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Cuban Medical School Scholarships |
 If you are a high school student interested in applying for a scholarship to the Latin American School of Medicine, or if you know students who should apply now or in the future, please come to the Avery Research Center, 125 Bull St, this Friday, August 4, at 6:30 PM.And if you missed Portrait of Teresa in June, you will have one more chance, as the movie will be shown after schloarship information packets are given out. This fall, IFCO, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, will interview prospective students of the Latin American School of Medicine. All of the forms for initiating the process of application for the spring, 2007 semester are now available and ready for distribution to all interested applicants, their parents, teachers and/or supporters. The forms, along with additional information about this scholarship program, will be available for discussion and distribution at a meeting to be held at the Avery Research Center, 125 Bull Street, this Friday, August 4, 2006, at 6:30 PM. Afterwards please stay for a movie that has not lost its appeal or its political significance since it was first shown in Cuba in 1979: Portrait of Teresa Daisy Granados won critical acclaim for her work in what may be the most controversial Cuban film released in the US. Portrait of Teresa explores the conflicts that have arisen not only in Cuba, but wherever large numbers of women have recently entered the workforce. Cuba has progressive social laws, having made sex equality within the family a legal requirement as early as 1975 with the passage of the Cuban Family Code. However, as this 1979 film illustrates, enacting laws does not automatically change social customs and expectations. Review by Linda Lopez McAlister |
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