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Santa Cruz Gives for SENDEROS
It’s that time of year again — Santa Cruz Gives is kicking off their 9th annual community fundraising campaign and we couldn’t be more excited to be one of the 63 nonprofits participating! Thank you Good Times and all the sponsors!
As you know, at Senderos we strive to provide culturally rich experiences and opportunities for Latino youth and families in our community free of charge. As holiday season approaches, we urge you to consider donating to this fundraiser to support Senderos’ mission and vision.
Every dollar makes a difference for the Senderos community, donations start as little as $5!
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PoderArte x Senderos
June 2023: Senderos was 1 of 28 organizations that received the PoderArte grant to create our community video project Cantos Entre Senderos. PoderArte was launched to amplify the importance of arts and culture and to channel vital resources to our artists—the culture bearers, keepers, and teachers who help us dream up a better world.
CANTOS ENTRE SENDEROS
With support from LCF PoderArte, Senderos collaborated with Jaime Molina and Joaquin Barreto to lead a self- and community-care retreat for our instructors, youth, and their families. Following the retreat, we collaborated with local filmmaker Megan Martinez Goltz who gathered and weaved the stories of retreat participants to create Cantos Entre Senderos video series.
Through these stories, we hope to strengthen the power of intergenerational unity for a collective future. Communities cultivate hope, motivation, and trust when their cultural richness and generational gifts are honored, embodied, and shared with pride.
Episode 5 – La Abundancia (coming soon!)
Thank you
Latino Community Foundation for creating this moving fund PoderArte
Maestras y Maestros Jenny Robles, Chanel Robles, David Mendez, and Raul Diaz for facilitating community connection; Maestra Fe Silva Robles for planting the seed and tending the growth of our community. Jaime Molina and Joaquin Barretto for creating a space of power and learning; Dr. Nereida Robles, Gustavo Gonzalez Escroto, Yazmin Berenice Escoto Machuca, Lucia Magdalena Manuel Jimenez for being amazing storytellers; Megan Martinez Goltz, Sam Cruz, Paco Serrano, Erika Staud, Rita Carmona, and Marcus Cisneros for capturing and weaving the stories; and Isaí Pazos and Carolyn Coleman for all the support.
Historias de Cultura, Oaxaca in Santa Cruz: Comida, Medicine and Music
Santa Cruz filmmaker Megan Martinez Goltz made 3 films in partnership with Senderos. While finding ways to recover during the COVID-19 post-pandemic era, indigenous elders share how accessing traditions from their homelands in Oaxaca are a vital tool for healing not only themselves but also their communities in Santa Cruz, California. This 3 part series explores elements of comida (food), medicina (medicine), and música (music), and how each of these items carry specific traditions helping to uplift throughout all aspects of life. The films are currently being shown at film festivals. Stay tuned for your opportunity to watch them. In the meantime, please enjoy this trailer: