Identidades in English No 1, February 2014 | Page 3

No. 1, YEAR 1, FEBRUARY 2014 Editor-in-Chief: Juan Antonio Alvarado Ramos Associate Editor: Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez Spanish Editor: Arnaldo Miguel Fernández IDENTIDADES is a publication of the Plata- forma de Integración Cubana [Platform for Cuban Integration], a non-profit, nonpartisan organization whose goal is to advocate for the rights of Afro-descendants and other alternative groups in Cuba, promote their rights, and recover the history of their active participation in the creation and development of the Cuban nation and its culture. It aspires to discuss the difficulties faced by Afro-descendants and all discriminated people in today’s Cuba, and propose actions for confronting the problem and facilitating communication about it worldwide. It is open to people anywhere in the world interested in the topic who can offer their experiences and discuss a subject so important for Cuba and all other countries that received the African Diaspora, or where minorities are discriminated by those in power. English Editor: Carmen Méndez Ferradás Translator: abc language solutions Designer: Rafel Campoamor Sánchez Representative in Cuba: Leonardo Calvo Cárdenas Cover Illustration Nilo Julián Gonzales Preval Plataforma de Integración Cubana, Inc. Email: [email protected] WEB: www.cubaintegra.org ISSN: 2373-1524