With Violence Against Mexican Immigrants on the Rise, Leading Mexican
Rock Band, SAK TZEVUL Joins with NY Communities for “A Time For
Healing” and “BoriMex Talks;” Habana/Harlem(R) Hosts Series of
Concerts/Community Forums, Hopes to Bridge Divides; Band to
Participate in UN’s Permanent Global Forum on Indigenous Issues
Independent cultural producer Habana/Harlem(R) will bring leading
indigenous Chiapas rock band SAK TZEVUL to the NY and Philadelphia for
a series of community education, public safety and friendship building
forums to combat a growing tide of violence and misunderstanding
plaguing the Mexican community.
The band will also take part in the UN’s Permanent Global Forum on
Indigenous Issues, and will kick their NYC tour off with a press
conference, complete with a musical performance at COLORS restaurant
in Manhattan.
“We know that the arts and humanities can serve the public good and
we’ve worked hard to build a series of grass-roots events and
trust-building community conversations in key neighborhoods while
celebrating the NYC debut of Sak Tzevul, the leading Indigenous band
from Chiapas, Mexico,” said Neyda Martinez, Founder and Executive
Producer of Habana/Harlem (R). “In New York City, where the displaced
and working poor wrestle with anguish over the presence of Mexican day
laborers, Mexican immigrants who come from isolated Indigenous
cultures are a population at risk. We will enter neighborhoods where
the young and old live in fear and who sometimes witness violent
crimes and attempt to begin to heal conflicts through music and
engagement,” she added.
Special thanks:
Rock Band, SAK TZEVUL Joins with NY Communities for “A Time For
Healing” and “BoriMex Talks;” Habana/Harlem(R) Hosts Series of
Concerts/Community Forums, Hopes to Bridge Divides; Band to
Participate in UN’s Permanent Global Forum on Indigenous Issues
Independent cultural producer Habana/Harlem(R) will bring leading
indigenous Chiapas rock band SAK TZEVUL to the NY and Philadelphia for
a series of community education, public safety and friendship building
forums to combat a growing tide of violence and misunderstanding
plaguing the Mexican community.
The band will also take part in the UN’s Permanent Global Forum on
Indigenous Issues, and will kick their NYC tour off with a press
conference, complete with a musical performance at COLORS restaurant
in Manhattan.
“We know that the arts and humanities can serve the public good and
we’ve worked hard to build a series of grass-roots events and
trust-building community conversations in key neighborhoods while
celebrating the NYC debut of Sak Tzevul, the leading Indigenous band
from Chiapas, Mexico,” said Neyda Martinez, Founder and Executive
Producer of Habana/Harlem (R). “In New York City, where the displaced
and working poor wrestle with anguish over the presence of Mexican day
laborers, Mexican immigrants who come from isolated Indigenous
cultures are a population at risk. We will enter neighborhoods where
the young and old live in fear and who sometimes witness violent
crimes and attempt to begin to heal conflicts through music and
engagement,” she added.
Special thanks:
AeroMexico Airlines, www.aeromexico.com
We gratefully acknowledge the Mexican Consulate General in New York,
and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.
AVISO EN ESPANOL
Con la violencia contra los inmigrantes mexicanos en escala, líder de
banda de rock mexicana, Damian Guadalupe Martinez fundador de SAK
TZEVUL se une a las comunidades de Nueva York para "Un tiempo para la
hermandad " y "Charlas Bori-Mex," El proyecto cultural e
independiente, Habana / Harlem produce en colaboración con líderes
comunitarios una serie de eventos--foros comunitarios y presentaciones
de música para unir a los pueblos indígenas y latinos; la banda
también representará a México en el Foro Permanente de las Naciones
Unidas Global para las Cuestiones Indígenas
Productora cultural independiente Habana / Harlem traerá el grupo más
destacada de la música contemporánea indígena de Chiapas - la banda de
rock SAK TZEVUL - a Nueva York y Filadelfia, gracias al apoyo de
AeroMexico y del Consul General de Mexico en NY y el Instituto Cultural de
destacada de la música contemporánea indígena de Chiapas - la banda de
rock SAK TZEVUL - a Nueva York y Filadelfia, gracias al apoyo de
AeroMexico y del Consul General de Mexico en NY y el Instituto Cultural de
Mexico en NY, para una serie de foros para
discutir a nivel comunitario temas como la seguridad pública y para
dar voz y luz a la lucha de las varias etnias indígenas de México y de
otras partes. Habana / Harlem crea foros de amistad para combatir una
creciente ola de violencia e incomprensión que sufre la comunidad
mexicana
La banda también participará en el Foro Permanente Mundial de la ONU
para las Cuestiones Indígenas, y comenzará su gira por Nueva York con
una conferencia de prensa, completa con una actuación musical en el
restaurante en Manhattan COLORS.
"Sabemos que las artes y las humanidades pueden servir al bien público
y hemos trabajado con mucho fervor y transparencia. Gracias al apoyo
de una gran cantidad de socios y colegas hemos construido una serie de
populares eventos para así fomentar mayor confianza y entendimiento en
nuestros barrios a través de diálogos y conversaciones clave. A la vez
celebramos el debut en Nueva York y Filadelfia de Sak Tzevul, la banda
contemporánea más destacada e indígena directamente desde Chiapas,
México ", dijo Neyda Martínez, fundadora y productora ejecutiva de
Habana / Harlem. "En Nueva York, donde los desplazados y los
trabajadores pobres se ven aún más angustiados por la gran falta de
trabajo, desafortunadamente la presencia de jornaleros mexicanos,
muchos de ellos los inmigrantes mexicanos que vienen de las culturas
indígenas y aislados son una población en riesgo. Vamos a entrar en
los barrios donde los jóvenes y las personas de avanzada edad viven
con temor y que a veces son testigos de delitos violentos. Esperamos
que mediante estos diálogos positivos y de fraternidad, podamos lograr
más comprensión y unión en nuestros barrios latinos para asi comenzar
juntos a luchar con la esperanza de reducir los conflictos a través de
nuestro compromiso colectivo, comunitario y humanitario", agregó.
El nuevo álbum de SakTzevul "Selva Soñadora" se estrenará en EE UU en junio, 2012.
discutir a nivel comunitario temas como la seguridad pública y para
dar voz y luz a la lucha de las varias etnias indígenas de México y de
otras partes. Habana / Harlem crea foros de amistad para combatir una
creciente ola de violencia e incomprensión que sufre la comunidad
mexicana
La banda también participará en el Foro Permanente Mundial de la ONU
para las Cuestiones Indígenas, y comenzará su gira por Nueva York con
una conferencia de prensa, completa con una actuación musical en el
restaurante en Manhattan COLORS.
"Sabemos que las artes y las humanidades pueden servir al bien público
y hemos trabajado con mucho fervor y transparencia. Gracias al apoyo
de una gran cantidad de socios y colegas hemos construido una serie de
populares eventos para así fomentar mayor confianza y entendimiento en
nuestros barrios a través de diálogos y conversaciones clave. A la vez
celebramos el debut en Nueva York y Filadelfia de Sak Tzevul, la banda
contemporánea más destacada e indígena directamente desde Chiapas,
México ", dijo Neyda Martínez, fundadora y productora ejecutiva de
Habana / Harlem. "En Nueva York, donde los desplazados y los
trabajadores pobres se ven aún más angustiados por la gran falta de
trabajo, desafortunadamente la presencia de jornaleros mexicanos,
muchos de ellos los inmigrantes mexicanos que vienen de las culturas
indígenas y aislados son una población en riesgo. Vamos a entrar en
los barrios donde los jóvenes y las personas de avanzada edad viven
con temor y que a veces son testigos de delitos violentos. Esperamos
que mediante estos diálogos positivos y de fraternidad, podamos lograr
más comprensión y unión en nuestros barrios latinos para asi comenzar
juntos a luchar con la esperanza de reducir los conflictos a través de
nuestro compromiso colectivo, comunitario y humanitario", agregó.
El nuevo álbum de SakTzevul "Selva Soñadora" se estrenará en EE UU en junio, 2012.
Agradecimientos:
AeroMexico, www.aeromexico.com
Las oficinas del Consul de Mexico en Nueva York y el Instituto Cultural de
Mexico en Nueva York
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
A Time for Healing
Tuesday, May 1st - Queens College, 7:15 pm * Private event
and by invitation only.
Media Photo-op -- Habana/Harlem® producers, Neyda Martinez
and Onel Mulet, and Sak Tzevul founder, Damian Martinez will offer co-keynote
remarks at the Queens College Center for Ethnic, Racial and Religious
Understanding's annual "Uncommon Courage” event, followed by a 15 minute
musical performance. Location: Queens College, Jefferson Hall 307, 65-30
Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367. Members of the media can email: sophia.mcgee@qc.cuny.edu to reserve
seating or call 718-997-5293. http://qccenterforunderstanding.org/.
Friday, May 4th – St. Philip’s Baptist Church, Staten
Island, 6:30 pm
A Discussion About Conflict and Renewal in Port Richmond
organized by the Port Richmond Anti-Violence Task Force in collaboration with
the Port Richmond Partnership including Wagner College, Project Hospitality and
El Centro del Inmigrante, among others will present the first
open-to-the-public “Friendship Forum” with grass-roots leadership such as
Reverend Troia, and Gonzalo Mercado, and journalists Stevie Lacy, formerly of
the Staten Island Advance, and Martina Guzman, Correspondent for NPR’s “The
Takeaway,” moderated by El Diario La Prensa. The talk will be followed by a
sneak preview performance. Location: St. Philip's, 77 Bennett St., Port
Richmond, Phone: (718) 442-9180.
On May 5th Sak Tzevul will open as a headliner at 10:00 am
for the Cinco de Mayo Multi-Cultural UNITY Celebration. Location: Staten
Island’s Faber Park, Faber Street & Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY
10301. Phone: (718) 816-5558. The
celebration will continue until 12 Noon.
Both events will be Free and Open to the Public.
Sunday, May 6th – Queens Museum of Art, 2:00 pm
Queens Museum of Art’s Indigenous Forum, “A Time for
Healing,” and Musical Performance, presented in collaboration with the Queens
College Center for Ethnic, Racial & Religious Understanding. Round-table
discussions with community members and Indigenous cultural activists including
Fabian Muneula & Jassier Cabrera, Kichwa Nation; Meidy Leyva, Grupo
Cultural y Musical Estudiantina Bolivia; Damaso Vargas, Ballet Folklorico IN
IXTLI IN YOLLOT, (Corazon Fuerte, Rostro Sabio); Luis Mendoza, Aruma de
Comunicaciones, Colectivo Andino, Noticias y Cultura; Esau Chauca, Centro
Cultural Ayazamana; Guillermo Guerrero, Grupo Cultural Tawantinsuyo, Malu
Rodriguez, Colectivo Cultural Pasion Andina, and cultural anthropologist,
Cinthya Santos Briones. Topics to be explored include Violence Against
Indigenous immigrants; Dissemination of the indigenous cultural identity and
legacy to the new generation; Double Odds - Indigenous women face multiple
discrimination. Opening remarks by Professor Ron Hayduk, Queens College and
Short Video Screenings presented by
Amalia Cordova, Film + Video Center, Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Indian. Admission is FREE with a suggested donation to the museum.
Location: the Queens Museum of Art, near the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona
Park, www.queensmuseum.org.Presented in association with the Kupferberg Center at Queens College, CERRU. Phone: 718-592-9700
BORI-MEX TALKS
Friday, May 11th –
Uprose and Mixteca, 6:30 pm
Sunset Park, Brooklyn will host a community conversation
organized by Uprose the oldest Puerto Rican environmental and social justice
organization and Mixteca, the oldest Mexican social service organization with
community representatives and cultural anthropologist, Cinthya Santos Brionos,
followed by a musical performance.
Location: 166A 22nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Phone: (718) 492-9307
Sunday, May 20th -
Unity Service at St. Cecilia’s Parish Hall, 2:00 pm
El Barrio’s Reverend Mushin will lead a Unity Service with
special invited guests including Mr. Ponce, Mariachi Academy, Visual Artist
Yasmin Hernandez and others, followed by a musical performance and community
mixer. Location: St. Cecilia’s
Parish Hall, 120 East 106th Street.
Friday, May 25th and Saturday 26th in Philadelphia in
collaboration Raices Latinoamericanas. On Friday, May 25th, Veronica
Perez-Castillo, Director of Raices Latinoamericanas, will host a discussion
with leading Puerto Rican and Mexican community leaders. On May 26th the band
will perform at the afternoon public celebration of the new Barnes
Foundation Museum.
Foundation Museum.
MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, May 8th – United Nations * Private – by Invitation Only
On Tuesday evening Sak Tzevul will be the penultimate band
headlining the kick-off for the 2012 Permanent Forum for Global Indigenous
Issues. From May 9th to May 18th the band is also invited to be an
observer/delegate to the Forum’s convenings and presentations representing
Chiapas, Mexico.
Saturday, May 12th –
Hostos College, South Bronx, 1:00 pm
The Honorable José. E. Serrano, Hostos Community College,
Bronx Lebanon Hospital, and William Aguado, invite NYC residents to the
unveiling of Conversing Bricks, a new work of art by visual artist, Hatuey Ramos-Fermin.
The Conversing Bricks project emerged from a campaign waged by anti-immigrant
groups that sent bricks to members of Congress. The bricks contained
messages like, “Build a Wall,” “No to Illegals,” and “Secure our Borders.” Of the thousands of bricks sent to
Capitol Hill, Congressman Serrano collected 273 for this project. For the past
three years Congressman José E. Serrano, who opposed the building of the wall,
with the help of William Aguado, noted Bronx philanthropist and community
leader, worked arduously to collect the bricks and together conceived the
concept for Conversing Bricks. The Bricks, a public art installation, in the
form of a round table transform messages of hate into a site for dialogue
around issues of citizenship, immigration, and human rights. The goal of
Conversing Bricks is to create a site for dialogue, conversation, and thought.
Immediately following, Damian Martinez, founder of SAK TZEVUL, will offer a 30
minute FREE performance. Location:
500 Grand Concourse, Bronx. Phone: (718) 518-4444.
Saturday, May 12th
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Sunset Park’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 6:00 pm
Sunset Park’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 6:00 pm
A conversation with Mexican cultural anthropologist Cinthya Santos Briones and representatives from La Union, among others, followed by a 20 minute musical performance. Contact: Cinthya Santos Briones Phone: 347.666.1296
Sunday, May 13th – Flushing Meadow Park’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Queens’ annual Cinco de Mayo day-long celebration, this year
honoring the battle of Puebla, will take place on Mother’s Day with an
international roster of artists from Latin America at Flushing Meadows Corona
Park. Sak Tzevul will offer a FREE 30 minute performance. Sak Tzevul
performance time (TBA). Contact: Carmelo Maceda Phone: 212.531.0552
Thursday, May 17th -
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
(NoMAA), 7:00 pm
NoMAA in Washington Heights will host a presentation of the
band at The Cornerstone Center for a suggested donation FEE $10.00 from 7 to 9
pm. Haitian, cultural activist,
educator and curator, Ms. Dowoti Desir, will provide opening remarks related to
the universal and spiritual themes evident in contemporary Indigenous cultural
production across racial lines. Presented in association with the OGUN
Taskforce and the DDPA Watch Group.
Location: 178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10040. Phone:
(212) 568-4396.
May 18th - Central Harlem 8:00 pm
Sak Tzevul an intimate Salon performance at the home of Judge Hope,
Sak Tzevul an intimate Salon performance at the home of Judge Hope,
2601 Frederick Douglass Blvd. Apt P1
For information please call 727-510-9795 or email habanaharlem@gmail.com
Thursday, May 24th - Lincoln Center’s Rubenstein Atrium,
8:30 pm
Lincoln Center’s Rubenstein Atrium will present Sak Tzevul
as part of their Target Free Thursdays, Meet the Artist® Series. The band will
offer a FREE public performance. Location: Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
is located at Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets.
