La Misión es hogar a docenas de restaurantes—una gran fuente de empleo para los muchos trabajadores indocumentados y marginales que viven y trabajan aquí. Pero esta combinación de trabajadores batallando, a veces desesperados, y los dueños de pequeños negocios en una industria competitiva quienes luchan por mantenerse a flote durante la mala economía, frecuentemente llevan a abusos de derechos laborales.
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Panchitas #3 employees still waiting on back wages
The Mission District is home to dozens of restaurants—a major source of employment for the many undocumented and marginal laborers who live and work here. But this combination of struggling, sometimes desperate, workers and small business owners in a competitive industry, who are fighting to stay afloat during a down economy, can often lead to labor rights abuses.
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Talleres de Poesia
An evening with Mamakoatl (AKA Sylvia Parra) & Friends. Mamakoatl launches her new book “Mi ca(u)sa es tu ca(u)sa”. With performances by the usual suspects: Jorge Tetl Argueta, Nancy Aidé González, Patricia Fernandez, Grupo Conciencia, Maria Machetes, Roberto E. Vargas, Paula Tejeda Rieloff, Maria Rosa Galdamez, Alfredo Gomez, Betty Sanchez, Laboheme Awad, Arnoldo Pintor, Dorothy […]
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Cinema Errante Presents: Vozes Brasileiras Do Cinema / Brazilian Voices of Cinema
Sundays, April 15 – June 24 • 8pm • April 15: “Antonio das Mortes” [O Dragão da Maldade O Santo Guerreiro] by Glauber Rocha, 1969, Brazil, 100 mins. & “City Under Water,” by *Savana Vagueiro, 2011, USA, 4 mins. • Filmmaker will be at Q&A after film short • May 6: “O Cangaçeiro” [The Bandit […]
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Poetry Projection Project
WritersCorps presents short films & videos based on youth writing to celebrate National Poetry Month, at the Mission Cultural Center and online at WritersCorps.org. WritersCorps will award two $200 cash prizes; one prize for the best piece by an adult age 23 and over, and one prize for the best piece by a young person […]
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John Brown’s Truth
A musically improvised drama by William Crossman; a blend of Afro-Caribbean music Jazz, and European-classical music, spoken-word and dance, to tell the story of anti-slavery abolitionist John Brown’s raid 150 years ago in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, that played a vital role as a prelude to the American Civil War and freedom for black slaves in […]
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Tragica muerte enfatiza falta de responsibilidad
En menos de nueve meses, dos peatones han muerto en San Francisco a causa de cyclistas imprudentes; la víctima mas reciente fue herida el 29 de marzo.
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Tragic death highlights need for responsibility
In less than nine months, two pedestrians have been killed in San Francisco due to reckless cyclists; the most recent victim was injured on March 29.
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Eddie Palmieri Building Bridges
This will be an event to support immigrant justice, and to raise fund in an effort to increase public awareness about the human rights crisis unfolding along the US/Mexico border. Dolores Street Community Services and their allies extend their solidarity to organizations like No More Deaths, a Tucson-based Group, dedicated to stopping the death and […]
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Artistas Latinoamericanos del Arte Moderno
Sábado, 14 de abril • 3:30pm Una destacada selección de 57 obras de 21 maestros del arte moderno latinoamericano del movimiento artístico generado durante los años sesentas y setentas. Con obras de artistas de ocho países la colección incluye a Nina & Romeo Tabuena y Leticia Tarrago de México; Luís Arias Vera y José Milner […]