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La Peña is a not-for-profit, community-based performing arts and activist center that relies on the support of the community. In this era when public funding for the arts has virtually disappeared, we need your support more than ever. All donations to La Peña are tax-deductible. Become a member or renew your membership today! June 1, 2011 We learn about the world through theater, spoken word, dance, music and films such as La Operación, by Kimberly Safford, which documents the history of sterilization of Puerto Rican Women
Donations can be made payable to “La Peña Cultural Center” and sent to La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Ca. 94705. Donations can also be made by phone. Call 510/849-2568 x20 or x12.
2011 Spring Appeal Letter
Yes, I Want To Support La Peña’s 36th Anniversary Fund Raising Drive! Because
La Peña presents superb yet affordable cultural performances
Children can experience life enriching performances at La Peña with groups such as Earthcapades, Gary Lapow, Asheba, Bonnie Lockhart, Los Mapaches, and Colibrí
La Peña Community Chorus sings songs of solidarity, peace, justice, and hope throughout California and the Americas
La Peña teaches artistic traditions with outstanding teachers (i.e., Shefali Shah, Hector Lugo, Gail Dobson, Josh Jones, Rafael Manríquez, Gabriela Shiroma, Chus Alonso)
La Peña provides a stage to inspiring emerging and young talents like Gracie Coates, Kamal Ghammache-Mansour, Amanda San Martin, Avelina Santos, Naima Shalhoub, and many others
La Peña’s walls exhibit meaningful and provocative images, most recently by artists who responded to the 800 Mile Wall (US/Mexico) with poignant posters
We get to laugh, think, cry and be moved to action--often all at the same time-- with Adelina Anthony, Bill Santiago, Kristina Wong, Roberto Karimi, W. Kamau Bell, Jovelyn Richards, and Jennifer Jajeh, to name just a few
La Peña cares about our brothers and sisters who are fighting for human rights, dignity and freedom, be it in New Orleans, Haiti, Chile, Argentina, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Oakland, Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine, or Richmond, CA.
Communities from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the world come to make music and dance together
La Peña never stops engaging with what matters in art, politics, and community.La Peña is important to us!
Yes, I Want To Support La Peña Cultural Center! I am donating to La Peña’s 36th Anniversary Fund Raising Drive!
“I support La Peña because it offers an alternative to the corporate controlled entertainment that dominates society. It promotes diversity and understanding between different cultures, and it is a place where people can freely express themselves and be heard.” Gino Pastori-Ng (member of 2nd Generation, a group of sons and daughters of La Peña community)
