{"id":69764,"date":"2025-12-09T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=69764"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:56:10","slug":"ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"S.F. Latino community is mourning Ricardo \u201cTigre\u201d Pe\u00f1a. Help us celebrate his life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ricardo \u201cEl Tigre\u201d Pe\u00f1a, one of the Mission District\u2019s most beloved elders and cultural leaders, passed away late Sunday night. Pe\u00f1a leaves a profound legacy in the Bay Area. He worked with youth as a teaching artist at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, led Danza Azteca performances alongside his wife, Connie, and helped run Mixcoatl, the family\u2019s vibrant 24th Street storefront known for its Indigenous handcrafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Donate: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mealtrain.com\/trains\/r08qov\">Support Connie and her family amid loss<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pe\u00f1a\u2019s unwavering commitment to preserving Indigenous traditions made him a guardian of memory for the community. The sound of his drums will continue to echo throughout the halls and streets of the Mission, carrying his spirit forward. Pe\u00f1a leaves behind a family and a community who loved him deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we honor his life, <em>El Tecolote <\/em>is creating space for community voices. We invite you to share an anecdote, memory or photograph of Ricardo that you are willing to share with us. Selected submissions will be published in the Jan. 8 print edition of <em>El Tecolote<\/em>, our first issue of the new year. Thank you for helping us preserve his legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc6ZEBxH66VdgWjXgq0mCBCbANs_XJQUtus_j7PMeLuyuZvjQ\/viewform?usp=dialog\"><strong>Share your story here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to share an anecdote, memory or photograph of Ricardo that you are willing to share with us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88891,"featured_media":69780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25226,4],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18460],"class_list":["post-69764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-voices","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help us celebrate the life Ricardo \u201cTigre\u201d Pe\u00f1a<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We invite you to share an anecdote, memory or photograph of Ricardo that you are willing to share with us.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help us celebrate the life Ricardo \u201cTigre\u201d Pe\u00f1a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We invite you to share an anecdote, memory or photograph of Ricardo that you are willing to share with us.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"El Tecolote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElTecoloteSF\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T00:37:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-28T21:56:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/09122025-RICARDOPENA-ET-PU-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"El Tecolote Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@eltecolotesf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eltecolotesf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"El Tecolote Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/en\\\/ricardo-tigre-pena-call-for-submission\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"El Tecolote Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eltecolote.org\\\/content\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac6a772a1de69bbd20ed3c16c65767fb\"},\"headline\":\"S.F. 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