On November 18th, our very first collective exhibition was inaugurated, showcasing a collection of photographs, written texts, and drawings made by Valedores as well as some of our close collaborators. After six years of continuous work, we accepted La Laguna’s invitation to exhibit a demonstration of our combined efforts. Born from the idea of community […]
The word community detonates multiple reflections in the paper’s participants. This time, the concept was a central theme that allowed them to develop and expand on different works.
Get to know the Valedores’ creative process in preparation for Mirada Camarada, our first collective exhibition!
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, […]
On Wednesday, October 27, we visited the facilities of the Tecnológico de Monterrey with the purpose of recording audiovisual material with which we will promote a collective activity that we will soon tell you about.
This Thursday, October 28, the valedores mounted the Day of the Dead altar, an important occasion for many of them since they remember their loved ones while living together in a healthy and safe space. This activity was the preamble to a skull writing (traditional poetry) workshop that will be held on Tuesday, November 2.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]