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Un Año Después María: Marching and Healing
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Plaza Betances, Villa Victoria
100 West Dedham St., Boston, Massachusetts
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5:30-6:00: gather at Betances Plaza in Villa Victoria - first 200 people can pick up beautiful prints and write on the back. Free pastelitos will be available (gracias Jose Aponte y Nelsida Peña)!
6:00-6:30: open the space, honor the land, hear blessings, stories, and poems from Taíno and Puerto Rican people (Luana Morales, Chali'naru Dones, Bryana Cueto, y Marta Rodriguez).
6:30: start to march toward Back Bay to Seth Klarman's place of work (Seth is the owner of over $900 million of Puerto Rico's debt) - live Plena music by Sandra Marcelino, Tito Ayala, y Gabriel will begin. The music will lead us into a march where people will carry the prints, posters, and a handcrafted coffin to Seth.
7:15-7:30: arrive to Seth Klarman - collectively create a memorial + hear love words. learn about various U.S. colonial policies that cause Puerto Rican people to experience economic exploitation and political inequality from Jasmine Gomez. listen to poetry by Yara Liceaga.
7:30: march back to healing space in South End - un live cuatro performance by Fabiola Mendez will lead us back to the healing space. It will be a candlelit procession.
8:00-9:30: healing space will be open in St. Stephen's Church (419 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA 02118) - there will be free food, live Bomba music, and a healing station with aromatherapy, herbs, compassionate listening, and energy work.
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Join us as we mourn and celebrate those that have passed from the combination of Hurricane Maria and the crisis created by the United States in Puerto Rico.
A year after this disaster, Puerto Ricans still lack access to reliable utilities; hundreds of schools have been closed on the islands; the University of Puerto Rico's budget has been slashed in half; pensions for public employees have been cut; houses on the islands are being foreclosed on and bought up by investors; electricity, the beach, and other resources are being privatized; and, so many other austerity measures are still being enacted. All this while hedge fund investors get timely payments for their predatory lending.
All of these decisions were made by the unelected board of officials (nominated by Congress) that controls economic policy in Puerto Rico (through legislation called PROMESA). The largest banks and hedge funds continue to squeeze the island with repayment plans that strip away democracy and saps any investment from Puerto Rican education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
We will start at Villa Victoria, a space many Puerto Ricans fought to keep in the Boston community. We will then march to Seth Klarman's office, who has knowingly been extorting the island. Seth provides an example of a deep systemic issue - the revolving door between government, banks and hedge funds that continues the cycle of colonization and devastation.
At the end, we will come together and heal. We will offer space for those who would like to share their stories, laugh, and cry together.
Our demands include:
Repeal the Jones Act now!
Repeal PROMESA and dissolve the Fiscal Control Board now!
Cancel the debt and pay reparations now!
No privatization of education!
No privatization of public resources!
The Decolonization process must begin now!
Agenda coming soon!
Contact: mijente.boston@gmail.com for questions or to get involved in planning!
Co-sponsors:
AgitArte
Raíces Borikén Collective
Seeds of Our Ancestors
ANSWER Coalition
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
United American Indians of New England
Black Lives Matter Boston
SURJ Boston
The Network / La Red
National Lawyers Guild Boston Chapter
Jewish Voice for Peace
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Acompáñanos a conmemorar y celebrar aquéllxs que fallecieron como resultado del huracán María y las crisis creadas en Puerto Rico por los Estados Unidos.
A un año de este desastre, demasiadxs puertorriqueñxs aún carecen de acceso a electricidad; cientos de escuelas han sido cerradas en el archipiélago; el presupuesto de la Universidad de Puerto Rico ha sido cortado por la mitad; y así muchísimas otras medidas de austeridad continúan siendo implementadas. Todo esto mientras inversionistas de fondo de cobertura reciben pagos puntuales por sus préstamos abusivos.
Todas estas decisiones fueron hechas por una junta de oficiales no elegidxs (nominadxs por el congreso) que controlan la política económica en Puerto Rico (a través de legislación llamada PROMESA). Los bancos e inversionistas más grandes continúan exprimiendo al archipiélago con planes de pago que desmantelan la democracia y desvían cualquier inversión en la educación, cuidado de la salud, e infraestructura en Puerto Rico.
Empezaremos en Villa Victoria, un espacio que muchxs puertorriqueñxs batallaron para conservar en la comunidad de Boston. Luego marcharemos a la oficina de Seth Klarman, quien ha estado extorsionando deliberadamente a Puerto Rico. Seth es un claro ejemplo de un problema sistémico profundo - la complicidad entre el gobierno, bancos, e inversionistas que propagan el ciclo de colonización y devastación.
Para cerrar, nos uniremos en sanación. Ofreceremos espacio para aquéllxs que quieran compartir sus historias, reír, y llorar juntos.
Nuestras demandas incluyen:
Derogar el Acta Jones
Derogar PROMESA y desmantelar la Junta de Control Fiscal
Cancelar la deuda y pagar desagravios
¡No privatizar la educación!
¡No privatizar los recursos públicos!
¡El proceso de decolonización tiene que comenzar ahora!
La agenda será compartida pronto.
Si tienes preguntas o quieres involucrarte en la planificación, contacta a mijente.boston@gmai.com.
Join us as we mourn and celebrate those that have passed from the combination of Hurricane Maria and the crisis created by the United States in Puerto Rico.
A year after this disaster, Puerto Ricans still lack access to reliable utilities; hundreds of schools have been closed on the islands; the University of Puerto Rico's budget has been slashed in half; pensions for public employees have been cut; houses on the islands are being foreclosed on and bought up by investors; electricity, the beach, and other resources are being privatized; and, so many other austerity measures are still being enacted. All this while hedge fund investors get timely payments for their predatory lending.
All of these decisions were made by the unelected board of officials (nominated by Congress) that controls economic policy in Puerto Rico (through legislation called PROMESA). The largest banks and hedge funds continue to squeeze the island with repayment plans that strip away democracy and saps any investment from Puerto Rican education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
We will start at Villa Victoria, a space many Puerto Ricans fought to keep in the Boston community. We will then march to Seth Klarman's office, who has knowingly been extorting the island. Seth provides an example of a deep systemic issue - the revolving door between government, banks and hedge funds that continues the cycle of colonization and devastation.
At the end, we will come together and heal. We will offer space for those who would like to share their stories, laugh, and cry together.
Our demands include:
Repeal the Jones Act now!
Repeal PROMESA and dissolve the Fiscal Control Board now!
Cancel the debt and pay reparations now!
No privatization of education!
No privatization of public resources!
The Decolonization process must begin now!
Agenda coming soon!
Contact: mijente.boston@gmail.com for questions or to get involved in planning!
Co-sponsors:
AgitArte
Raíces Borikén Collective
Seeds of Our Ancestors
ANSWER Coalition
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
United American Indians of New England
Black Lives Matter Boston
SURJ Boston
The Network / La Red
National Lawyers Guild Boston Chapter
Jewish Voice for Peace
******************************
Acompáñanos a conmemorar y celebrar aquéllxs que fallecieron como resultado del huracán María y las crisis creadas en Puerto Rico por los Estados Unidos.
A un año de este desastre, demasiadxs puertorriqueñxs aún carecen de acceso a electricidad; cientos de escuelas han sido cerradas en el archipiélago; el presupuesto de la Universidad de Puerto Rico ha sido cortado por la mitad; y así muchísimas otras medidas de austeridad continúan siendo implementadas. Todo esto mientras inversionistas de fondo de cobertura reciben pagos puntuales por sus préstamos abusivos.
Todas estas decisiones fueron hechas por una junta de oficiales no elegidxs (nominadxs por el congreso) que controlan la política económica en Puerto Rico (a través de legislación llamada PROMESA). Los bancos e inversionistas más grandes continúan exprimiendo al archipiélago con planes de pago que desmantelan la democracia y desvían cualquier inversión en la educación, cuidado de la salud, e infraestructura en Puerto Rico.
Empezaremos en Villa Victoria, un espacio que muchxs puertorriqueñxs batallaron para conservar en la comunidad de Boston. Luego marcharemos a la oficina de Seth Klarman, quien ha estado extorsionando deliberadamente a Puerto Rico. Seth es un claro ejemplo de un problema sistémico profundo - la complicidad entre el gobierno, bancos, e inversionistas que propagan el ciclo de colonización y devastación.
Para cerrar, nos uniremos en sanación. Ofreceremos espacio para aquéllxs que quieran compartir sus historias, reír, y llorar juntos.
Nuestras demandas incluyen:
Derogar el Acta Jones
Derogar PROMESA y desmantelar la Junta de Control Fiscal
Cancelar la deuda y pagar desagravios
¡No privatizar la educación!
¡No privatizar los recursos públicos!
¡El proceso de decolonización tiene que comenzar ahora!
La agenda será compartida pronto.
Si tienes preguntas o quieres involucrarte en la planificación, contacta a mijente.boston@gmai.com.
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