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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014
HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
450 GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX, NY 12 PM - 7 PM
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9th Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & 3rd Annual Book Expo - November 22, 2014
The Program
OPENING REMARKS
12PM - 12:15PM
Teresa A. Santiago,
Chairwoman,
Comité Noveimbre
Luis Cordero
Co-Chair,
CN Artisan Fair Committee
John MacElwee
Director
Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture
Candy Warixi Soto
Taíno Ceremonial Blessing
WORKSHOPS:
1 - Adult’s Workshop - 1PM - 1:45PM
Bomba Dancing by Milteri Tucker
2 - Adult’s Workshop - 1:50PM - 2:35PM
* Author’s Workshop - Creating a Journal by Maria Aponte
3 - Children’s Workshop - 2:45PM - 3:30PM
Taino Storytelling by Bobby Gonzalez
4 - Children’s Workshop - 3:40PM - 4:25PM
Story of the Three Kings by Teresa Santiago
SLIDE SHOW:
South Bronx Spirit
by Perla de Leon
MUSIC:
DJ Carlito Boricua
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ana Alicea
* This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Dear Friends:
On behalf of Comité Noviembre, CN, I want to welcome you to the 9th
Annual Artisans Fair and Exhibit. Once again, CN has invited artisans
from throughout the US and Puerto Rico to participate in this Fair and
has transformed, Hostos Community College into a typical Puerto Rican
plaza with artists, sculptors, vejigante mask makers promoting and
selling their wares while musical and cultural acts entertained throughout
the day. The cultural workshops were a hit for both children and adults.
Since its inception in 2006, the Artisans Fair has boasted an attendance of over 3000 people each
year thanks to you – the community.
Established in 1987, CN is the collective effort of thirteen key Puerto Rican organizations:
the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, ASPIRA of New York, Centro de Estudios
Puertorriqueños, El Museo del Barrio, El Puente, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College,
Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena,
LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Música de Cámara, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights–
Justice Committee, the National Institute for Latino Policy, and the National Conference of
Puerto Rican Women and the Puerto Rico Federal AffairsAdministration (that serves in an
advisory capacity) which plan and coordinate el mes de la herencia puertorriqueña.
The charge of CN is to create awareness of our rich culture, language, and heritage and to
acknowledge and take ownership of it everyday but especially during the month of November.
Our 2014 theme: ‘‘La Diaspora Puertorriqueña … un legado de compromiso/The Puerto Rican
Diaspora… A Legacy of Commitment’’ celebrates the commitment of the Puerto Ricans that
came before us and struggled against many obstacles to build organizations, empower our
community and achieve the necessary changes of their time so that today Puerto Ricans and
other Latinos benefit from their commitment, dedication and perseverance. CN humbly tries to
honor these pioneers of the Diaspora everyday through the work that we do by preserving and
protecting their legacy of commitment.
An event like this takes many hours of planning and coordination. First and foremost, I want to
thank Interim President David Gómez for making Hostos our home. To the members of the
committee that executed this great event, beginning with our leader the Chair of the Artisans Fair
committee Luis Cordero, president, Cemi Underground and co-founder of Puerto Rican Institute
for the Development of the Arts, (PRIDA) and artisan Olga Ayala, know that I am extremely
grateful. Special thanks to John MacElwee and Felix Arocho and of Hostos Center for the Arts
and Culture, Alicia Rodriguez, CN Board Secretary and Maria Aponte, co-coordinator of the
Book Expo and the many volunteers that have assisted in the success of this event.
On a personal note, I am extremely proud that this annual CN Artisan Fair has been the catalyst
for the development of PRIDA, an organization whose mission is to assists, promote and support
Puerto Rican artists as well as advocate for, empower and service its members.
As children of the Diaspora let us honor the commitment and dedication of the pioneros that
came before us and opened the doors for so many of us. We stand on their shoulders and we
must never forget. We must preserve the history, victories, accomplishments, and struggles of
the Puerto Rican Diaspora and honor everyday ese legado de compromiso!
Sincerely,
Teresa A. Santiago
Chairwoman
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The Artists
AYALA, OLGA
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-448-0730
[email protected]
DEL VALLE, DANIEL
Bronx, NY 10467
718-881-5821
[email protected]
AYALA, CARMEN
New York, NY 10029
917-573-9054
[email protected]
ESCALANTE, NELLIE
Bronx, NY 10453
347-726-6736
[email protected]
BRULL, PEDRO
Harmony, FL 34773
401-361-8021
[email protected]
FEBRES O’FARRILL, NELSON
Caguas, PR 00726
[email protected]
CABRERA, JOHANNA M.
Woodside, NY 11377
347-645-9858
[email protected]
COLON, YARISA
Bronx, NY 10451
347-724-8964
[email protected]
CORDERO, LUIS
Yonkers, NY 10704
914-505-5482
[email protected]
CRUZ-FEBRES, MILDRED
Yonkers, NY 10705
908-499-8372
[email protected]
DARK, VINNIE
New York, NY 10029
646-269-3710
[email protected]
FERGUSON WARREN, TY
Luquillo, PR 00773
787-239-1699
[email protected]
GALARZA, MIGDALIA
Chicago, IL 60647
773-276-8140
[email protected]
GARCIA, LULU
New York, NY 10033
212-568-5081
[email protected]
GARRIGA, ERIS
Brooklyn, NY 11234
404-734-8982
[email protected]
HUERTAS, VINCENT
Rio Grande, PR 00745
787-909-7862
[email protected]
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The Artists
JIMENEZ, IRVING ISAAC
Canovanas, PR 00729
787-237-9539
[email protected]
LUCCA, CARMEN D.
Bronx, NY 10468
718-367-0780
[email protected]
MARRERO, ELENA
Bronx, NY
917-374-9886
[email protected]
MARTELL, ESPERANZA
New York, NY 10032
212-927-9065
[email protected]
MEDINA FELICIANO, MARTA
Bronx, NY 10463
347-675-2469
[email protected]
MOLINA, MERCEDES
New York, NY 10029
646-283-6251
[email protected]
MORALES, SARA
Bronx, NY 10456
212-650-8748
[email protected] & snappyviv@
gmail.com
PABON DE LANDRON, YVELISSE
Ashland, MA 01721
508-881-1982
[email protected]
PAGAN, LUIS & LEENDA
Bronx, NY10453
347-739-8249
[email protected]
[email protected]
RANGEL, FELIPE & REBECCA
Bellrose, NY 11426
347-531-8271
[email protected]
RIVERA, FREEBIE
Mount Vernon, NY 10052
718-614-2067
[email protected]
RODRIGUEZ, MARTA IRIS
Bronx, NY 10468
646-725-3896
[email protected]
RODRIGUEZ, JOSÉ
Bronx, NY 10465
347-582-2437
[email protected]
RODRIGUEZ, JULIO
Bronx, NY 10465
[email protected]
SALIVA, TAMARA
Bronx, NY 10456
856-397-1364
[email protected]
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The Artists
SANCHEZ-VELASQUEZ, NANETTE
New York, NY 10026
917-603-4619
[email protected]
SUAZO, JUAN CARLOS
New York, NY 10019
212-541-5586
[email protected]
SANTIAGO, GRACIELA
Luquillo, PR 00773
[email protected]
TORRES, YANIRA ZAYAS
Las Piedras, PR 00771
787-733-0279
[email protected]
SANTIAGO, JENNY
Bronx, NY 10468
212-410-0030
[email protected]
TORRES, TANYA
New York, NY 10029
646-267-9681
[email protected]
SANTOS MARTINEZ, ROSA
Caguas, PR 00726
[email protected]
TUCKER, MILTERI
Bronx, NY 10462
[email protected]
The Authors
APONTE, MARIA
Bronx, NY 10467
646-342-3487
[email protected]
FRIEDMAN, ROBERT
Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-592-9191
[email protected]
ARROYO_RUFFIN, NANCY
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
347-218-0159
[email protected]
GARCIA, AXEL
St. Albans, NY 11412
646-459-5863
[email protected]
FIGUEROA, JOSE ANGEL
New York, NY 10027
347-964-8600
[email protected]
GONZALEZ-TAYLOR, YADHIRA
Bronx, NY 10469
718-923-5113
[email protected]
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The Authors
HERRERA, MARISEL
N. Bayshore, 11706
516-991-8892
[email protected]
RIVERA, RAFAEL
Yonkers, NY 10704
646-234-8920
[email protected]
MARTINEZ, MONINCA
Mahopac, NY 10541
914-469-9751
[email protected]
RIVERA, ADRIANA ERIN
Hoboken, NJ 07030
908-578-5862
[email protected]
MELÉNDEZ, MANUEL
Sunnyside, NY 11104
718-784-2643
[email protected]
RODRIGUEZ, GLORIA
Bronx, NY 10471
347-879-4515
[email protected]
MENDEZ, YVETTE
Montclair, NJ 07042
973-518-1537
[email protected]
RODRIGUEZ, NOEL
Bronx, NY 10469
201-364-5157
[email protected]
MORALES, MARIA
[email protected]
VARELA, THERESA
Brooklyn, NY 11215
917-803-5694
[email protected]
NIEVES, MYRNA
New York, NY 10029
347-218-0977
[email protected]
PEREZ, ANNETTE
New York, NY 10128
646-256-9615
[email protected]
POUCHIE, NAOMI
Bronx, NY 10465
646-645-9872
[email protected]
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VELEZ, EMILIO
Bronx, NY 10473
917-346-3023
[email protected]
VICENTE, ALIDIS
Springfield, NJ 07081
201-407-0651
[email protected]
WINNIK, JAVIER
New York NY 10002
[email protected]
9th Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & 3rd Annual Book Expo - November 22, 2014
The Cultural Workshops
Journal Writing
Workshop
Writing from Home:
Puerto Rican Identity: How do we define
ourselves?
by Maria Aponte
Author Maria Aponte will be
presenting a journal writing workshop on identity and culture. How
cultural experiences and traditions
shape our lives, and are reflected
through writing and spoken word.
Participants will have an opportunity to write about an experience
that made a major impact on their
lives. They will be invited to write
a piece about that experience and
are welcomed to share it at the
Book Expo’s Open Mic.
Age level:
Open to teenagers & adults (English)
Participants: please feel free to
bring your journal and something
to write with. If this is your first
time journaling materials will be
provided.
Short Bio: Maria Aponte Author
of Transitions of a Nuyorican
Cinderella
Poet, Community Arts Activist/
Educator, Maria and has worked
extensively in Latino Theatre
against racial discrimination and
women’s rights. In 2010 she was
given special recognition for
her work by the Eve Ensler Org.
Transitions of a Nuyorican Cinderella won 2nd Place for Best
Poetry in English at the 2013 International Latino Book Awards.
Contact Maria Aponte at:
[email protected]
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All Day Slide Presentation
South Bronx Spirit
by Perla de Leon
In the 1970’s, as New York City experienced
a financial crisis that bordered on
bankruptcy, no community was hit harder
by converging social and political missteps
as the South Bronx. The community’s
demise began with the building of the
Cross Bronx Expressway by Robert Moses
who in an effort to connect New York City
with Long Island and New Jersey, as well
as upstate New York and New England,
designed a freeway that would cut right
through the center of the South Bronx,
displacing thousands of working class
residents and small businesses. Established
neighborhoods immediately decreased in
value, producing white flight and increased
unemployment. A perfect storm of failed
urban policies soon followed: widespread
insurance fraud, redlining by banks and a
concentration of welfare hotels and housing
run by absentee landlords. Once arson by
landlords and tenants took hold, over 40%
of the South Bronx would burn or become
abandoned between 1970-1980.
The Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA) of 1973, brought
artists and photographers to schools and
non-profit organizations in hard-pressed
communities. In 1979, En Foco, a Bronx
based photography organization, hired
me to teach photography at CS 61, an
elementary school on Charlotte St. in the
Crotona Park East section of the South
Bronx. I would soon become overwhelmed
by the difficulties my students encountered
on a daily basis. The photographs in this
exhibit were taken after school and on
weekends between 1979 and 1980.
In spite of the chaos and fires, the youth from
the South Bronx, the poorest congressional
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district in the United States, never lost
their creative spirit. During this turbulent
period, DJ Kool Herc gave birth to hip-hop
culture when he began incorporating D.J.’s,
rappers and emcees with break dancing
and later drum machines. Through block
parties and parties in the projects, BlackAmericans and Puerto Ricans contributed
to a movement that produced a vibrant
lifestyle that continues today to influence
dance, fashion and music genres around the
world.
Along with well-known rappers, prominent
South Bronx natives include Jennifer
Lopez, Willie Colon, Al Pacino, Colin
Powell, and Supreme Court Justice, Sonia
Sotomayor.
In 1986, Charlotte St. was rebuilt with
single-family homes. Two and three story
townhouses and tall apartment complexes
were built throughout Crotona Park and
adjacent neighborhoods.
Contact Perla at:
[email protected]
and visit her website at:
www.fotograficaproductions.com
The slide show will be in
classroom _______
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The Cultural Workshops
Taíno and Other
Native American
Stories
by Bobby Gonzalez
Take a journey through the lands
of the Taíno, the Aztec, Maya and
Aymara through stories that date
back more than a thousand years.
During this interactive program,
Gonzalez brings The Skunk Who
Fell in Love With the Moon, Matu
the Manatee, and other indigenous
tales to life with hand puppets and
audience participation. Among
the other legends to be performed
include Yeyo the Coqui, Amapola
and the Butterfly and the Brazilian myth of the Star Woman. This
repertoire of timeless fables, are
drawn from the cultures of Puerto
Rico, Bolivia, the Dominican
Republic and other countries from
Central and South America and the
Caribbean. Bobby will inspire your
imagination and take you on a voyage of fun and danger.
Age level: All ages
Bobby González is a nationally
known multicultural motivational
speaker, storyteller and poet.
Born and raised in the South
Bronx, he grew up in a bicultural
environment. Bobby draws on his
Native American (Taíno) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer
a unique repertoire of discourses,
readings and performances that
celebrates his indigenous heritage.
Contact Bobby Gonzalez at
www.bobbygonzalez.com
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The Cultural Workshops
Bomba Bombazo Dance Class
by Milteri Tucker
Come and learn how to Make That
Drum Talk!™ with dancer and
choreographer Milteri Tucker Concepcion. Born and raised in Puerto
Rico, she learned from the distinguished masters of the Island.
Milteri has developed a class
designed for the beginner bomba
dancer for both men and women.
Her classes provides a friendly,
non-competitive environment for
the entire family to enjoy!
Bomba is the song, music and
dance, practiced by our African
ancestors in the Island of Puerto
Rico, as a form of communication
and entertainment. Bomba dance
is a special language and dialogue
where the dancer and drummer
“talk”. As the dancer gives markings, the lead drummer follows. It
is precisely this conversation, that
begins with the dance.
Come learn the basic steps, figure,
timing and a peek of skirt technique for the ladies!
Age level: Adults
This workshop will be mainly in
Spanish.
Militeri Tucker can be reached
at: [email protected]
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The Cultural Workshops
Story of the 3 Kings
by Teresa A. Santiago
Children and families will be
inspired by the story of the three
Kings and how it is celebrated
and observed in Puerto Rico. As
a hands-on project participants
will be making paper crowns that
can be worn or used as a holiday
decoration.
Teresa A. Santiago is a collector
of Three Kings statures, paintings,
books, memorabilia from around
the world with an extensive collections that includes Three Kings
art from Italy, Germany, England,
France, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru,
Santo Domingo and of course
Puerto Rico. The heart of her collection focusing on Puerto Rican
artisans work.
Age level:
This workshop is appropriate for children as young as 3
if they have family assistance.
There is no age limit, you’re
never too old to make a crown.
She is a devout proponent of continuing the tradition of celebrating
the Feast of the Three Kings on
January 6.
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In Memoriam
Jack Agüeros was born on September Frank Espada, photographer, leader
2, 1934, in East Harlem. A community activist who has written extensively on issues
of immigration, Agüeros served as the director of the Museo del Barrio in East Harlem for eight years. A writer for the stage
and television as well as a poet, his work
deals with the complexities, challenges, and
struggles of the Puerto Rican experience in
America.
Agüeros’ books of poems include Lord,
Is This a Psalm? (Hanging Loose Press,
2002), Sonnets from the Puerto Rican
(Hanging Loose Press, 1996), and Correspondence Between Stonehaulers (1991).
He is also the translator of Song of the
Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (Curbstone Books, 1996), the
author of the stories collection Dominoes
& Other Stories from the Puerto Rican
(Curbstone Books, 1995), and the editor
of Immigrant Experience: The Anguish of
Becoming American (Dial, 1992). Agüeros
has received numerous awards for his work,
most recently the Asan World Prize for Poetry in 2012.
He died in New York City on May 4, 2014
at the age of 79.
(This bio is reproduced from
www.poets.org)
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and activist of New York’s Puerto Rican
community in the 1960s, died in California.
He was 84. Frank Espada, also father of the
renowned poet Martin Espada, gained nationwide fame after publishing “The Puerto
Rican Diaspora: Themes in the Survival of
a People,” in which he portrayed his fellow
islanders in different places doing different
things all across the United States. Born in
Utuado, Puerto Rico, in 1930, Espada was
9 years old when his family moved to New
York, where the photographer recalls a
childhood full of poverty and restrictions.
“We were quite poor, always struggling to
make ends meet, living in apartments with
no hot water or refrigerators, with no heat
in the winter and rats in the hallways.”
He had to put off his photographic ambitions to work at ordinary jobs to support his
family. He also got involved in the incipient
civil rights movement in New York, and in
1967 joined the community action project
dubbed The City-Wide Puerto Rican Development Program. Finally in 1979 he won a
scholarship from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, which enabled him to
carry out his dream of making a photographic history of the Puerto Rican diaspora
all across the United States. He documented more than 30 Puerto Rican communities
throughout the country and, among other
aspects, caught on film the labor of Puerto
Ricans in Hawaii, where more than 5,000
were recruited to work the sugarcane fields.
EFE/Fox News Latino website.
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COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE
mes de la herencia puertorriqueña
19TH ANNUAL
DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014 10AM TO 12NOON
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue, NYC, 2nd Floor
La Clinica del Barrio
413 E 120th Street, NYC
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2014 11AM TO 2PM
In the Brooklyn - TBD
In the Bronx
James Monroe/IPRHE Senior Center
1776 Story Ave, Bronx, NY
In Queens
Elmhurst Jackson Heights IPRHE Senior Center
75-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY
FOOD DRIVE - NON-PERISHABLE FOODS
ITEMS NEEDED TO CREATE A TYPICAL PUERTO RICAN THANKSGIVING MEAL
RICE
GANDULES
CANNED HAMS
BROWN SUGAR/MAPLE SYRUP
CLOVES
CANNED SLICED PINEAPPLES
CANNED YAMS
CANNED VEGETABLES
(CORN, GREEN BEANS MIXED) 5LB
BAG OF POTATOES
MAYONNAISE
CRANBERRY SAUCE
GRAVY
STUFFING (BOX)
CANNED FRUITS
(PINEAPPLES, PEACHES, FRUIT
COCKTAIL)
CRACKERS
COOKIES
PERMALOT MILK
SODA
COFFEE
SUGAR
MEDIUM/LARGE BASKETS
NAPKINS
For the past nineteen years, Comité Noviembre has set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a day of community service and social
responsibility in commemoration of November 19th, traditionally known as Puerto Rican discovery day or as we like to call it Puerto
Rican “encounter” day. The purpose of the day is to show the spirit of commitment and the power of action. Over the past years, this
event has been a great success and organizations throughout the city have benefited from this collaboration, including homeless and battered women’s shelters and senior centers as well as individual families.
Community service and social responsibility are the strongholds of the Puerto Rican community. Throughout the years our experience
has shown us that when we dedicate ourselves to improving the quality of life of those around us, we build a more unified and stronger
society. Comite Noviembre urges you to conduct your own food drive at your work place, church, school or simply participate in this
day as a volunteer
CN Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility Thanksgiving Turkey Fund
Each year CN distributes over 300 turkeys to needy families. The Yorkville Pantry generously donates 75 turkeys for distribution at El
Museo del Barrio, and in the past we have received donations from Health First and City Harvest Food Bank but it is never enough. This
year, CN is requesting donations from YOU, the community to purchase 300 – 10 to 15lb turkeys. The goal is to raise $4000. Please
make out check to: Comité Noviembre and include Turkey Drive in the memo section of your check. Please mail check to: Comité
Noviembre C/O TAS Communications, LLC, 45 East Hartsdale Avenue – Suite 3L, Hartsdale, NY 10530, Attn: Teresa A. Santiago. You
can also make donation by PAYPAL by logging onto our website at www.comitenoviembre.org and follow PAYPAL directions.
Live the Spirit of Commitment and the Power of Action Come Join Us!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS DATE FOR FOOD COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE CONTACT
Alicia Rodriguez, [email protected], (347) 675 5490, Martha Laureano, (917) 803-2367,
Teresa A. Santiago, CN, (914) 263-6599, [email protected]
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