- Courtesy of Raul Gonzalez
Tucson Freedom Summer, in collaboration with Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop presents HUITZILOPOCHLI “the will to act, on Saturday, July 28, from 5 to 9 p.m. at 218 E. 6th St.
The fundraising event brings together performers and artists, and includes the work of Tucson artists David Tineo, Tanya Alvarez, Paco Velez, and others. Expect raffles, food, music and interactive art-making for the whole family, including a buffet courtesy of Las Cazuelitas. The event benefits the Save Ethnic Studies Raza Defense Fund.
From the press release:
On January 10th 2012, the Tucson Unified School District governing board voted to suspend the Mexican American Studies (MAS) department and classes. This was the culmination of a series of attacks by the state legislature dating back to 2006. As a response to this anti-intellectual, repressive act, a federal lawsuit has been filed. Nationally, a group of artists, activists, educators and scholars have converged in Tucson to support the local efforts to demand the reinstatement of MAS. This effort has been named Tucson Freedom Summer.
This convergence has been sparked by the national acknowledgement of the far reaching implications of this attack. Tucson Freedom Summer has manifested itself in a series of events to both educate the community and raise funds for the legal costs associated with the lawsuit. Events include community forums, educational “Encuentros”, Sunday Freedom School, demonstrations, political canvassing, poetry, and many artistic expressions of support. On July 28th, Tucson Freedom Summer, in collaboration with Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, will be hosting an event that will highlight the epic historic struggle for Chicano civil rights in Tucson.
This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2012.
It is interesting they profess “Freedom”, while wanting to take my money, and spend it on anti-American activities in, “Public School”.
Yes and if capitalism is so evil and caucasians are all racists, which is what they were teaching in those classes, why do the immigrants want to come here to the United states of America so badly? Those classes were not about Mexican American studies, or history or culture! They were about hate and perpetuating racism!
So called evil capitalism is what made this country a great nation. I am sick that my tax dollars were supporting the crap and lies that those kids were being brainwahed with.
I hope and pray that we can get rid of Obama and get someone back in office that believes in and supports the people of the United States of America again. God bless America and the human race!
The folks that so vocally and viciously oppose the Mexican American Studies program on these boards sound far more hateful than any student or teacher from the M.A.S. program that I’ve met, regurgitating all the right wing radio talking points meant to stir up Republicans with completely baseless claims of anti-white racism and anti-Americanism. In reality, none of these detractors have ever stepped inside one of these classrooms, and most have never read a single book of the M.A.S. curriculum. I on the other hand have done both and as a parent, historian and educator (who also happens to be white), I can honestly attest to the academic soundness or the program, the good hearts of the teachers, the benefit to its students and the real loss for Tucson and its students that this program was eliminated.