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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An creator and assemblage prof successful Fresno is inviting assemblage members to enactment successful an artistic, interactive protestation portion sharing the stories of 21 immigrants who arrived successful the United States arsenic children.
Assistant Professor astatine Baruch College, Dr. Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, says her latest mural task volition beryllium painted successful and displayed successful the Central Valley.
In the summertime of 2024, Santana's mural task was partially successful Fresno and San Diego and yet displayed connected the Mexican border. The mural featured QR codes that told the stories of veterans deported from the United States.
Now, Santana says she's moving connected completing a bi-coastal mural that tells the communicative of radical who were brought to the United States arsenic children. The mural features QR codes that radical watching the accumulation tin scan to perceive the stories of the mural's subjects told by the subjects themselves.
To decorativeness the mural, Santana says she's calling connected the assemblage for assistance and solidarity.
"How bash you explicit yourself erstwhile everyone is encouraging you to enactment silent?" Santana said. "It's conscionable passing it down and similar making definite that radical spot the worth successful art, particularly during this benignant of administration."
Santana says President Trump's rhetoric has caused undocumented radical to consciousness targeted. She says she lone selected radical who felt comfy sharing their stories publically for the mural project.
People similar Angel Barragan recount falling dormant successful Tijuana and waking up successful California.
"That was however mi sueño Americano [American dream] began successful 2002," Barragan said. "Sin papeles, without papers."
In Barragan's testimony, helium says helium faced challenges similar each different undocumented puerility arrival. But being undocumented ne'er derailed him until helium was denied fiscal aid, though helium was accepted to each assemblage helium applied to.
Santana says sharing stories similar Barragan's is important.
"There's a fearfulness present with this rhetoric of adjacent citizens being targeted for deportation," Santana said. "We don't cognize what the aboriginal is going to look similar and 4 years is 4 years. It's beauteous agelong time."
Santana says anyone successful the assemblage who'd similar to enactment successful the completion of the murals tin articulation successful and overgarment the murals alongside her and different volunteers.
Painting days for the mural volition beryllium held astatine Fresno City College connected May 28 and astatine My Homie's Kitchen successful Downtown Fresno from May 29 done June 3.
For much accusation connected circumstantial dates and times, anyone hoping to enactment successful the mural task tin RSVP astatine the nexus here.
The mural installation volition beryllium shown astatine My Homie's Kitchen for June's ArtHop connected June 5 and past astatine Fulton Studios for a expansive Juneteenth Celebration.
