La Peña is a nationally recognized institution
“I’m in Birmingham for a Women’s Delegation on anti-immigration laws.
One of the delegates was wearing a La Peña shirt and said she loved it there.” Elizabeth Guerra
Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
La Peña is a nationally recognized institution
“I’m in Birmingham for a Women’s Delegation on anti-immigration laws.
One of the delegates was wearing a La Peña shirt and said she loved it there.” Elizabeth Guerra
La Mixta Criolla will be playing in the Lounge of La Peña on March 31, 2012 at 10pm
Check out “Calimerenge” in their reverbnation page.
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La Mixta Criolla will be at La Peña Cultural Center making your feet dance on March 31, 2012.
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Avotcja Jiltonilro – poet, musician, DJ at KPOO (89.5, San Francisco CA) and KPFA-FM (94.1, Berkeley CA)“La Mixta Criolla is a home grown stew flavored with Puerto Rican malaza and Bay Area salsa picante. This magical Music will heal your Soul and take you places you’ve only dreamed about. La Mixta Criolla will make you dance and sing, and bring home to you.”
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Lichi is also the director of La Peña’s Community Chorus, check out their website here.
Read this article to learn more about an approach that “brings to life the world that we know is possible. ”
“Most World Courts of Women have focused on specific clusters of issues that are especially relevant to their region, but they have shared the common aims of destabilizing dominant narratives and bringing the realities of the everyday violence in people’s lives to the forefront. Speakers bear witness to many injustices, but the Courts are also about empowerment and the validation of women’s diverse experiences and subject positions.”
The Women’s Economic Agenda Project will Coordinate The Western Court (held in Oakland, CA, May 10-13). Check out their website for more information.
“Because poverty is rapidly growing in the U.S., and how to end poverty gets hardly any serious public discussion, the Women’s Economic Agenda Project and its allies are mounting a series of public hearings to shed more light on this shameful, mostly hidden issue.”