[free] Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo 2026 // SF
Join Us for our “Reclaiming Cinco De Mayo” event on Tuesday, May 5th at the Center for Social and Economic Justice in SF.
Admission is Free.
Tuesday May 5th at 6pm – 8pm.
2973 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
About event:
Celebration of Cross-border Unity. Today, more than ever, we need unity in a renewed struggle against racism and for greater democracy, especially economic democracy.
The theme is rescuing Cinco de Mayo from its corporate commercialization as “Drinko de Mayo.”
On May 5, 1862, a people’s militia fought invading French troops in the town of Puebla, Mexico, defeating an army twice its size. Napoleon was planning to intervene in the U.S. Civil War on the side of the slavocracy. The intervention of the French could have been a decisive factor leading to a Confederate victory in the Civil War. After the battle of Gettysburg, Union forces joined Mexicans in their efforts to drive out the French monarchy and reinstall the democratically elected President Benito Juarez.
