The Department of English and Foreign Languages invites the Barry community to “The Pedro Pan Experience from Different Spiritual Perspectives.” This panel discussion will feature three participants of Operation Pedro Pan, the exodus of more than 14,000 children from Cuba to the United States in the early 1960s.
Date: Friday, March 1, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Centro Cultural Español, 1490 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
About the Panel Discussion
Music historian and writer Eloy Cepero, Eloísa Echazábal from Miami Dade College, and Marcos Kerbel, former chairman of the board and past president of the Cuban Hebrew Congregation of Miami Inc., will discuss their Pedro Pan experiences from different spiritual perspectives (Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish). Dr. Heidi Heft LaPorte, associate professor of social work, will moderate the discussion.
This event kicks off “Cuba: So Close, Yet So Far,” a series of panel discussions and film screenings that explore Cuban history and contemporary life on the island. If you have any questions, please email Dr. Beatriz Calvo-Peña at bcalvo-pena@barry.edu.