La Peña Cultural Center

Sign up for our newsletter to get featured artists, community updates, social justice and artist opportunities! Plus, you can get a free La Peña sticker! . THIS WEEK’S FEATURED ARTISTS: Jax The Band @jaxtheband Jax The Band has been performing internationally and honing their skills for the past 7 years, finding a sound all their own. Now they're ready to extend their musical reach to all corners of the world, with the The Glo Up. This 10 track project is a genre-bending j...ourney that takes you through the experience of three young artists trying to find their place in the world while working towards a collective goal and dream. The Glo Up is available now on all streaming platforms (link on their profile), and you can purchase it at jaxtheband.bandcamp.com! . Caleb Duarte @caleb_arte_ Caleb Duarte is a Fresno-based artist that works in painting, social sculpture, community collaborations with autonomous indigenous Zapatista collectives, communities in movement, and working children and refugees. He is currently working on a project called Embassy of the Refugee in Tijuana Mexico. Caleb's most recent installation is at YBCA now through March 2021 and is called The Monument as Living Memory. Show him support by visiting his website at CalebDuarte.org, sharing his projects and donating through his website! . Aida Salazar @aida_writes Aida Salazar is an arts activist and an award-winning author whose work focuses on issues of identity and social justice. She is the author of the novels The Moon Within, Land of the Cranes and the forthcoming, A Seed in the Sun. She is a founding member of Las Musas, a Latinx kid lit author collective. Support Aida by purchasing her books at Booklandiabox.com, following her on Instagram and Twitter @aida_writes, and visiting her website at AidaSalazar.com. . Cadex Herrera @cadexherrera Cadex is a multi-disciplinary artist who brings awareness to humanitarian, social and environmental injustices by championing his culture, history, people of color, immigrants and marginalized peoples. Support him by following him on Instagram and Twitter @cadex_h, checking out his website at CadexHerrera.com, and donating at paypal.me/cadex See more

My Shirt Ain’t Stupid: Is it woke to vote, or is it woke to abstain? You might think you're woke cause you're voting, or maybe you think you’re woke cause y...ou’re not voting. So who’s more woke?? Watch this video and let us know. Directed by Marcelo Perez and Meche Perez Written and Recorded by Melina Jones and Juan Wonway Amador Produced by Marcelo Perez Co- Producers : Meche Perez, Mayela Carrasco, Hugo Shiboski Actors: Kyziah Shavers, Roberto Antonio Martin Video: Jesus Jesus Fernando Iniguez Rivas Video Editor : Hugo Shiboski Music Production : Javier Santiago Music Engineer : Dion Decibels Mix : Mychal "MMYYKK" Fisher Master: Keith Kopatz Commissioned by Culture Strike and Culture Surge Special Thanks to Ana Cecilia Perez, Jamila Capitman, Lyla June Johnston #myshirtaintstupid #blackandbrownunity #rapbattle #hiphopmusicvideo #blackandbrown #afrolatino #rapmusicvideo #youthvoters #youthvote #youngvoters #blm #vote #voting #election2020 #culturesurge #maskormail See more

Dia De Muertos at La Peña! Get the details on how you can participate in this week's newsletter: - https://mailchi.mp/lapena/oct-1314092

Save the date! On November 1st, participate in La Peña's Community altar and enjoy a special Día de Muertos pick-up menu by Los Cilantros - order here: https://los-cilantross.square.site There will also be Art for sale by our Día de Muertos artist collaborators: Ernesto Hernandez-Olmos, Oree Originol and In Lak’ech Danza Azteca. To Participate in the Community Altar: Bring a 4x6 copy of a photo or art work of the ancestors you would like to commemorate at La Peña’s communit...y altar. We will provide paper frames to hang the images across the altar. (Please note: do not bring original photos or anything of value because the altar will stay overnight and nothing can be guaranteed!) MORE INFO ON OUR NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/lapena/oct-1314092 #diademuertos #communityofrenda #communityaltar #bayarea #eastbay #berkeley #lapeña #community See more

Beyond Indigenous Peoples' Day . . . decolonize everyday! - https://mailchi.mp/lapena/oct-1314088

GRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR OAKLAND ARTISTS & ORGS:

BAY AREA: Can you donate items for the Food Drive for Farmworkers? Drop off locations in Oakland, San Francisco and Burlingame - you can also Venmo @DirectAction #Repost @directactionforfarmworkers Hello community! We have updated our current donation items for distribution this Sunday 10/18! Our goal is to feed 350 farmworkers that live in rural areas in Cloverdale!! The current food bank in Cloverdale is not supplying culturally relevant foods like maseca, beans and rice w...hich are a staple in so many homes. These food items are essential and we need your help supplying them from as many stores possible (many stores have limits on these items for purchase) If there are any connections to restaurants or stores that can donate these items in bulk Please reach out to us via email or DM. We still have three drop off locations available during their regular business hours. San Francisco: @sfchickenbox Oakland: @xingonesoakland Burlingame: @theamericanbullbar You can also donate monetarily through our Venmo: @DirectAction We appreciate you all! #farmworkers #california #oakland #sanfrancisco #fooddrive #burlingame

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(TRADUCCION EN ESPAÑOL MAS ABAJO) In honor of Indigenous People's Day, beloved La Peña community photographer @bree_doan_photography is offering sliding scale ($25-$100) portraits and headshots for all indigenous and multiracial artists that identify with their indigenous heritage. To get the sliding scale deal, book in October for sessions in October and November 2020. DM @bree_doan_photography and place a Venmo (@Bree-Doan) or Paypal (paypal.me/BreeDoan) a deposit of $25 t...o book a date for the photo session. All sessions will be done safely outdoors with social distance and with the photographer wearing a mask. Act fast, as she will only be able to book the first 25 people. Bree speaks Spanish and English. . . En ESPAÑOL: En honor al Día de los Pueblos Indígenas, nuestra amiga fotógrafa de la comunidad de La Peña @bree_doan_photography está ofreciendo retratos y fotografías en por donacion en escala de $25- $100 para todos los artistas indígenas y multirraciales que se identifican con su herencia indígena. Para obtener la oferta de escala, reserve en octubre para sesiones en octubre y noviembre de 2020. DM @bree_doan_photography y coloque un Venmo (@ Bree-Doan) o Paypal (paypal.me/BreeDoan) un depósito de $ 25 para reservar una fecha para el sesión de fotos. Todas las sesiones se realizarán de forma segura al aire libre con distancia social y con el fotógrafo enmascarado. Actúe rápido, ya que solo podrá reservar a las primeras 25 personas. Bree habla español e inglés. #bayarea #indigenouspeoplesday #portraitphotography #indigenousartists #artistasindigenas #pueblosoroginarios See more

La Peña Cultural Center is on stolen Ohlone land. Here is one excellent way we can support our local indigenous community today and everyday: follow @sogoreatelandtrust and donate to their shellmound project and share! #repost @sogoreatelandtrust If you live in the East Bay you are living on stolen Lisjan Ohlone land. Today, the Ohlone community has no land base. They are not federally recognized and have been politically and economically marginalized. Their traditional terr...itory is now one of the most inflated real estate markets on Turtle Island. Thousands of their ancestors’ bones are locked away in museum basement boxes at local universities. Living here, you are inadvertently benefitting from the genocide waged against the Ohlone people and the theft of their land. Whether you know it or not, however you feel about it, this is an inescapable fact. The civic infrastructure, the economic system, the private development and the consumption of natural resources in our society are all connected to and in different ways built upon the colonial occupation of this land and the violent displacement of the Ohlone. This history extends throughout the continent and much of the world. Shifting resources to Indigenous led visions and work, paying your Shuumi land tax, and protecting all the sacred sites and relatives that are still here is a small but critical way to acknowledge this history and contribute to its healing, to support Indigenous people’s work to create a vibrant future. Shout out to all of our local Indigenous led organizations, projects, and efforts keeping culture and community alive. Tag your local Indigenous led projects to support in comments. Graphics by @mollyjane.design #indigenouspeoplesday #thelandyouareon #stolenland #lisjanohloneland #stillhere #recognizinghistory #repair #reparations #shuumilandtax #sogoreatelandtrust #urbanindigenous #womenled #landtrust #landreturn #landback #eastbay #berkeley #oakland

No matter who wins the 2020 presidential election we must continue to fight to abolish ice, close the camps, and free them all. Trump has taken the already cruel immigrant policies of the US to new incredibly inhumane levels, including mass sterilization and ethnic cleansing. Biden’s immigration platform, while less openly cruel than Trump’s, represent a return to the Obama-era status quo that saw a then-record number of deportations.... Protests occurring in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Fransisco. Want to organize an action in your city? Please do and contact us so that we can build for the largest mobilization possible. Free Them All SD, Alliance to Defend Immigrants, DSA SF Immigrants Rights and International Solidarity Committee.