Mexican and Central American Independence Day Celebration

Mexican and Central American Independence Day Celebration
A New Grito for Change

Tuesday, September 15
6 p.m. – doors open and wine tasting
7 p.m. – program
2940 – 16th Street, San Francisco
(between Mission and South Van Ness Ave.)
$5 –admission
Free for children under 12 years old

Join Francisco Herrera -- Elizabeth, Nancy and Mario Esteva -- and friends
for music and poetry

Art show and live and silent art auction with / con Ronnie Goodman, Rene Yanez, Michael Roman, Calixto Robles, Art Hazelwood, Doug Minkler, Debra Walker, Romeo Osorio, Richard Bermack, Rodger Scott, Michelle Acosta, Andrea Valencia, Ana Colomo, Ramon Deanda and others

A benefit for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition

For more information, contact 415-863-1225
or sflivingwage [at] riseup.net or visit http://www.livingwage-sf.org.

On September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo delivered the Grito de Dolores, a declaration of independence from Spanish colonialism; and a call for the abolition of African slavery, for an end to the caste system exploiting Indians, and for social and economic reform.

Today, Mexicans and Central Americans are forced out of their home countries by a history of U.S. military intervention and exploitation, including International Monetary Fund and World Bank debt payments, imposed austerity programs, privatization schemes and “free trade” agreements – U.S. corporate domination to create a source of cheap labor.

People migrating to the United States face ICE repression, denial of their right to organize and no legal enforcement of workplace protections – forcing them into low-wage jobs. Join us in a new Grito – a call for worker rights for all as human rights, independence from poverty, full legalization and fair trade not exploitation.