2020 EVENTS & SERVICES PROVIDED
What is
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Corredor Afro is a local and international multi-use space that will include a gallery, community space, and host silkscreen, mosaic and ceramic workshops; the upstairs will have an artist residency and research residency. It’s a cross-section, multidisciplinary and anthropological in
terms of its vision, looking at centering an African aesthetic and thought process that is global. How does one do that? Interconnecting different intelligences and different people with different skills is the way and the core of Corredor Afro.
"I like to think of Corredor Afro as a crossroads. The idea is to bridge the pieces of the puzzle that have been distributed around the world because of enslavement and before enslavement, understanding the accomplishments our people have made around the world. Look for example at the documentation that has yet to be fully embraced, let’s say the work of Ivan Van Sertima, They Came Before Columbus (1976). His book shows that there were Africans in the Americas before enslavement. Making those intelligences that keep being marginalized central to the discussion, aesthetic, and vocabulary that we use as an African people." Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
Co-Founders
Marta Moreno Vega
Maricruz Rivera Clemente
Our Pillars
MISSION
Corredor Afro has the mission of promoting the visibility and responsible stewardship of cultural heritage, ancestral intelligence, and the recognition of the value of aesthetics and the point of view of the Afro-Caribbean communities of Loíza, Puerto Rico and the African Diaspora around the world.
JUSTICE
Corredor Afro is a project created with a clear and specific visión of the future.. At the center of that vision is Justice as a fundamental issue. In diverse and intentional ways, Corredor Afro will promote education on social justice, environmental justice, racial justice, economic sustainability, art, and Afrocentric aesthetics.
VISION
Promote sustainable development and create educational and training opportunities to promote individual and collective growth in the community and for the community focused on social, racial and economic justice.
ADVOCACY
The historical resilience and achievements of African Diaspora communities are at the core of the research and creative documentation that is at the core of the Afro Corridor's work. Our advocacy is focused on correcting misinformation, intertwining community and academic knowledge with creative and innovative projects that allow us to provide broad audiences with thought and action practices that challenge systemic racism.
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DIGITAL PRESENCE
DIGITAL PRESENCE
staging.corredorafro.org/
https://casaafro.org/galeria/
www.instagram.com/corredorafro/ www.facebook.com/corredorafro www.youtube.com/channel/ucom6s8pfaknrettg6354l8a/featured
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NEGRO/A/X EXHIBITION December 11, 2020 - April 30, 2021
AFRO SABERES A digital series that shares Afrocentric knowledge and wisdom, that runs on Streamyard broadcasting platform and that is shared via Facebook and Youtube Live.
OUR AFRO SABERES project reacjed more than 25,000 people during 2020 and early 2021 THE VISUAL ARTS AS RESISTANCE: THE AFRO PUERTO RICAN EXPERIENCE June 17, 2020 LYNCHED AND CASTRATED NOTES ON RACIST VIOLENCE AGAINST BOYS July 1, 2020 THE MAJESTY AND ITS HUMAN CARGO: EXPOSING THE CONCEALMENT OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN PUERTO RICO 1820 - 1859 July 15, 2020 THE RACISM THAT WE DON'T SEE: SKIN COLOR AND RACIAL IDENTITY IN PUERTO RICO July 29, 2020 THE FRACTAL CARIBBEAN AND THE AFRODIAPORIC THINKING AS A TOOL FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF CULTURE August 26, 2020 ISABEL "LA NEGRA" DEL MITO A LA REALIDAD March 23, 2021 MUJER NEGRA Y TRABAJO March 10, 2021 IDENTIDAD AFROBORICUA en VIVO con Pepón Osorio March 17, 2021
SCHOMBURG: UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK January 26, 2021
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COMMUNITY EVENTS Engaging with our community, 2020 & early 2021
COMMUNITY EVENTS
SOMOS AFRO (WE ARE AFRO) January 8 until February 22, 2021 In route to the commemoration of Working Women's Day, SOMOS AFRO/WE ARE BLACK! – UNAPOLOGETICALLY! We want to hear your voice! We want to know your experiences, joys, and challenges. We want to know how you see the world as a Black / Afro-descendant woman in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican Diaspora. OPEN CALL FOR SHORT ESSAYS! In a short 500-word essay, share your experience. Each of us has a unique story to share! Through our individual and collective experiences, we build self and group understanding that we discover ourselves, build our identity, and participate and center ourselves unapologetically in our lives and the world.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
AM LATINA
AFRO TAINO
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ADOQUÍN TIMES
PERIÓDICO PRESENCIA
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EL VOCERO
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80 GRADOS
EL POST ANTILLANO
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TRAVEL NOIRE
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TRAVEL PULSE
LATIN FLYER
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SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
SXT ADVENTURES
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NUEVO DIA
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WAPA TV
WIPR
REVISTA ETNICA
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787.690.8825 info@corredorafro.org https://corredorafro.org/ 392 Sector Terraplen Piñones, Puerto Rico 00772