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DESCRIPTION:What: Los Viajes /Prensa POBRE Benefit and Talk Story Circle \nWhen: 6:00pm 
 ,Wednesday, November 11th, 2009\nWhere: Galeria de la raza\n\nTaking Back 
 the Land- One Story at a Time- A Talk-Story on Land, Migration and 
 Resistance…celebrating the release of Los Viajes/The Journeys- a literary 
 anthology\n\nPOOR Press  - the revolutionary,  bi-lingual publishing 
 project of POOR Magazine is releasing LOS VIAJES/The Journeys, a bi-lingual 
 anthology of original stories, art, essays and poetry documenting peoples 
 crossing borders and oceans from Central, South America, the Philippines 
 and beyond  while also introducing a new lens on immigration informed by 
 the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples.\nOn November 11th,  Prensa POBRE 
 will host a talk story circle on Land, Migration and Resistance featuring 
 poverty and academic scholars alike speaking on the UN Declaration on 
 Indigenous Peoples including Jose Cuellar, Tony Gonazalez, Solange 
 Echeverria, Melanie Cervantes, Oscar Penaranda, Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, 
 silencio muteado, Tony Robles, Nube FC, performances by the Poetas POBRES, 
 the Los Viajes writers and artistas , food and Po’ Products!\n\nFor a 
 year and a half POOR Magazine’s community writing project has conducted 
 free bi-lingual, multi-generational, art and writing workshops in shelters, 
 schools and community centers to be included in the powerful Los Viajes 
 book and audio project. This beautiful book of literary, visual art and 
 commentary introduces a new lens on immigration and the migration of 
 peoples that rebukes the concept of “illegal” migration through a lens 
 informed by the UN declaration on Indigenous Peoples which was adopted in 
 General Assembly in 2007.\n\nPOOR Press is also releasing five new books 
 from poverty scholars living and struggling in the Bay Area.  The 2009 
 collection of authors include POOR Magazine co-editor, children's book 
 writer, worker scholar, tenant activist and Filipino poet Tony Robles who 
 is releasing his first collection of short stories and poems entitled: 
 Filipino Building Maintenance Company on POOR Press.\n\nPOOR Magazine is a 
 non-profit, grassroots, arts organization providing media access, education 
 and advocacy for youth, adults and elders in poverty in the Bay Area. Los 
 Viajes/The Journeys was made possible in part by a grant from the Cultural 
 Equity Fund of the San Francisco Arts Commission.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/26/18626806.php
SUMMARY:Los Viajes /Prensa POBRE Benefit and Talk Story Circle
LOCATION:Galeria De la Raza\n2857 24th Street \nSan Francisco Ca \n94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/26/18626806.php
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