Mexican and Central American Independence Day celebration

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

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.

Join us to support a delegation traveling in October to Nogales, Arizona and Sonora, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

► to participate in a national convergence at the border to highlight the militarization of the southern border and the U.S.-sponsored militarization of Central American borders, and the human rights crisis of an unjust immigration system

► to support maquiladora workers, highlight the failures of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in protecting workers rights and demonstrate the dangers of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in further depressing wages in Mexico and the United States


music by Francisco Herrera; Elizabeth, Nancy and Mario Esteva; Manuel Trujillo and Artemisa Flores; Diego Sardaneta
poetry by the Juana Briones Cultural Committee and the Revolutionary Poets Brigade

Thursday, September 15
6 p.m. – doors open
6:30 p.m. - program
2940 – 16th Street, San Francisco
(between Mission and South Van Ness Ave.)

$10 –admission
Free for children under 12 years old

A benefit for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, Las Hormigas of Ciudad Juarez, Trabajo Cultural Caminante and Bay Area Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador

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