A Photo Exhibit of Indigenous Mexican
Farmworkers in California
October 29, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm
Presentation and Photo Exhibit followed by a reception
Institute of the Americas
University of California, San Diego campus
La Jolla, California Directions
The event is free, but registrations are requested.
REGISTER
La Jolla, California Directions
The event is free, but registrations are requested.
REGISTER
The exhibit is composed of a series of powerful photographs by award-winning journalist and documentary photographer David Bacon and moving narratives that explore the unique challenges facing California’s indigenous Mexican communities. It documents the consequences of economic dislocation from Mexico and the challenges these dislocated communities face in California.
But the exhibit also celebrates the culture and community spirit that sustains these migrants who are agents of change, questioning unfair work conditions, working for better housing and making critical decisions about their community.
Estimates indicate that over half of California’s farm worker population is comprised of Mexican migrants. Speaking several languages other than Spanish, these communities of Mixteco, Triqui, Zapoteco, Chatino, and Purepecha remain marginalized and with limited access to safe, affordable housing and social services.
This traveling exhibition is a partnership between David Bacon and two non-profit organizaions, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations . The exhibition is partially funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support for the project was provided by the California Council of The Humanities and The California Endowment.
But the exhibit also celebrates the culture and community spirit that sustains these migrants who are agents of change, questioning unfair work conditions, working for better housing and making critical decisions about their community.
Estimates indicate that over half of California’s farm worker population is comprised of Mexican migrants. Speaking several languages other than Spanish, these communities of Mixteco, Triqui, Zapoteco, Chatino, and Purepecha remain marginalized and with limited access to safe, affordable housing and social services.
This traveling exhibition is a partnership between David Bacon and two non-profit organizaions, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations . The exhibition is partially funded by the Ford Foundation. Additional support for the project was provided by the California Council of The Humanities and The California Endowment.
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