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Historias orales de resistencia ambiental

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Historias orales de resistencia ambiental
Mayo 5, 2019,  2-4PM  

Como parte de la exhibición Desenredar las formas colectivas, los miembros activistas Jennifer Reyes, Dimas Efren, Donis e Hilda Dueñas de el grupo East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice y la artista Carolina Caycedo comparten historias de resistencia en Los Ángeles y otras latitudes.

Este event tendrá interpretación simultanea en inglés/espańol

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Biografía

Jennifer Reyes es una alumna de 16 años en la preparatoria Bell Gardens. Ella juega para los equipos de waterpolo y natación de la preparatoria BG High School y para Commerce. Ella ha participando con East Yard y Youth Action desde el primer año de preparatoria.

Dimas Efren Donis es un dreamer desde su nacimiento, interesado en todas las causas nobles y justas, ciudadano guatemalteco y estadounidense, un inmigrante en California, Estados Unidos. Casado con Maria Candelaria a los 19 años y con dos hijos que son su orgullo y alegría Dimas ha ejercido distintos trabajos, como gerente de una gasolinera, y como muchos otros inmigrantes, muchos otros trabajos.

Mi nombre es Hilda Dueñas. Nací en Santa Lucia municipio de Labarca Jalisco, Mexico. Soy Mexicana. Vine a los Estados Unidos cuando tenia 17 años en busca de un futuro mejor, me casé en 1984 en la ciudad de Wilmington, CA. Trabajé en diferentes lugares, lo cual me permitieron apoyar a mis tres hijas. Cuando ellas entraron a la primaria, comencé a involucrarme con la comunidad de Long Beach, CA. Tengo 10 años siendo miembro de EYCEJ, organización que cuida del medio ambiente. Hoy, soy abuela y sigo en la lucha preocupándome por mis nietos. Ahora soy ciudadana de los Estados Unidos por medio de la naturalización y me siento más segura de vivir en este país de inmigrantes.

Carolina Caycedo (1978) nació en Londres de padres colombianos. Caycedo trasciende los espacios institucionales para trabajar el ámbito social, donde participa en movimientos de resistencia territorial y justicia ambiental, economías solidarias y la vivienda como un derecho humano. Su práctica artística tiene una dimensión colectiva en la que el perfomance, el dibujo, la fotografía y el video no son solo un resultado final, sino que forman parte del proceso de investigación y acción de la artista. Mediante un trabajo que investiga las relaciones entre movimiento y represión, asimilación y resistencia, representación y control, aborda contextos, grupos y comunidades que se ven afectados por proyectos de desarrollo y extractivismo, como la construcción de represas, la privatización del agua y sus consecuencias en las comunidades ribereñas. Caycedo vive y trabaja en Los Angeles.

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ) es una organización con bases comunitarias que trabaja para facilitar la autogestión en East Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles y Long Beach. Al proporcionar talleres y capacitaciones, EYCEJ prepara a los miembros de la comunidad para participar en los procesos de toma de decisiones que afectan directamente su salud y calidad de vida.

Filed Under: 2015-2019, LACE Tagged With: Carolina Caycedo, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Historias orales de resistencia ambiental, Se habla español

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