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DESCRIPTION:¡Grito de Lares!\nColonialism Unmasked: A Commemoration of Grito de 
 Lares\nSaturday, September 22. 7pm. \n\nLa Peña Cultural Center, Bay Area 
 Boricuas, La Tertulia Boricua, Bay Area Alliance for a Sustainable Puerto 
 Rico and the International Committee for Peace and Justice present: \nWhat 
 The Winds Left Behind … Colonialism Unmasked, A Commemoration Of El Grito 
 De Lares (Lares Uprising or Cry of Lares)\n\nThis community-sponsored event 
 features keynote speaker, Puerto Rican human rights activist Zulma 
 Olivares, direct from Puerto Rico, who will give an update of the present 
 conditions and challenges facing the island one year after hurricane Maria. 
 The event also features a selection of Puerto Rican music, poetry and a 
 short film from Bay Area artists, activists and diasporicans committed to 
 raising political awareness, celebrating Puerto Rican culture and advancing 
 positive change and autonomy in Puerto Rico. About Grito de lares: People 
 of Puerto Rico annually observe Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) to 
 commemorate the events of the first large uprising against Spanish rule in 
 Puerto Rico. The uprising began on September 23, 1868, the first major 
 revolt for Puerto Rican Independence.\n\nThis venue is wheelchair accesible 
 - please call us in advance so we can set up seating for you\n\nKeynote 
 Speaker: Zulma Oliveras Vega (San Germán, Puerto Rico 1970). Puerto Rican 
 Activist of Human Rights, Former Director of M.A.S.A. (Lesbian Latinas: 
 social and active). She has been published in the anthology "NOT IN OUR 
 NAME: Contra la ayuda de Estados Unidos a la masacre en Gaza" (2016), and 
 in the Anthology "¡Despierta Humanidad! en homenaje a Berta Cáceres" 
 (2017). She currently works in a non-profit dedicated to educate about 
 Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, as Program Coordinator for Social 
 Empowerment at: www.pazparalamujer.org\nMusic By: Taller Bombalele 
 (directed by Denise Solis and Julia Cepeda), Madelina y Los Carpinteros 
 with  Madeleine Zayas, Craig Thomas and Pedro Pastrana, Art3mis Prime, 
 Quenepas (Directed by Hector Lugo and Shefali Shah)\nPoetry By: Aya de 
 León, Raina León, Rico Pabón, Aurora Levins Morales and Susana 
 Praver-Pérez\nVideo By: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi\nDoors & finger food for sale 
 at 6:15pm. Program starts at 7pm. $15-$25 Sliding Scale General Admission. 
 $5 Youth Under 18. Lap Children Free. Proceeds from this event will benefit 
 grassroot efforts in Puerto 
 Rico.\nhttps://lapena.org/event/colonialism-unmasked-a-commemoration-of-grito-de-lares/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/06/18817323.php
SUMMARY:Colonialism Unmasked: A Commemoration of Grito de Lares
LOCATION:La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California 94705. 
 510-849-2568
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/06/18817323.php
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