New Mexico. SALT OF THE EARTH, 60th Anny, JULY 6, 2013 12-5, Camino Real Historic Trail Site San Antonio, NM
Dorinda Moreno
WELCOME FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES AT LARGE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A SPECIAL VIEWING WITH GUESTS OF THE CLASSIC FILM
S A L T OF THE E A R T H
JULY 6, 2013 12-5 PM at the
Camino Real Historic Trail Site San Antonio, New Mexico.
Dear Friends, Families and Colleagues,
You’re invited to join the Salt of the Earth 60th anniversary co-chairs, Sofia Martinez, Beva Sanchez Padilla, Ariel Dougherty, Deborah Rosenfeldt, Yolanda Nava, and Georgina Ortega in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the making of Salt of the Earth in a New Mexico meet-up. Be part of history as we bring recognition to a film that honors the men and women of the 1950’s who stood up for the rights of working people against disparate and unequal treatment, racism and sexism and won!!
This is part of a national campaign for having this film shown in as many venues as possible over this year culminating at a Salt of the Earth 60th anniversary celebration in New Mexico March 8-10, 2014. We seek and appreciate any volunteers who want to participate and host film showing venues in the cities, towns, communities, and homes. Please be sure and get on our mailing list for up-to-date information and for calendaring events as we work to organize film showing venues throughout the country.
The New Mexico meet-up will take place Saturday, July 6, 2013 at the Camino Real Historic Trail Site (formally the International Heritage Center) located in between Socorro and Truth or Consequences in San Antonio, New Mexico starting at 12 noon with a Free public viewing of the film. This will be followed by a 2 pm Special viewing and panel discussion with guests, Anita Torrez, strike and film principal and daughter, Yolanda Rojas, Fawn Oakes, daughter of Richard and Anna Oakes, Alcatraz Occupation, Indians of All Tribes Family Foundation.
Please RSVP for the 2 pm Special Viewing as there is limited seating for 50 people by emailing Dorinda Moreno at puebloenmov...@gmail.com, 805 934-3884 (bef June 26) and thereafter calling Ariel Dougherty at 575 894-1844. For directions to the Camino Real Historic Trail Site please go to www.caminorealheritagecenter. The address is 300 East County Road 1598, San Antonio, NM 87832. It is located about 30 miles south of Socorro, NM on I-25 at exit 115. If lodging is needed please advise and we can direct you to nearby reasonably priced locales. For more information please email or contact Dorinda Moreno, chair/lead organizer at www.pueblosenmovimientonorte@gmail before June 30, 2013. You can also contact Sadie Vialpando Williams at www.buildingal...@msn.com. PLEASE USE THE FLYER ATTACHED/INCLUDED TO INVITE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THE FREE VIEWING AT 12 NOON AND TO ADVERTISE THE EVENT LOCALLY.
A thank you to all who have contributed to helping us plan this meet-up and national campaign to bring due recognition to Salt of the Earth: Eva Bodenstedt Engel and Arturo Bodenstedt Engel, son and granddaughter of Rosaura Revueltas; Dr. Camilo Perez Bustillo (founder of ITC) and Journalist Patricia Barba Avila, Rosaura Revueltas Contingente, Mexico DF; Dr. JuanCarlos Arauz, E3, Education, Excellence, Equity, Bay Area Dreamers; Ariel Dougherty, Salt 60th Co-chair and Host, T or C, NM; Sofia Martinez and Richard Moore, Maria Munguia Wellman, Los Jardines, Albuquerque; John and Joanna Moreno, Albuquerque; Georgina Ortega and Miguel Angel, Las Vegas; Lorenzo Flores, Juanito 'Pelon' Burns, La Hermandad de Aztlan, Las Vegas;
To our Sponsors, Endorsers, Friends old and new, Dr. Estevan Galvez Rael, Dr. Gilbert Arizaga, Dr. Felipe Ortego y Gasca, Dr. Luis "Natcho" Quinones, Denise Chavez, Border Book Film Festival, Dr. Laura Gonzalez Spencer, Martha Baca Grant, Atty. Lawrence Chacon, Linda Lyn Carfagno, Santa Fe Photographer/Filmmaker; Allan Cross, Native Elder and Spirit Guide for Indians of All Tribes; Joe Bernick/Salt of the Earth College; Alberto Giordano, Gregory Berger, NarcoNews, Mexico.
A special thank you to Kate Padilla, Richard Sims, and Chris Hanson--for working with us to make the Camino Real Historic Site, San Antonio, New Mexico available.
We look forward to seeing as many of you who can come and participate. And if you can’t make it then be sure and get on our mailing list for up-to-date information and for calendaring events as we work to organize film showing venues throughout the country. Important announcement for Poster and Essay Contest will be announced soon.
Muchas gracias, thank you, tlazocamati!
Dorinda Moreno, Chair/Lead
Pueblos En Movimiento/Fuerza Mundial
~ Quote Dedications from the film Salt of the Earth
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"Why do you want me to stay 'in my place'? Do you feel better keeping me at your feet? What do you need to make yourself feel superior? I don't want to feel lower than I already am, I don't want to be on my knees. I want to rise, and help every one rise also!"
Esperanza Quintero
Quieremos la formula!
The women in jail request milk for the baby in arms. And, also, they demanded to be factored in on the demands!
"Thank you for your Dignity. Together we can win!!
Ramon to Esperanza
In Memorium: Virginia y Juan Chacon, Lorenzo Torrez (Salt of the Earth College), Marine Dominguez, Adrian Ogaz, Jose Roberto Garcia (Courthouse Raid), Juan Valdez/Tierra Amarilla (Trespassers on our own Lands) and Jessie Pabinquint.
Roberto Guadalupe Garcia, Presente!
Roberto Guadalupe Garcia, moved on to the spirit world on June 8, 2013. Roberto was born on December 12, 1934 in Algodones, New Mexico. Roberto was a brave, strong and peaceful warrior who walked the good, red road. He dedicated his life to his family, friends, community, and to the protection and defense of Mother Earth. He cared deeply for all humanity and worked tirelessly in the struggle for dignity, justice, human rights, and the recognition of American Indian land, life, culture, religion and right to self-governance and self-determination.
Roberto dreamed a world where all beings live in harmony and balance with Mother Earth and shared this dream with everyone he came in contact with. He was a truly visionary leader who fearlessly and non-violently confronted the powers that be with courage, integrity, honesty and truth. He stood up for the poor and oppressed and was never afraid to speak the truth in any circumstance. He truly lived by his words and in accordance with his beliefs.
Roberto was a gifted teacher and one of his greatest joys was to instruct the youth which he did with fervor, enthusiasm and dedication. His teachings spanned the trajectory from how to tie a simple knot to the discussion and analysis of the most deeply and profound philosophical concepts and questions confronting humanity today.
We will always remember Roberto’s humor and love of a good laugh not to mention the incredible wealth of jokes he knew and continued to tell up until his final days. He never failed to be there for his friends and family no matter what his personal sacrifice or discomfort was. Finally, we will never forget the sparkle in his eyes and the boundless love he reaped on us all, family and friends alike.
We will miss you Roberto and are deeply grateful for the sacrifices you made in order to make the world a better place for us all and for future generations.
All my relations Mitakuye Oyasin
Traditional Dine Prayer
In beauty may I walk
All day long may I walk
Through the returning seasons may I walk
Beautifully will I possess again
Beautifully birds,
Beautifully joyful birds
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk
With dew about my feet may I walk
With beauty may I walk
With beauty before me may I walk
With beauty behind me may I walk
With beauty above me may I walk
With beauty all around me may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
FMG
Official Photographer, Linda Carfagno, Santa Fe
Media, Radio, Mexico, Patricia Barba Avila
ANNOUNCEMENT
Call Out for Artists and Social Media 'Hitec AzTekkies' to help build a vibrant social media campaign for leaving the New Mexico Cultural fingerprint on the fabric of World Culture!
Poster Design Contest
INTRODUCTION - Fuerza Mundial invites you to submit artwork to be considered for exhibition and publication that will be a part of our national outreach and Film Fest showing of the cinema verite film, Salt of the Earth national day of observance, March 8, 2014, details to be announced. which commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the the making of the classic film in 1954.
The artwork must commemorate the 60th anniversary of the is open to all artists over the age of 18 who are of New Mexico heritage. The application deadline is Monday, September 16, 2013 at 5 p.m. (Pacific Time).
BACKGROUND -
Our
growing list of campaign partners and
supporters includes the International
Tribunal of Conscience (Rosaura Revueltas Contingente), E3Dreamers,
Corazon del Pueblo Oakland, and growing.
ELIGIBILITY - The opportunity is open to established and emerging artists over the age of 18 who are of New Mexico and Mexican heritage and who identify with the cross-border immigration rights issues. We are especially interested in artists who are are committed to the LibroTraficante Movement and welcome submissions from artists from Mexico and Central America.
SCOPE OF WORK - The Pueblos En Movimiento, Fuerza Mundial — in partnership with the International Tribunal of Conscience (Rosaura Revueltas Contingente), E3 Education Excellence & Equity, Building Alliances Coaching — seeks artists to help champion the launch of our "SALT 60th" campaign via our social media meet up in San Antonio, New Mexico on July 6, 2013, the state meet up of our New Mexico co-chairs, Sofia Martinez, Beva Sanchez Padilla, Ariel Dougherty, Deborah Rosenfeldt, Yolanda Nava, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the making of Salt of the Earth.
The work must acknowledge the history of the the making of the film, reflect the struggle for labor, women's, and human rights that has ensued over the last 60 years or reference the need to continue battling for the issues of Race, Relevance, and Resistance, that are prevalent today in the struggle for comprehensive immigration reform, and human rights for migrant and displaced communities through the present and into the future. Artists whose work are selected for this fundraiser will contribute to the awareness of the history of the black list era of the McCarthy black list and banned film, and the works of Rosaura Revueltas, film actor from Mexico who is the only artist ever deported for having taking part in the film. and relating past struggles with today's continued fight for justice. Your work will be seen by social justice notables and influencers who take part in this national and cross border series of events and publications.
EVENT DETAILS
Event Title: "Everyday
People: The Heroes and Heroines Who
Powered the Civil Rights Movement"
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Time: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
(Informal gathering for debriefing afterward to be announced)
Location: Camino Real
Historic Trail Site, San Antonio, New Mexico (Bet. Socorro and Truth or
Consequences, New Mexico.)
APPLICATION DEADLINE - Submissions are due Monday, September 16, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Each applicant is
required to submit an email that
includes:
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No more than two (2) images of poster art to be considered for the exhibition and publication (only 1 will be selected)
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An artist statement about the work(s) submitted (not to exceed 300 words)
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Resume
For further info, write to: "Dorinda Moreno" <pueblosenmov...@gmail.com>
SALT/60th Essay and Poster contest(s)
- Education
- Empowerment
- Innovation
Published Essays, any age, to be published, 3 Awards, $25.,
Quotes Published
Honorable Mentions, l0 Awards, Posters upon printing
5 Adults
All contributors must send picture, bio, and $5.00 processing fee.
No submissions will be returned.
Announcements will be made 16th of September and Poster printed Winter 2013; Poster and Essays, Special Edition, Legacy @ Destiny News Journal, Spring 2014.
Rosaura Revueltas Contingent
Dr. Camilo Perez Bustillo, Patricia Barba Avila
The 60th Anniversary of 'Salt of the Earth', gives us all an unique opportunity for the cross-border alliance 'Pueblos En Movimiento' guided by Dr. Camilo Perez Bustillo, lead Attorney and founder of the International Tribunal of Conscience (ITCPM/PPT), and Dorinda Moreno, U.S. Liaison, Communications, Organizer for the first U.S. Hearing for the ITCPM/PPT, presented with the 60th Anniversary events in a back to back solidarity effort in 2014, to strengthen bonds for bringing relief to the divided families at this time of crisis and critical galvanizing of efforts across borders.It is our honor to announce the participation from Mexico DF, of the 'Rosaura Revueltas Contingent', guided by Dr. Camilo Perez Bustillo, lead attorney for the 'International Tribunal of Conscience, Cultural Commission', which honors the strike families in Silver City, Santa Rita, New Mexico, and the participation and the deportation of the noted actor, Rosaura Revueltas, and the survivors of the film makers and families--with special recognition of 'Salt of the Earth' as an important milestone in New Mexico history.
I can only conclude that I was dangerous because I had played a role that gave status and dignity to the character of Mexican-American women stated magnificent actress Rosaura Revueltas.
And just as dangerous as her role as Esperanza Quintero was deemed this extraordinary member of the equally exceptional Revueltas Family from the State of Durango, Mexico, who made the decision to devote her talents to participate in the historical struggle by women to gain respect for their rights.
Goose bumps ran along my spine as the saga of the Quintero Family passed before my eyes. The adjectives "inspiring", "awesome" and "moving" barely describe the amazing experience of the protagonists of the strike at the Empire Zinc Company --identified in the film as Delaware Zinc and the venue, Grant County, identified as Zinctown-- in New Mexico. Even more soul-stirring is the fact that the great majority of the roles were played by actual miners like the one of Ramon Quintero recreated by Juan Chacón, once the President of the local union.
The immense richness of Salt of the Earth resides not only on the valiant struggle of the miners for their equality of rights and dignity but, most significantly, on the realization that power to the miners would come as well from their respect towards their wives dignity and equality of rights; namely, this was not only a labor issue, it was the broadest and most complete feminist role in the achievement of their goal.
The role of Esperanza, played splendidly by Rosaura, is central to the comprehension of something as key then as it is fundamental today: equality not only among races but among sexes, still lacking in so many places of our planet. Most definitely, the wives decision to take over their husbands role in the strike represents one more revolutionary and impacting actions of women along history to assert their equality of rights.
The fact that this extraordinary portrait of the feelings, thoughts, aspirations, of a group of Mexican-American families was blacklisted by the North American labor authorities only speaks of the enormous influential power of this saga. The fact that the film director and the actors who participated in it were prosecuted by the House Committee of Un-American Activities, tells us of the profound conviction and valor of all men and women involved in the production of this revolutionary film, like Herbert Biberman, jailed for his refusal to answer to the Committee's absurd questioning. Along with Rosaura Revueltas herself, Paul Jarrico, Will Greer, and Michael Wilson were also punished and this exceptional account would not be screened by any theatre except for maybe a dozen.
What Rosaura achieved with her role as Esperanza, was not only the reflection of the mentality of those days but, most importantly, the realization that with unity of goals and efforts, everything can be achieved, no matter how hard or even impossible freedom, equality and respect for our dignity may appear.
The film opens with a narration from Esperanza Quintero (Rosaura Revueltas). She begins:
"How shall I begin my story that has no beginning? My name is Esperanza, Esperanza Quintero. I am a miner's wife. This is our home. The house is not ours. But the flowers... the flowers are ours. This is my village. When I was a child, it was called San Marcos. The Anglos changed the name to Zinc Town. Zinc Town, New Mexico, U.S.A. Our roots go deep in this place, deeper than the pines, deeper than the mine shaft..."
Women's Question /
As the itinerary is developed for honoring Virginia Chacon and the 'Mujeres de
'Sal de la Tierra', with a special request on meeting with the Originals,
Veterana/os and their support circles--we announce our spirit journey and
fact-finding junket for visiting family and friends of 'Salt' for sharing our
hopes towards planing for the 60th Anniversary commemoration in 2014.
'Proyecto 40-40/Honoring Los Maestros y Maestras of Ethnic Studies
Proyecto 40-40 is an endeavor born of the 4 decades plus work of cross-border exchanges and that is intended to acknowledge and honor the scores of Maestros y Maestras that contributed to the Ethnic Studies programs and curriculum, and before more are from this originals are departed--
Our intent is to illuminate the LibroTraficante Movement and 'Proyecto 40-40', which acknowledges with honors, the Maestros y Maestras of Ethnic Studies and especially the banned authors, who like the actors and producer of 'Salt' were maligned, yet in the sacrifice of these efforts, their brave contributions provided the seeds of six decades of building awareness through four decades plus of Cultural exchanges and Curriculum Development, across borders, serving Ethnic Studies Programs in the educational, cultural, and socio-political fields of research, publications, and student exchanges.