Vendedores en Acción Documentary Screening
May 26, 2021 I 5:00 P.M.
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As part of the Art Rise/ WE RISE 2021 programming series, Self Help Graphics & Art presents a film screening of the documentary, Vendedores en Acción (Vendors in Action/ VEA). The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Director Alvaro Parra, the music score composer and senior organizer at Community Power Collective, Quetzal Flores, and VEA member Caridad Vazquez. The film highlights the long-term mental and emotional implications caused by their line of work, their fight to legalize street vending, and by COVID-19.

The documentary features the Grammy Award winning band Quetzal, with VEA members singing in their anthem in chorus, whose lyrics were conceived through a collaborative process facilitated by Quetzal Flores. The filmmaking experience allowed the six vendors to briefly put aside their daily routine and participate in a creative, collective, and empowering process. This project is supported in part by the California Arts Council. #WeRiseLA #WhyWeRise #StreetVendorsDoc

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Ways to Support Street Vendors in Los Angeles: Donate to the GoFundMe Emergency Fund led by Vendedores en Acción (VEA): bit.ly/StreetVendorsEmergencyFund. Send a check directly to Inclusive Action at 2900 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, and specify that it is for the Street Vendor Emergency Fund. Venmo donations are also accepted @InclusiveAction. For additional mental health resources, you can download a zine by SHG's Youth Artivists: bit.ly/esperanza-zine

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Art Rise, part of the WE RISE initiative of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, is a series of 21 art experiences across five Los Angeles neighborhoods created in collaboration with museums, cultural institutions and artists to use the power of art toward collective wellbeing, health and connectedness. For more information, please visit werise.la. WE RISE encourages wellbeing and healing through art, connection, community engagement and creative expression. With this year’s theme, “None of Us are Well Until All of Us are Well,” WE RISE 2021 is designed for ALL of LA County and includes Art Rise, a series of 21 art experiences; Community Pop-Ups and over 50 hyperlocal activities across Los Angeles County neighborhoods.