Alejandro Peña talks about the tortuous departure from his beloved Venezuela until arriving, not without strong fear, in Mexico: “Living in a country mired in crisis is a nightmare. Nothing makes sense. There are no hopes or dreams; the future is hidden behind the haze of uncertainty. The only option is to flee, far away.” […]
We are very happy to announce that on November 18th we will inaugurate our first collective exhibition, comprised of photography, drawings, and texts with which we seek to open dialogue within our community to share ideas through the work of the Valedores and some of our beloved collaborators The exhibition will take place in Laguna, […]
One of our most beloved allied institutions, the Iztapalapa Historical Archive, completed 11 years of uninterrupted work documenting and safeguarding the memory of that territory. As part of the celebration activities, we were invited to present the Mi Valedor project on the City Hall esplanade, where local artisans and producers, as well as other social […]
From October 18 to 22, the Éntrale Forum was held virtually, a space for dialogue between different actors from the social and business sector around the inclusion of people living with a disability. We were invited to be part of this conversation, in two presentations. The first one, titled Seeing the best in people and […]
It has been a hot sellout day for the Valedores and we couldn’t be happier for them! We are part of the most recent edition of the FIL Zócalo, which is the first in person format after the pandemic. The valedores have sold magazines and talked with many people who come to stand 66 to […]
This October 5th, Beatriz Ramírez, Iztapalapa chronicler and coordinator of the Historic Archive of the Mayor’s Office, gave us a guided tour of Line 2 of the Cablebús to tell us the history of the territory that includes the Iztapalapa Mayor’s Office, its neighborhoods and hills. We were able to appreciate and talk together about […]
It is the question that 57% of Berliners answered with a resounding “YES” in a referendum in the framework of their general elections on September 26; in which (everything seems to indicate) was also elected Olaf Scholz as the successor of Angela Merkel, the members of the Bundestag, the mayor of Berlin and the representatives […]
As part of the activities and cultural tours that we organize with the valedores, this month we took a tour of the National Museum of San Carlos to visit the exhibition The history that unites us. Pets in art, with which the venue restarts face-to-face activities after being suspended due to the pandemic. For the […]
During the month of September, the valedrores took a workshop in three sessions under the name Training leaders to train leaders that seek to train responsible integral people, through education in ethical values and sports, capable of making their own decisions, collaborating with others in the search for the common good. In summary, the objective […]
One of our most unexpected and magical workshops in September was called Mushroom Growing in Urban Areas and it revolved around the theme of food sovereignty. In this single session, Carlos Briones Pérez, an ethnomycologist dedicated to the cultivation of culturally important mushrooms, began with a brief talk on the history of mushrooms in pre-Hispanic […]
The Bridge, a student-run nonprofit street newspaper in Memphis, aims to empower the homeless in the city. The newspaper was founded in 2013 by three Rhodes College students: Evan Katz, Caroline Ponseti, and James Eckenstedt. Inspired by The Contributor, they saw a problem in their community and wanted to be part of the solution. They […]
On Thursday, September 9, we took a photographic tour with some of the valedores in the streets of the Doctores neighborhood. With the intention of continuing to feed the community archive of images, the valedores recorded what caught their attention on the streets of a neighborhood full of life and commercial activities. To end the […]
During the month of August, the valedores took a cardboard workshop to make a hummingbird with the extraordinary Judith de la O at Ecobazar. The purpose of this workshop is to live together in community while carrying out an artistic activity, which has a relaxing effect (similar to meditation) on the students as they acquire […]
As part of the ongoing relationship with the Fundación del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México A.C. (FCHCDM), the valedores accessed a set of free medical services for the care and monitoring of their health. In a special module installed at Deportivo José María Morelos y Pavón, they were given vision and hearing tests […]
The first step to combat injustice and discrimination is that individuals, particularly those who are in a vulnerable situation, know their rights (and obligations) to enforce them. This is why during the month of July, the Human Rights Commission of Mexico City (CDHCDMX) had the generosity of giving a three-session workshop to the valedores to […]
During the month of May and June, the valedores enrolled in the Re-start your business workshop taught by the ProEmpleo foundation. The training consisted of five modules in which the valedores learned to recognize in themselves the necessary elements to strengthen and work on resilience to face future challenges as entrepreneurs, to identify new sales […]
Throughout these last weeks we have been in an active campaign to promote vaccination among our community of valedores. To find out their particular needs and perceptions, we began by applying an individual questionnaire to each valedor, and based on the results we have planned specific guidance strategies for each case. In addition, from our […]
As part of the diffusion activities of the most recent printed issue of Mi Valedor, we accept the kind invitation of the Iztapalapa Historical Archive and its coordinator, the historian Beatriz Ramírez. On Saturday June 26th, a table made up of Paola Eguiluz (art historian, curator and visual artist from Ecatepec, State of Mexico), the […]
On June 1st, the supporters visited the exhibition The Universe of a Designer. Alexander Girard, which is presented at the Franz Mayer museum. With documents, samples of his creative process and many finished pieces that range from industrial to textile, the exhibition takes a tour of the work of one of the most important designers […]
On May 11, we had the opportunity to tour the exhibition. They were guided by a star, with which the Photography archive museum restarted activities after a pause due to the pandemic in Mexico City. The exhibition is a journey through the documentary work of the Mexican photographer Elsa Chabaud that addresses the office of […]
Last Tuesday, May 4th, we had the opportunity to present our most recent printed edition, the number 31, Valedores del mundo, ¡uníos!, in front of a group of close friends and collaborators on the terrace of the Frëims restaurant, in the Condesa neighborhood. The event was a source of great joy for us as it […]
On Saturday, April 24, we held the third edition of our Valedor Saturdays, sales events with which we seek to support the valedores in generating income and continuing their social integration process. Last Saturday, April 24, the third valedor Saturday of 2021 was held, as part of the strategies to reactivate activities and sales events […]
On April 13th, a visit was made to the Jumex Museum in the company of the valedores. The visual artist Perla Ramos gave a tour of the exhibition “Paisajes”, in which she participates. During the tour, they talked about the territory, the displacements, as well as the public and private space. The exhibition is a […]
