Following a recent trip to Mexico to connect with his paternal roots and learn traditional tallow candle-making techniques, Jorge González  sets up a candle-making site as an altar on the fence of The Clemente, enacting Escuela’s continuous, embodied work of community regeneration. Titled Cantemos desde el pecho de la Ceiba: Elegía para  un antes y después on Day Five of the Vera List Center Forum 2021  González hosts this event in collaboration with artist Monica Rodriguez (La Germinal), Kultura Dyad, and others, González leads a reading and listening session that proclaims an Indigenous, queer, and feminist future with a focus on the writings of Puerto Rican anarchist and feminist writer Luisa Capetillo.  

The collective learning, care, and nurturing of community and resources at the core of Escuela’s practice is often grounded by shared meals. For this gathering, sancocho and cassava bread will be served by the Society of the Educational Arts, Inc.

The gathering around the altar continues with candle distribution and an open mic session led by Kultura Dyad.

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This event is hosted at and in collaboration with The Clemente, with the support of Bluestockings Cooperative.

This event is part of the Vera List Center Forum 2021, please click here for more information.