Great event on April 4
Centro Campesino
~ fé ~ esperanza ~ unión ~ justicia ~
Estimada gente, friends of farmworkers, Chicano Studies and Centro
Campesino,
Every year, students in colleges and universities across the country take a lead in organizing with farmworker groups, organizations and unions, a Call to Action through the National Farmworker Awareness Week, which annually is held the week of March 31st-commemorating the birth of Cesar Chavez). The Department of Chicano Studies is proud to participate in this effort in large part through the spring class, Migrant Farmworkers: Family, Work and Advocacy taught by Lisa Sass Zaragoza. This year, students for their group project have organized an exciting multi-media and spoken word event at the Parkway Theater in south Minneapolis. Farmworkers and former farmworkers will have the mic-poetry, comedy and spoken word while the students are putting together a zine and slide show on farmworker issues. Come hear Eden Torres read some her poetry and Joe Minjares will do some of his famous stand-up, to name a few!
There is a suggested donation of $5.00 with proceeds going to Centro Campesino, the only organization in the upper midwest started by farmworkers for farmworkers. Please help us also in spreading the word-tell your friends and family, students, colleagues and co-workers! Family friendly, no charge for kids and youth in K-12. Also available will be awesome buttons, bumper stickers and t-shirts for sale with the National Farmworker Awareness Week logo: Got Food? Thank a Farmworker.
We hope you can join us-Sat. April 4, 1-3 pm Parkway Theater
(directions below)
Sinceramente,
Lisa Sass Zaragoza and students of Chicano Studies class, Migrant
Farmworkers: Family, Work and Advocacy
A huge Gracias to Parkway Theater owner Joe Minjares for letting the
students use the space for this important event!
Parkway Theater