Interview and reflections on a community fandango planting with Gemaly Padua
Gemaly Padua Uscanga’s visit left us with a song that tasted like a décima in our mouths, a purr of a tarima in our bodies, a mountain of memories full...
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,...
Launching of MÁS PODCAST PARA MÁS ORGULLO
Centering Black, Afro, and Afro-indigenous voices. On Tuesday, November 12, we begin our broadcast of, what we could consider, a second stage of MÁS Conversaciones para MÁS orgullo (More conversations...
Closing of the Puerto Rican Bomba Percussion Workshop
Thanks to the collaboration between MÁS and Union Cultural Center (UCC), the Seattle community was able to enjoy the Puerto Rican bomba percussion workshop led by Otoqui Reyes free of...
We welcome the new members of MÁS Board of Directors.
This year we opened a call to welcome new members to our board of directors. “Community members who are: rooted in a deep understanding of intersectional experiences; excited to strengthen...
On October 5th we celebrated our 10th anniversary at Seattle Amistad School
Our hearts are still overflowing with joy after our 10th anniversary event this past weekend. It was a powerful reminder of the strength, love, and healing power of our community...
An interview with Otoqui Reyes, a bearer of Puerto Rican Bomba in Seattle
“When our hands connect with a DRUM that vibrates with our energy, vitality, emotion, euphoria, hope, sensitivity, surrender, sharing and unity, we become whole again.” Barry Bittman, MD Otoqui Reyes,...
Gathering and workshops with Gemaly Padua Uscanga
HWe are very excited to enter into collaboration with Seattle Fandango Project, Carolina Martínez in San Diego, Tierras Milperas, Portland Fandango “Hunter Gatherings”, and Casa Hogar in Yakima, to coordinate...
My dad wants to learn how to do my hair
By: Meyby Ugueto. Insurgent braids collective Capuchinos subway station. A man with a black complexion and afro hair, chats with his partner, a woman with a white complexion and straight...
The Black Diaspora Initiative, the seed from which Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle was born
Following our celebration, we also want to Celebrate the people who, with their work and vision, made the birth of MAS possible: toMónica Rojas-Stewart . Mónica Rojas-Stewart and to all...
