You’re invited! Archiving, Art & Advocacy in the Borderlands

Please join us for our first activation event for the Ford Foundation Initiative, Reclaiming the Border Narrative: Storytelling and Cultural Power for Migrant  Justice.

June 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm MST | Zoom | Register

University of Arizona’s Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry and UA Libraries, Special Collections invite you to join us for a virtual roundtable with artists, human rights advocates, and archivists who are building cultural and political power in the borderlands.

For information about the panelists and to register visit: Reclaiming the Border Narrative

El Día del Niñe / El Día De Los Libros Celebration!

¡Gracias! to everyone who helped pull together this amazing community event. Very special thanks to our partners, Galeria Mitotera, Nuestras raíces and Pima County Public Library, Make Way for Books, Pima County Health Department and Pima Animal Care Center.

We estimate that we had about 300 people come through and engage with our storytellers, Miss Liz and and Taylor; Mariachi Estrella Juvenil; Compañia de Danza Folklórico, Pima County Health, PACC, REFORMA-Tucson table, getting books from PCPL and Make Way for Books.

Shout out to DJ Tito Suavecito, who provided great music and sound for our programming and all the great vendors, including Novias Bakery AZ, Brujería Pupusería, Sin Fronteras Coffee, and Color Me Tru.

Let’s do it again!

El Día del Niñe / El Día De Los Libros Celebration!

Saturday, April 15th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Please join us for our 2nd annual fun family literacy event at Galeria Mitotera!

We’ll have free bilingual books📚, raffle giveaways🎫, music🎵, dance👯, storytelling🎤, crafts🎨, and local vendors. PCPL’s Book Mobile will be rolling through 🚌 and this year we’ll be joined by Pima Animal Care Center’s PACC Mobile🐶🐱 !

We hope to see you there! 💖

2023 Officer Elections

All positions are open! Declare your candidacy for office by January 8, 2023 (by email to Bob Diaz.)

Officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster

Learn more about officer roles and responsibilities here.

2023 officer elections take place January 9th through 15th. We will announce new and/or continuing officers at our next membership meeting on January 17th, 2023 from 11 am to 12 pm MST.

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