THE SIERRA CLUB SPONSORS AND PARTICIPATES IN THE AMERICAS LATINO FESTIVAL, by Javier Sierra

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In general, the festival succeeded in attracting personalities in the arts, political activism and the environmental movement to confront problems and challenges from a unique artistic and cultural point of view. The combination worked, thanks to participants like the ones mentioned above and many more, such as:

•    Writer Junot Díaz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and witness to the Caribbean diaspora to the US.

•    Writer Laura Esquivel, author of “Like Water for Chocolate.”

•    Journalist Ray Suarez, a 14-year PBS veteran and current anchor of Al Jazeera’s “Inside Story.”

•    Spanish artist Lorenzo Durán Silva, whose intricate leave cuttings depicting nature subjects has astonished art critics around the world.

•    Guillermo Gómez Peña, Chicano poet, actor and political activist.

•    Dafnis Prieto, percussionist, composer and current MacArthur Fellow, and many more.

The Americas Latino Festival has broken ground in the cultural, political and environmental arena, not only for Latinos but for the rest of the country as well. Let’s hope this is only the beginning.

From left to right, organizer Irene Vilar, presenters Adrianna Quintero, Pati Romero Lankao and Javier Sierra (Photo: ALF)