[exhibit] “Foto-diásporas” Colombians living in Exile // SF
Join us on July 18th for opening of “Foto-diásporas” photography exhibition.
Tendremos un cierre con Marimba y antojitos de nuestra tierra este dia 🙂
Thu, Jul 18th, 2024, 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California,
110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA.
Exhibit ends on September 6th.
COST:
Members receive 30–50 percent discounts (not a member? Join)
In-person: $25
Online: $5.
Reserva tu lugar gratuito aquí.
About exhibit:
An act of symbolic reparation and tribute to Colombians living in exile who courageously forge lives of dignity and hope despite enduring forced displacement and challenges of emigrating.
We are delighted to invite the public to our upcoming exhibition, “Fotodiásporas,” a tribute to displaced victims living in exile through the transformative lens of participatory photography.
The exhibition portrays the experiences of fifteen Colombian men and women who were forced to leave their country and start a new life in the United States, one of the largest receiving countries for Colombian migrants.
The “Fotodiásporas” exhibition will be free and open to the public until September 6th, offering a unique opportunity to engage with this important and thought-provoking work.
Please join us in honoring and celebrating the resilience, courage, and hope of these Colombian immigrants.
Their voices deserve to be heard!
The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California and The Consulate of Colombia in San Francisco are pleased to invite you to the inauguration of the photographic exhibition Foto-Diásporas, a traveling exhibition making its debut in San Francisco. The exhibition is a research and creative project about Colombians’ forced cross-border migration.
Through the eyes and voices of 15 Colombian men and women, Foto-Diásporas uses the power of participatory photography to make visible the experiences of forcibly displaced Colombians living in the United States and their demands for recognition and reparation. This exhibition pays tribute to the victims from the past armed conflict and honoring their resilience, courage and hope.
In our panel discussion, victims of forced migration will share their story. Program speaker Sonia Marina Pereira Portilla is the general consul of the Consulate of Colombia in San Francisco. The event includes Colombian food and refreshments, and music will be presented by Afro-Colombian group, Marimba del Litoral – Música del Pacifico.
The event will be hosted by Ambassador Sonia Marina Pereira Portilla, consul general of Colombia, alongside Saday Osorio Córdoba, the Consulate’s social advisor, human rights advocate, and director/founder of the Nativa Foundation.
Foto-Diásporas will run through July 18 to September 6, 2024. The exhibition is proudly sponsored by Humanity United, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the Colombian Unit for Victims. And it is supported by Commonwealth Club World Affairs, the Colombian General Consulate in San Francisco, and Colombia Nos Une.
This impactful and thought-provoking exhibition is proudly sponsored by Humanity United, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the Colombian Unit for Victims. It is also supported by the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, the Colombian General Consulate in San Francisco, and Colombia Nos Une.
