Additional Events

César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration

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Below are examples of events from the previous year to serve as inspiration. Events for 2025 will be added at a later date as we approach March.

 

Past Community and University Events Celebrating Farmworker Awareness Week

• Las Alas Invisibles: The Unseen Wings

  March 18-30, 2024 - Las Alas Invisibles: The Unseen Wings Exhibit

  March 18-30, Noon-5 p.m.
  MSU Union, Art Gallery, 2nd Floor

  Las Alas Invisibles: The Unseen Wings centers the experience of the Michigan State migrant farmworker and farmer community through photos, displays of items from the fields and videos of students reflecting on their experience, lifestyle and successes. The exhibit connects with MSUToday stories, recognizing those who provide our food and challenging notions of what migrant labor looks like in celebration of National Farmworker Awareness Week. Through a theme visualized through butterflies, the gallery draws a parallel between the south-to-north migration of monarch butterflies, indicating when the crops are ready to harvest, and the migration of farmworkers to Michigan. With interactive features, visitors can take a photo with a butterfly wing backdrop to pin on a map. Other elements include a digital screen, where visitors can hear from community members firsthand. 

  The exhibit is created by Luz Vazquez — third-year political science and University Communications research and campaign intern at MSU — and sponsored by the MSU Union Art Gallery, Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, and University Communications.

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  March 18, 2024 - Las Alas Invisibles: The Unseen Wings Reception

  March 18, 5:30-7 p.m.
  MSU Union, Art Gallery, 2nd Floor

  Join Las Alas Invisibles: The Unseen Wings exhibit reception to celebrate MSU’s migrant farmworker and farmer community. Timed with National Farmworker Awareness Week and MSU’s César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Commemorative Celebration, the exhibit traces the migration of monarch butterflies and migrant farmworker labor from the fields to higher education.

  The opening reception brings the campus together to recognize migrant farmworker culture, community and achievements. Don Pancho Market will provide food and refreshments.

  RSVP Requested

• Migrant Farm Labor and Texas-Mexican Music in Michigan

  March 26, 2024 - Migrant Farm Labor and Texas-Mexican Music in Michigan

  March 26, 1:30-3 p.m.
  Kellogg Center, Room 61/62
  219 S. Harrison Rd
  East Lansing, MI

  This National Farmworkers Awareness Week, join us for a discussion of how Texas-Mexican musical community emerged in Michigan as an outcome of labor migration. Panelists, including musician Juan Alvarez and producer/promoter Rudy Peña, will join moderator Dr. Richard Cruz Dávila, historian of Texas-Mexican music in the Midwest, to explore the relationship between migrant farm labor and the emergence of a robust Texas-Mexican music scene in Michigan.

• "Fruits of Labor" Film Screening

  March 26, 2024 - "Fruits of Labor" Film Screening

  March 26, 3-5 p.m.
  Main Library, Green Room, 4 West
  (free, in-person)

  As part of Farmworkers Awareness Week (March 25- 31), join MSU Libraries and WKAR Public Media for a community film screening of "Fruits of Labor." Set in an agricultural town on the central coast of California, "Fruits of Labor" is a coming-of-age story about an American teenager traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in poverty.  A lyrical meditation on adolescence, nature, and ancestral forces, the film asks, what does it mean to come into one’s power as a working young woman of color in the wealthiest nation in the world?"

  The film will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session moderated by Amanda Flores, WKAR Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

  Registration is required. There are 50 seats available.

  For more information about Farmworkers Awareness Week visit: saf-unite.org/national-farmworker-awareness-week

• Lansing Community College 2024 Cesar Chavez Celebration

  March 26, 2024 - Lansing Community College 2024 Cesar Chavez Celebration

  “¡Juntos, Todo es Posible!”
  (Together, all things are possible!)
  
  March 26, 3-5 p.m.
  Lansing Community College Arts & Sciences Building, 1313
  419 N. Washington Sq., Lansing
  
  Join us for an afternoon of celebrating Cesar Chavez's legacy through an engaging call to action, performances, food, and more!
  
  Special Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Estrella Torrez, Associate Professor in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University.