Beschreibung

A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States about Cuba.

Venessa A. Brown received her PhD from Clark Atlanta University. She is Associate Chancellor for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion; Chief Diversity Officer; and Professor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Menah Pratt-Clarke received her PhD and her JD from Vanderbilt University. She is Vice President for Strategic Affairs; Vice Provost for Inclusion and Diversity; and Professor of Education at Virginia Tech.

List of Illustrations Benjamin D. Reese, Jr.: Foreword Venessa Ann Brown/Menah Pratt-Clarke: Acknowledgments Venessa Ann Brown/Menah Pratt-Clarke: Introduction Venessa Ann Brown/Sarah Walker-Leard: An Overview of Race, Class, and Culture in Cuba Archie W. Ervin: International Cultural Exchanges as Professional Development Opportunities for Diversity Professionals Venessa Ann Brown: Cuba and Connections to Childhood Menah Pratt-Clarke: Transformation, Empowerment, and the Cuban Revolution: Reflections on Gender, Race, and Culture Howard J. Ross: Two Sides to Every Story: Lessons in Life from Cuba Diana Ariza: Two Wings of the Same Bird: Reflections of a Puerto Rican in Cuba Na'im Madyun: Finding Home in Cuba Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh: Missing in Plain Sight: The Complicated Story of Race in Cuba Today Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh: Missing in Plain Sight: The Complicated Story of Race in Cuba Today Christine Clark: Dear Ché Sadie Burton-Goss: The New Cuba: Factors Supporting the Cultivation of Resilience Menah Pratt-Clarke/Venessa Ann Brown: A Promising Reality Jorge-Felix Morfa: Postscript: A Story of Resilience (How I Came to the USA) Contributors.

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