Thursday, July 19 – Beyond Blood Ties: For those generations gone before us, for the generation yet unborn:
Save Our Youth (SOY) Fundraiser. 9pm -1:30am @ Ruta Maya Headquarters, 3601-D, South Congress.
The event will feature music by Cerronato, an authentic yet innovative version of Colombian vallenato & cumbia with a mix of traditional & original tunes, Ocote Soul Sounds (solo) aka Martin Perna (Antibalas, TV on the Radio) sometimes psychedelic latin funk, sometimes 21st century digital trova and nueva cancion, this music comes siempre from the soul, siempre con sabor, and DJ E Be Lo on the 1′s & 2′s spinning a diverse blend of beats including cumbias, hip-hop, soul and funk.
Spoken word performances by Chicana poet/activist Erika Gonzalez, and SOY student/poets from Johnston High School, Phylicia Fabian, Saray Rosales, and Oscar Valenzuela, under the direction of Johnston High School teacher Camille DePrang.
Special guests include Santos Ruiz with B-Boy City and SaulPaul, Tower to Tower: one man’s story of how he went from a Texas jail cell to graduation from UT Austin.
Graffiti art for sale by Nate Nordstrom and raffles with art, photography by Sandra Dahdah, books from Resistencia Bookstore, and tattoo gift certificates from Ancient Ink Tattoo. All proceeds will go to the SOY project to publish the writings of the Johston High School poets.
Join us to honor & celebrate the young voices of the Eastside!
$7 dollar suggested donation
FMI: 512-416-8885.
This Spring, SOY conducted a two month intensive writing clinic with Johnston High School students under the supervision of Camille DePrang. Facilitated by raulrsalinas & Rene Valdez, SOY engaged the students with relevant issues affecting their communities and inspired them draw from their own life-stories to write poems or “medicine stories” on subjects such as TAK’s testing, racism, family, culture and liberation.
Here is a link to a recent article from the Austin Chronicle about the students struggle and the workshops at Johnston:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A479765
casa de Red Salmon Arts
1801-A South First St.
Austin, Tejas
512-416-8885
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