SCOTA began planning educational “Coffee Hours” on Saturday mornings on a monthly basis in November 2019. We will promote and participate in emergency demonstrations in response to U.S. economic and military incursions in the Americas. We will work with the many local and national organizations focusing on areas within the Americas.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12 Noon every Tuesday.
Location: Zoom
SCOTA was created in 2019 with the goal of presenting one Coffee Hour event a month at 4200 Cedar Ave in Minneapolis. Coffee Hours are a tradition begun by the Central America Resource Center in the 1980s in Minneapolis. An hour-long talk followed by discussion while serving coffee and bagels was a weekly event with regular audiences on Saturday mornings for many years in the 80s and 90s. SCOTA hosted well-attended Coffee Hours at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 before the Covid-19 Virus sent Minnesota into “stay-at-home” mode and ended public meetings.
SCOTA developed a state legislative resolution regarding Latin America.
Sandy Pappas Letter to Governor Walz on Cuba and Covid
Click here for a document showing the Steps towards Passing Action Resolutions with Elected Officials compiled by San Francisco activists.
On Thursday, August 20, 2020 the Savings Lives Resolution passed unanimously by The Sacramento Central Labor Council. The Sacramento Central Labor Council includes 90 union affiliates with more than 170,000 working people in 6 counties- Sacramento, Yolo, Amador, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada.
Chicago is planning a September 1, 2020 day of action to urge Aldermen to sign a proposed resolution. They have created How Chicago Benefits from Normalizing Relations with Cuba document, a Dear Alderman letter, and a Press Release.
Here is a list of U.S.-Cuba Resolutions that have passed in the U.S.
Seattle passed a resolution in 2021.
SCOTA has written press releases on the following:
11/14/19 US Hands Off Bolivia protest
05/04/20 Cuba Saving Lives
Can Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha-1b Nasal Drops Protect Medical Staff from COVID-19?
Fact Sheet on Cuban Health Achievements: 11-page document from Saving Lives Campaign 01/15/21; and 2-page Executive Summary
