67 Sueños Mural (67 Dreams) mural on wall of San Fransisco Quaker Meeting.
Year-long Mural Project Depicts Struggles and Dreams of Underprivileged and Undocumented Latinos.
What:
Unveiling of 100 foot wide by 30 foot tall 67 Sueños Mural (67 Dreams) born from the dream of San Francisco migrant students looking to raise awareness of current immigration laws that neglect the realities of 67 percent of today’s undocumented youth.
When:
Friday, August 26, 2011 6 to 9 p.m.
Where:
65 Ninth Street (Between Mission and Market)
San Francisco, CA
Visuals:
Students, community members and immigrants rights groups. Migrant youth oral histories. Projection of migrant youth interview video and making of the mural. T-shirts will be for sale to aid 67 Sueños.
Available for interviews: Student activists, community members from Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Chicano Moratorium, American Friends Service Committee, San Francisco Quaker Meeting, New American Media, Storycorps, Metwest High School, Youth together, UC Berkeley Mecha, Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, and Lead Muralist Pancho Pescador, among others.
Contact: Luz Varela | luzvarela@gmail.com | Cell: 214-502-4780
Facebook Event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201731063221461
A core group of seven students impacted by today’s immigration laws have become true leaders in the struggle for migrant justice. They have led marches, organized walkouts, met with legislators, and held community events to galvanize public attention to the largely neglected the realities facing 67% of undocumented youth who are being left out of the immigration rights debate.
Now they are days away from unveiling a 100 foot wide by 30 foot tall mural located only 3 blocks from San Francisco's City Hall. The unveiling will coincide with the launch of 67suenos.org, where they will share their work documenting their communities stories through art, digital storytelling and video interviews. Their goal is to showcase 67 stories to lift the missing voices in the immigrants rights debate.
The 100-foot wide by 30 foot tall mural humanizes our migrant brothers and sisters, illustrates that they all have a dream and proclaims that no human being is illegal. Mentored by American Friends Service Committee youth organizer Pablo Paredes, seven San Francisco Bay Area migrant youth produced the mural’s unique vision and narrative. The piece was rendered by Oakland-based Community Rejuvenation Project’s muralist Pancho Pescador, volunteers, and local residents.
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