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DESCRIPTION:Learn about the U.S. and Puerto Rico relationship and their response 
 post-Hurricane Maria with Juan Carlos Dávila. This multimedia presentation 
 and discussion will get you engaging in dialogue of how activists and 
 alternative recovery efforts can move a community forward when neglected by 
 the government.\n\nThis event costs $10 (includes admission to the museum), 
 and is FREE for Members.\n\nMade possible in part by Nordic Naturals and 
 MAH Members.\n\n\nPuerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United 
 States that faces two major crises – first, the largest economic 
 recession of its history, and second, the consequences of the worst natural 
 disaster in 100 years. Puerto Rico is comprised of a group of islands that 
 are culturally independent, but politically and financially controlled by 
 the U.S. Government. When hurricane María made landfall in September 2017, 
 it unveiled the precarity of the tropical paradise.\n\n"Puerto Rico: 
 Colonialism and Resistance after Hurricane María" will be a multimedia 
 presentation focusing on the limitations that the Puerto Rican government 
 has to lead recovery efforts due to its colonial relationship with the 
 United States. This includes a large dependency on U.S. federal resources, 
 a large debt to Wall Street bondholders, and being tethered to the Jones 
 Act, a law that permits only U.S. vessels to enter in Puerto Rico ­– 
 even for aid purposes. This situation worsens when the U.S. government has 
 established military control over Puerto Rico and disaster capitalists make 
 their way in.\n\nIn light of these issues, some residents of Puerto Rico 
 are imagining and enacting a recovery led by the people. Under the idea 
 that “only the people will save the people,” there has been an 
 emergence of autonomous and self-sustaining initiatives led by activist 
 organizations. These initiatives range from popular kitchens, agricultural 
 restoration projects, debris cleaning brigades, and providers of solar 
 energy to rural communities. This presentation will profile some of the 
 activists participating in these alternative recovery efforts.\n \n\nJuan 
 C. Dávila is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and PhD student of Latin 
 American and Latino Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). 
 His work focuses on environmentalism, social movements and globalization. 
 He has directed two feature documentary films: Compañeros de lucha (2012) 
 and Vieques: una batalla inconclusa (2016). Dávila currently works as a 
 correspondent for Democracy Now!\n\nHe holds a Bachelor in Arts of 
 Communication from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico (2011) 
 and a Master of Arts in Social Documentation from the UCSC (2015).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/13/18807359.php
SUMMARY:Puerto Rico: Colonialism and Resistance
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History\n705 Front St, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/13/18807359.php
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