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SOCC Mission

The SOCC seeks to re-establish the Centro Cultural de la Raza as a relevant and dynamic community cultural Center that is open and responsive to the aspirations of the Chican@ / Mexican@ / Indigena community; that supports the free expression and liberating qualities of our culture; and that embraces all races, ages, genders and sexual preferences.

The Save Our Centro Coalition is a member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture

 

Los Alacranes

Keep On Crossin'
(pictured: Los Lobos)
Orquesta Binacional de Mambo

The Save Our Centro Coalition is a member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.

 

LINKS

MEMBER WEBSITES

Los Alacranes Chunky Sanchez's legendary Chicano folk music group
Aztec Gold TV Masked Wrestler Lou Chalibre's cultural arts program
Apollo13art.com Perry Vasquez's website
Arte Crisol Website for Chicana artist Nuvia Crisol Guerra
Caballeromusic.com One-stop site to book the best Latin bands in San Diego, including Orquesta Binacional de Mambo, Trece de la Suerte and others. Includes mp3 samples.
Calaca Press San Diego's cutting edge independent Chicano/a press
Changa Studio Works Chicana artist Valerie Aranda's website
Chicano Park Steering Committee Nationally-recognized Chicano public art site
Chicanozauruz.com Victor Ochoa's Chicano Art website
Eloissa Leonna's Blog Website for Eloissa Leonna, video artist and former Centro Performance Curator
flyingserpent.net Victor Payan's various writings and pop culture projects
FUERZA Website documenting Mario Torero-led mural group and their "artivism" trips to Peru
Gigante Despierto Quino from Big Mountain and Los Alacranes team up for "El Primero de Mayo" online corrido.
heavypictures.com Photographer Javier Francisco's website
jorgemariscal.blogspot.com Site for selected writings by author and UCSD Professor Jorge Mariscal
Kaloart.com Website for Chicana artist Carmen Kalo.
Keep on Crossin' For every star-crossed, cross-bearing, cross-platform, cross-dressing, cross-country crosswalker at the crossroads of culture, the time has come to cross
Orquesta Binacional de Mambo Bill Caballero's irrepressible binational ambassadors of Latin Jazz
Pocharte Pocha's Frontier Art and Hybrid Kulture site
pocho.com Aztlan's premier Chicano satire site and home of the Pocho Hour of Power
Red Calaca Arts Collective Local arts group committed to positive social change through art and actrivism
Union del Barrio Raza activist organization working on prisoners rights, women's issues and economic justice

RAZA FRIENDLY VENUES (SD)

Chicano Park
Chicano Perk Cafe
Hot Monkey Love Cafe
Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego Independent Media Coalition
San Diego Latino Film Festival
Sherman Heights Community Center
World Beat Center
Voz Alta

CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS

NALAC National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
NALIP National Association of Latino Independent Producers
Nuestro Museo Action Committee New York Puerto Rican community group defending original mission of El Museo de Barrio
Self Help Graphics Historic Los Angeles arts organization that successfully worked with its artists and community to resolve a crisis

ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS

CLAH UCSD Chicano/Latino Arts and Humanities Program
CSRC UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

PORTALS

01010Aztlan.net Guillermo Bejarano's Chicano/Latino arts and culture portal