The cast of My Relationship With America following their July 2025 performance at the Unheard Echoes: The Silencing of Due Process event. The play was directed by Rodolfo Robles-Cruz and performed by Joshua Slack, Carlos Sanchez, Julian Hang, Shane Lara and Dalicia Torrecillas. It reflects the culmination of months of script rewriting, rehearsals, and collaborative production, as well as the successful integration of political theatre into PVI’s public programming. PVI
We are thrilled to share an exciting new chapter in the Pan Valley Institute’s journey. After 28 years as a program of the American Friends Service Committee, the Pan Valley Institute (PVI) has taken an important step forward and beginning October 1, 2026, has transitioned into an independent, community-owned organization.
PVI will continue advocating and organizing for change. Since its founding, PVI has strengthened immigrant leadership and fostered active citizenship across California's Central Valley. Based in Fresno and expanding to Tulare, Merced, and Madera counties, this immigrant-led organization creates intergenerational learning spaces that empower participants to become agents of social change. While the work and mission will not change, financial independence will allow for more community ownership, flexibility to the needs of the local community, and responsiveness to this political moment.
To learn more, visit PVI’s website at https://panvalleyinstitute.org/ or contact the PVI team at info@panvalleyinstitute.org
