EVENTS

PAST

“MEMORY KEEPING AS COMMUNITY BUILDING—CASA SUSANNA WORKSHOP”

JANUARY 21, 2026 – 11:30 A.M.-2:30 P.M. – THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

IN PERSON EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

Part of the Met Museum’s programming dedicated to contextualize its “Casa Susanna”exhibit. Cubanecuir joins Luis Juárez of Revista Balam and Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina; Sky Syzygy of Gender Network; Zakiya Collier of Black Memory Workers; and Devin Osorio in a workshop and panel moderated by Melissa Aslo de la Torre.

“POPULAR TRANS HISTORY”

MARCH 24, 2025 – 3:00 P.M. – RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEWARK

IN PERSON EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

Librada González Fernández joins Leah Tigers and Jonovia to talk about trans popular history in a panel part of Newark’s Women and Gender Studies Symposium organized by Catherine Fitzpatrick from Rutgers University.

UNVEILING OF THE ONLINE REPOSITORY

JANUARY 8, 2025

VIRTUAL EVENT │ ENGLISH & SPANISH │FREE

Cubanecuir’s online database and repository is now up and running!

The archive’s first collection has been fully digitized and is open for research. Get familiar with the new site!

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“FIRST LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF TRANS ARCHIVES”

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT │ SPANISH │FREE

Archivo Cubanecuir joins similar projects from around Latin America in this historic congress. Librada González Fernández reflects on the political importance of creating a methodology that centers not how to care for documents, but also how to care for its creators.

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ARCHIVO CUBANECUIR RECONTEXTUALIZES DOCUMENTS FROM THE CUBAN HERITAGE COLLECTION

JUNE 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

This Pride month, Archivo Cubanecuir takes over the instagram account of the the Cuban Heritage Collection (@umchc) to talk about trans and queer people in the University of Miami’s Cuban collection.

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ARCHIVO CUBANECUIR AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY PICTURE COLLECTION

JUNE 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

This Pride month, Archivo Cubanecuir takes over the instagram account of the the New York Public Library Picture Collection (@nyplpicturecollection) to talk about trans people in the collection and the library archives.

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“COLLECTIVE VOICES: ONLINE COMMUNITY ARCHIVES ON CUBA AND ITS DIASPORA”

MAY 24, 20236:30 P.M. (CUBA/NYC)

VIRTUAL EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

Virtual talk organized by the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami between three community archives working to preserve Cuban history.
Speakers: Marley Pulido of Historia Negra de Cuba, Maria Antonia Cabrera Arus of Cuba Material, and Librada González Fernández of Archivo Cubanecuir.

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“HEALING MEMORIAS”

JANUARY 26, 20237:00 P.M. (CUBA/NYC)

VIRTUAL EVENT │ ENGLISH │FREE

A virtual panel about identity, community archiving and how we embody memory.
Speakers: A. Tito Mitjans Alayon, Marley Pulido of Historia Negra de Cuba, and Librada Gónzalez Fernandez of Archivo Cubanecuir

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“KRUDXS CUBENSI: BLACK HEALING PORTAL II”

MAY 15, 20223:00 P.M. – PARK AVENUE ARMORY

IN-PERSON EVENT │ ENGLISH │TICKETS: 25 USD

Krudxs Cubensi headlines Black Healing Portal II: Más allá del tiempo / Beyond Time. This immersive session features a presentation by Librada González Fernández of Archivo CubaneCuir, Afro-Cuban dancer Yesenia Selier and batá drummers, poet and Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Café Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz, and the music and art of Krudxs Cubensi.

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“ARQUIVOS LGBT+ NA AMÉRICA LATINA”

JUNE 9-10, 20217:00 P.M. (SÃO PAULO)

VIRTUAL EVENT │ SPANISH/PORTUGUESE│FREE

Archivo Cubanecuir joins three other Latin American archives: Archivo Q’iwa of Bolivia, Archivo de la Memoria Trans of Argentina and Acervo Bajubá of Brazil to talk about the construction and preservation of queer memory and culture.

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Banner: Librada González Fernández with participants at a workshop at The Met Museum. New York City. 2026. Photo by Argelis Apolinario.

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