lila downs' beautiful new song to essential workers
LILA DOWNS, BEAUTIFUL NEW SONG TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS
Iconic Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning singer Lila Downs is one of the most singular and powerful voices, whose compelling stage presence and poignant storytelling transcend all language barriers.
Raised in Oaxaca and Minnesota, Lila's exquisite artistry bridges traditions from across the Americas, with influences ranging from the folk and ranchera music of Mexico and South America to North American folk, jazz, blues and hip-hop.
As a passionate human rights activist, Lila's lyrics often highlight issues relating to social justice, sharing stories that too often go untold.
Dark Eyes, a new song, has a powerful and honest message to support the essential workers that have been risking their lives for others. It is a song that defines courage and humanity above everything, and that seeks for hope in these uncertain times.
The song benefits the Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities (CBDIO), a non-profit organization created by the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations (FIOB).
Since their foundation, FIOB and CBDIO have made known the presence and existence of indigenous migrant communities, emphasizing the economic, work and cultural contributions indigenous migrants make to this country.
The lyric video that accompanies the song features photographs of essential workers taken by David Bacon, Martin Escamilla and Jennifer Pochat.
To listen to this song, dedicated to the essential workers who have kept us safe, click here.
The Social Documentary Network featured two galleries on its January newsletter:
Imaging Unprecedented Times - Protest, Pandemic & Essential Workers
An outdoor exhibit by social movement photographers of the unprecedented events of 2020, featuring photographs by:
Abraham Menor, Andrés Alvarez, Antonio Nava, Brooke Anderson, David Bacon, Edward Ramirez, Eric Nomburg, Glenda Drew, Jesse Drew, Leopoldo Peña, Najib Joe Hakim, Sharat Lin, Sheila Pinkel, Slobodan Dimitrov and Susana Barron
WORK AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: The David Bacon Archive exhibition at Stanford Libraries
On exhibit through May 9, 2021 in the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford. Access to campus libraries is currently limited to Stanford ID cardholders due to COVID-19; however, the online exhibition (https://exhibits.stanford.edu/bacon), which includes additional content not included in the physical show, is accessible to everyone, and is part of an accessible digital spotlight collection that includes significant images from this body of work. For a catalog: (https://web.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/NonVendorPubOrderform2017.pdf)
An In-Conversation with David Bacon, Kevin De León, and Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez on October 29, 2020.
HAGA UN RECORRIDO VIRTUAL DE LA EXPOSICIÓN - EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE en el Museo de Historia de Tijuana
https://www.facebook.com/542258639265202/videos/659536991515786 TARTINE HARDSHIP FUND Newly organized Tartine Bakery workers in the Bay Area need your help and assistance! This fund, supported by the International Longhsore and Warehouse Union, will help hose workers unable to collect unemployment insurance.
The exhibitions in the following list were scheduled before the current COVID-19 crisis. Public gatherings are not now taking place and these exhibitions have now been postponed or rescheduled.
Stay healthy!
IN THE FIELDS OF THE NORTH / EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE
March 21, 2021 - May 23, 2021 Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock
MORE THAN A WALL - THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE BORDER
Spring, 2021 San Francisco Public Library
DEPORTATIONS
Rescheduled for a date when the gallery reopens Uri-Eichen Gallery, Chicago
In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte Photographs and text by David Bacon University of California Press / Colegio de la Frontera Norte 302 photographs, 450pp, 9”x9” paperback, $34.95 (in the U.S.)
order the book on the UC Press website: ucpress.edu/9780520296077 use source code 16M4197 at checkout, receive a 30% discount
Illegal People -- How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (Beacon Press, 2008) Recipient: C.L.R. James Award, best book of 2007-2008 http://www.beacon.org/Illegal-People-P780.aspx
