Día de los Muertos Community Altar and Celebration
Event Date:
Thursday, November 1, 2012 -
2:30pm to 6:00pm
Event Location:
CSRC Library (144 Haines Hall) and patio
Please join us for our community altar and Day of the Dead celebration. Bring a photo, ofrenda, poem or palabras in honor of ancestors and past loved ones. This year we will be honoring the memory of Tatiana de la Tierra (1961-2012), Latina lesbian activist, poet, and CSRC friend and donor. The program will feature East Los Angeles poets Olga García Echeverría and Melissa Whitley, and mujeres de UCLA.
Co-sponsored by MALCS de UCLA and the CSRC
2:30-4:00 p.m. Face painting
4:00-6:00 p.m. Day of the Dead celebration
Sugar skulls will be for sale ($2-$10) as a fundraiser to send students to the next MALCS Summer Institute.
This event is FREE