What does Global Engagement Mean to Me?
Henry Leighton Wesleyan University Class of 2025
What does Global Engagement Mean to Me?
Henry Leighton Wesleyan University Class of 2025
This section includes experiences associated with my study of the Spanish language and critical reflection on the cultural interaction and respect necessary for that journey in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean but also within Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and how the US interacts with these regions.
While touring one of Cuba’s health facilities, I found this poster very fascinating as a physical representation of the Cuban healthcare system and its differences with respect to the American system to which I was accustomed. In the United States I haven’t come across this level of cost transparency, and this representation isn’t intended to …
One day, when walking through Old Havana, my friends and I came across the shop for Clandestina, Cuba’s first private fashion brand. The company references the clandestine operations that characterized the revolution’s resistance to the US-backed Batista dictatorship, but its existence marks the transformation of Cuba’s economy with allowances for more privately-owned businesses. There is …
This billboard features a quote from the Cuban president who succeeded Raúl Castro(pictured left), Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez (pictured right). The translation reads: Of course wedepend on our producers … of course we depend on the cooperative sector and our farmers.Interestingly, although this billboard primarily features farmers, it is located in Havana, Cuba’smetropolitan capital. In this …
