The Cuban diaspora in New York is pulling together in full force to make a difference for our people on the island. Mark your calendars for Oct 19th. We’re doing the thing we do best, THROW A PARTY! To keep the flavor real, we invited several DJ’s that are very closely connected to Cuba.

(DJ BJoyce)

The DJ crew includes: BJoyce (CUBA), Mey (CUBA), Derek Turcios (USA/CUBA), Edgaro Gonzalez (CUBA), Mickey Perez (USA/CUBA) with friends equally committed to “la causa” Marcus Aurelius Rosario (USA/PR), Sabine Blaizin (HAITI), Andrew Licata (EUA), and RioBamba (ECU). Expect some live percussion as well.

(DJ Mey)

For our particular mission, the Cumbancha crew wants to hook up the children post-Irma. We plan to use the funds to buy school supplies, toys, and necessities for the kids. The NY party is on October 19, 2017 from 7pm until 1am. The donations given at the door will go towards purchasing and distributing kids goods that Jauretsi (of The New Cuba) will distribute during her mission with CubaOne from October Oct 25-20th, in Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus and Santa Clara — the most affected cities.

The NY party will take place at Trophy, a cool spot in Williamsburg Brooklyn that normally plays vintage soul, Brazilian, deep house, and cosmic disco. On this particular night, the Cuba-centric fam is taking over with some Afro-Cuban-house.

To support the CubaOne Foundation trip (which The New Cuba is proud to partner with), sign up or donate at the Irma Relief Trip page. The trip is also spearheaded by respected companies like Cuba Educational Travel.
 Remember, the trip is October 25-30. We invite any curious friends to come to Cuba and join Jauretsi on the ground.

(DJ Rio Bamba)

All these organizations and contributors are legit. We will be sharing photos of all our missions, the kid toys, the CubaOne journey, etc as they occur. Sending mad love to all the cohorts and co-conspirators for making this happen.

For any questions, please contact jauretsi@gmail.com