Doors at 7:15pm / Event starts at 7:30pm
FREE / DONATIONS WELCOME A portion of the donations collected at the door benefit ACCE Action, a member of the Housing Now Coalition, and La Peña Cultural Center, a South Berkeley Institution since 1975.
Housing is a human right! Join members of the Housing Now coalition and documentary filmmaker Pam Uzzell at La Peña Cultural Center to discuss rising rents, displacement, and what we can do to stop it.
The event features a screening of the short documentary film Welcome to the Neighborhood by Pam Uzzell. The film traces the historical fight against BART in 1968, led by Berkeley resident Mabel Howard, which forced BART to construct Ashby BART line underground and prevent the racial segregation of South Berkeley residents. When Mabel daughter Mildred, an internationally renown artist, receives a 50% rent increase, Howard comes to terms with leaving the city that has always been her home. This narrative will open up a community discussion connecting historical and current issues of gentrification and displacement in the Bay.
Following the film will be a presentation by members of the Housing Now coalition on Proposition 10 – a statewide ballot initiative that would restore the right of local communities to protect families from skyrocketing rents. Learn how we can give power back to local communities to limit rent increases and implement thoughtful laws that address their unique housing situations.
DISCLAIMER: This event is presented by SURJ Bay Area (Showing Up for Racial Justice), a member of the HOUSING NOW COALITION.
La Peña Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to social justice through the arts, does not endorse any political candidates or parties.
Mariela Herrera was born in Santiago de Chile and was motivated to sing and dance since her childhood. She was part of a children’s folk group called Los Maipucitos for more than eight years. She learned about native dances and music, and played guitar, harp, flutes from Los Andes, and percussion instruments. With Los Maipucitos, she enjoyed traveling and performing in countries such as France, Germany, Ukraine, Holland, Poland, Belgium, Mexico, Argentina and others. She also joined BAFOCHI(Folkloric Ballet from Chile), and the Arte Chile dance company. She studied traditional Chilean culture at the Catholic University of Chile and took theatre courses at the University of Chile.
CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AT LA PEÑA WITH LIVE SALSA MUSIC, A BEGINNERS SALSA DANCE CLASS & COSTUME CONTEST!
Comunidad Anqari is a SF Bay Area based Andean Indigenous Music and Dance ensemble, founded in late 2012. They promote music from the South Andean region known as Collasuyu, a very culturally rich area were communities still keep intact their ancestral way of leaving, playing and dancing music.