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All of the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) member organizations that are based in the Bay Area will come together for a panel presentation to recognize the Annual International Food Workers Week, on Wednesday, November 16, hosted by Food First, at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, from 6:30-8:30pm. We will show the short video […]
FREE - Donations of any size are welcome and greatly appreciated! Enjoy a lively evening of son jarocho music, dancing, and zapateado– bring your dance shoes and instruments, or just come and enjoy the music and dance! There is no entrance fee, but any monetary donations are accepted in support of programming at La Peña. Son […]
$5 for kids, $10 for adults and $15 for families The Free Land Project presents: Thanks Taken - Rethinking Thanksgiving for Kids! A family-friendly interactive presentation for elementary-aged kids about Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective featuring Corrina Gould (Chochenyo/Ohlone), Hartman Deetz (Wampanoag), and Kanyon Sayer-Roods (Costanoan Ohlone/Chumash) and hosted by Ariel Luckey. Saturday, […]
$10-$25 Sliding Scale The Free Land Project presents… the 9th Annual Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving is an annual cultural arts event that brings artists, activists and communities together to explore the complex history of Thanksgiving and to acknowledge the legacy of U.S. colonialism and genocide against Native Americans. Produced […]
$22 Advance, $25 Door Join us for the annual fundraiser of the LGBT Sanctuary Project (OLAS)! OLAS was founded in 2014 as a response to the personal and collective needs of LGBT immigrants from Latin America who are seeking asylum in the United States due to experiences of violence and discrimination in their countries of […]
Suggested Donation: $5-10 Proceeds go to Bomba y Plena Workshop, La Peña and our guest artists. Join us for another very special Batey Boricua with live Puerto Rican music and dance and a very special guest artist! If you missed the last Batey Boricua, you don't want to miss this one! We will be jamming […]
