"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so." Robert G. Ingersoll
"La felicidad es el único bien. El tiempo de ser feliz es ahora. El lugar para ser feliz es aquí. La forma de ser feliz es hacer felices a otros." Robert G. Ingersoll
Invitacion por si andan por San Francisco:
On Dia de los Muertos
*Honor Our Fallen Compañeros Artistas from Caja Ludica in Guatemala*
*Remember Those Who Have Died from Violence in Our Barrio*
Join Loco Bloco, Good Samaritan Youth Services, Hector Zavala y La Tropa, Center for Young Women’s Development, community artists and activists in the Dia de los Muertos Procession Monday November 2nd in San Francisco.
We will honor eight artistic leaders of Caja Ludica who were senselessly murdered earlier this year in Guatemala. Caja Ludica is a community performing arts organization that works with impoverished youth communities all over Guatemala. In 2007, Caja Ludica hosted Bay Area youth who travelled to Guatemala for a cultural exchange.
Please join us to celebrate their lives by drumming, dancing and stilt walking on Dia de los Muertos. We will also build an altar in their honor at Garfield Park. Because the loss of life due to violence also wounds our own barrio, we will remember and pray for those who have lost their lives recently in the Mission.
The procession will begin at 7pm at 24th Street and Bryant, in the Mission District, Monday November 2nd.
To find out more about Caja Ludica, go to their website: www.cajaludica.org
The link below is to an article in English and Spanish about the fallen artist leaders.
Eight cultural workers killed: Victims championed for youth in the barrios
En español:
Balacean a ocho trabajadores culturales: Las víctimas abogaron por los jóvenes en barrios marginales
If you would like to join the percussion group, Loco Bloco will host open, free rehearsals:
· Friday October 23rd 6-8pm at Boys and Girls Club at 17th and Guerrero
· Friday October 30th 6-8pm Location TBA
If you would like to contribute to the altar, help with preparations, or have any questions, please call Jose Carrasco at the number below.
Jose Carrasco
Youth Services Manager
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center
1294 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-401-4263
www.goodsamfrc.org
