Come join four Viequense community organizations for an afternoon gathering that celebrates the history of Vieques and the work being done to strengthen rhizomatic connections necessary to flourish futures in the broad Puerto Rican archipelago. This event follows the Friday, November 8 panel “Radical Sovereignties, Radical Archives.”

The afternoon gathering will feature the Archivo Histórico de Vieques, La Colmena Cimarrona, Vidas Viequenses Valen and La Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses.

There will also be poetry reading by Nicole Cecilia Delgado and Mariposa (María Teresa Fernández), an art workshop with Sandra Reyes, and exhibition tours of Materials of Solidarity by Nadine Fattaleh, Student Artist-in-Residence at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. There will be presentations, booths, art, music and food.

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Event Schedule

• 3:10pm Opening remarks by Alexandra Connelly and Mariposa (María Teresa Fernández)

• 3:15pm Welcome  by Marie Cruz Soto, with introduction to the exhibit Materials of Solidarity by Nadine Fattaleh

• 3:30pm Poetry Reading by Nicole Cecilia Delgado and Mariposa

• 3:50pm Presentation by Archivo Histórico de Vieques 

• 4:00pm Presentation by Corazones en Reconstrucción

• 4:20pm Presentation by Vidas Viequenses Valen 

• 4:40pm Presentation by Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses

• 5:00pm Presentation by Colmena Cimarrona

• 5:20pm Food and Merriment!

• 4:10pm Arts Workshop with Sandra Reyes

• 3-5pm Exhibition Tours: Materials of Solidarity with Nadine Fattaleh

Exhibit by Art Collective Corazones en Reconstrucción

Tables from

• Archivo Histórico de Vieques 

• Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses 

• Vidas Viequenses Valen 

• Colmena Cimarrona 

• Nicole Cecilia Delgado from La Impresora

This event is organized by NYU Gallatin and The Latinx Project and co-sponsored by the Urban Democracy Lab, and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.

Image Credit: “Protesta contra la marina”, 1964, Archivo Histórico de Vieques (AHV).