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Oaxaca #DAYOFDINNERS Raises Funds for MALDEF
Twenty-two Oaxaca, Mexico, residents and visitors came together yesterday in Teotitlan del Valle to share food and community, think and talk about injustice, what being “the other” means, our vision of hope for the future, and what divides us and brings us together as human beings.
Our Oaxaca, Mexico #DayofDinners Group
The #DAYOFDINNERS was organized in the United States as a way to address the polarity and viciousness that has taken hold of the nation.
Welcome to Oaxaca Day of Dinners
Partners included Women’s March on Washington, People’s Supper, Take on Hate, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, I am an Immigrant, United We Dream, The Movement for Black Lives.
Our clean-up crew: Jacki, Merry and Roberta
Jacki Cooper Gordon and I chose to co-host this potluck supper as a fundraiser for MALDEF — Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. We raised over $200 USD. I am certain they would welcome your donation, too, and it’s tax deductible (USA).
Yummy food, great company, conversation
A discussion guide was sent to me by the Day of Dinners organizers, and we used some of the questions as a launching pad for conversation. We were urged to keep our conversations personal, to share our individual stories, provide space for each of us to speak and be heard, to curtail the rant about dysfunctional political leadership.
We raised over $200 for MALDEF
For me, it was a wonderful time to better know friends and acquaintances who make Oaxaca home, and welcome visitors. I was especially grateful that we had a mix of men and women, native and foreign-born, to gain perspective about culture, tradition, politics and privilege. Can we reconcile differences? How?
Teotitlan del Valle tamales with chicken, mole amarillo, made by Ernestina Chavez
Guiding principles and conversation teasers: Give us your life story in 1-minute!
Hosted by Norma and Jacki in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Pineapple white mousse cake to finish it off!
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Posted in Cultural Commentary, Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Teotitlan del Valle
Tagged #DayofDinners, MALDEF, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Mexico, Oaxaca, politics, reconciliation