-just-appreciate

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