7:00 PM, Friday, 12 December 2025
Sponsored by Red Salmon Arts and PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources)
MACEHUALLI DAY LABORERS: Spiritual Roots of Our Fight Against Sheriff Arpaio by Salvador Reza is a powerful account of the struggle against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona Law SB1070 from the perspective of the Day Laborers and working people that confronted Sheriff Joe Arpaio and won.
Jornaleros Macehualli: Raíces Espirituales De Nuestra Lucha Contra El Sheriff Arpaio por Salvador Reza es un testimonio poderoso de la lucha contra el Sheriff Joe Arpaio y la ley SB1070 de Arizona, desde la perspectiva del Jornalero y el pueblo trabajador que se enfrentó al Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
FMI: https://www.tonatierra.org/coffee
About the Author:
Salvador Reza has been a community organizer since 1999. In his career, he has provided a voice for the voiceless and organized the masses to create meaningful change throughout Arizona. Now, he is the leader of Union Pochteca, providing a space to support 60 Latino owned food trucks in the valley.
FMI: https://venturecafephoenix.org/speakers/salvador-reza/
Red Salmon Arts is a 501(c)3 grassroots cultural arts organization, with a thirty-year history of working with the indigenous neighborhoods of Austin. RSA is dedicated to the development of emerging writers and the promotion of Chicanx/Latinx/Native American literature, providing outlets and mechanisms for cultural exchange, and sharing in the retrieval of a people’s cultural heritage with a commitment to social justice.
PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources) is a women led, people of color grassroots social justice organization formed in 1991 to increase the participation of residents of East Austin in decisions related to the economic development and environmental protection of our communities. Our mission is to redefine environmental issues as social and economic justice issues, and collectively set our own agenda to address these concerns as basic human rights. We seek to empower our communities through education, advocacy and action.
