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Estimad@ Amig@ {FIRST_NAME},
El Centro de la Raza is putting on our 11th Annual Ofrenda Exhibit Opening and Celebration this coming Monday, November 2nd! Join us from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM for dinner, children’s activities, and viewing of the ofrendas.
This year we stand in solidarity with and honor the Black Lives Matter movement, to remember those that were lost this year due to the racism against People of Color in the United States. As a community we come together to build a better community for the generations to come. Thank you to the many different groups who created an ofrenda this year, and to our sponsors 4 Culture, Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Public Utilities, and KUOW 94.9. Thank you also to La Mexicana for their generous donation of tortillas for our event and Sysco's donations of rice and beans.
The ofrenda exhibit continues through November 19th and is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 AM – 6 PM, and Thursdays from 12 PM – 8 PM. Even if you are unable to make the opening event, still stop by to see the beautiful ofrendas! For more information call (206) 957-4605 or RSVP to the event on Facebook.
Be sure to pick up a t-shirt at the event. They will be sold for $12 each or 2 for $20. Here is what the 2015 Día de los Muertos design looks like:
El Centro de la Raza is honored to be hosting Bessie Rodriguez on the same day as our Día de los Muertos event that Monday, November 2nd. Bessie, mother of Santos Rodriguez, will be visiting to see the park dedicated to her son who was killed by police in Dallas, Texas in 1973. Two articles in the Dallas Morning News have recently highlighted the Santos Rodriguez park at El Centro - you can read them here and here. The reception will begin at 10:30 AM, and we will hear comments from Jesus Aguirre, the Superintendent of Seattle Parks; Roberto Corona, Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU; and a poem by Seattle Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna. We invite all to attend this special event, as well as our annual Día de los Muertos event in the evening. Read more about this event in another article by the Dallas Morning News, and we hope to see you there.
Respetuosamente,
Estela Ortega
Executive Director
P.S. - Don't forget to "like" us on Facebook, and "follow" us on Twitter.
El Centro de la Raza News/Noticias
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