MÁS 12th Anniversary
Happy Birthday to all This journey began 12 years ago, when Monica Rojas convened Afro-Latinx artists in Seattle to imagine together a space for art, education and community. From that...
Sometimes, change is not about finding another path, but about daring to walk with other steps,
By Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra I don’t remember where I read this passage or who said it, but it seems perfect to open this letter, which attempts to share with...
Embracing collective leadership
Change can be unsettling… but it also carries the promise of renewal and optimism. There is no “right” way to respond to it. Here at MÁS, we are experiencing those emotions, right alongside you, as we move through this season of change together. We have a change of our own to share.
8th series of MÁS conversaciones para MÁS orgullo: Afrocentric, intersectional, and transcentric reflections on migration and the current migration situation
What did we question in these conversations? What did we dismantle? From where do we stand to begin repairs? We want to begin this summer newsletter by sharing the closing...
Collective Budgeting at MÁS
A reflection by Megan Gómez MÁS’s Abundance Director What is that? It’s basically what it sounds like: a process in which our organizational budgeting is done by all of us...
Una vuelta MÁS
Everything you touch changes you. Everything you change changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change Octavia Butler Time never stops, and in its relentless march,...
MÁS PA’LANTE, a call to continue moving forward together
From a desire to continue growing our community and center Black voices, we are excited to open a call, to welcome new members to our Board of Directors and Abundance...
Ancestral Whispers: Of Land and Sea, a gathering of remembrance to honor our ancestors.
On December 1, 2023, MÁS had the amazing opportunity to bring together nearly 100 artists to celebrate the cultural contributions and manifestations of the Latin American Afro-diaspora here in Seattle...
Founder and Executive Director of MAS quoted in Seattle Times
‘The Routes of Slavery’ traces a musical journey of resilience in the face of inhumanity Originally published October 31, 2018 at 6:00 am Updated October 31, 2018 at 2:11 pm...
The story of the “proclaimers”
Spanish below… by Dr. Ileana Rodriguez-Silva, Professor, Department of History, University of Washington In many places in Latin America and the Caribbean, the town crier is a central character in...
