“Few forces change the world so much as education and the empowerment of women”
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Women’s History Month
MARCH
Contemplating women’s history is actually contemplating women’s future.
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world
May 3 (1st Sun) Portugal, Romania & Spain
May 10: Mexico, Guatemala & El Salvador
May 10 (2nd Sun) U.S. & many countries
May 15: Paraguay
May 27: Bolivia
May 30: Nicaragua
May 31 (Last Sun) Dominican Republic & France
Aug 15: Costa Rica
Oct 18 (3rd Sun) Argentina
Dec 8: Panama
Purim
Mon-Tue, March 9-10, 2020
SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn
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This Jewish feast commemorates how Queen Esther of Persia found the courage to break tradition, speak up, and thereby save her people.
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“Chag Purim Sameach!” (Happy Purim Holiday!)
Ballet Nepantla “Valentina”
Friday, March 13, 2020
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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This contemporary ballet with Mexican folkloric styling is a collection of stories that speak to the strength and resilience of women during the Mexican Revolution. ¡Viva Valentina!
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CONFIRMED
Thursday, March 12
Bulla en el Barrio
Friday, March 13, 2020
BARBÈS
Park Slope, Brooklyn
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Colombian Bullerengue inspired by the Caribbean women’s song and dance tradition from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas.
Flor de Toloache
Sunday, June 21, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
DUMBO Archway
DUMBO, Brooklyn
NYC’s Latin Grammy-winning All-Woman Mariachi plays a FREE concert
Mictlancihuatl
Sat-Mon, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2020
Honor the Aztec goddess of the underworld
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
SALCEDO, Dominican Republic ~ The Mirabal Sisters: Patria, Minerva and Maria, whose codename was “Las Mariposas” (the Butterflies), were murdered by Trujillo’s right-hand man for helping the resistance to dictatorship
Solemnity of Mary
Friday, January 1, 2021
Mothers and children are sacred
International Women’s Day
Monday, March 8, 2021
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It’s Latin tradition to show love and respect to all the women in your life (family, friends and associates) on March 8
#IWD2020
#EachforEqual
Women’s March on NYC
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Foley Square
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC
March for the civil rights of every human regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, religion or creed
U.S. Women’s National Team plays Republic of Ireland
Saturday, August 3, 2019
PASADENA, California ~ The world champions of women’s soccer play a friend with Republic of Ireland
Women’s World Cup France 2019
June 7 – July 7, 2019
Women’s soccer
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Italian, Spanish, & USA teams play to be the best
Nona
TV ON DEMAND; Tue, Mar 19, 2019; Honduran movies ~ Nona (Sulem Calderon) trusts Hecho (Jesy MCKinney) to take her to her mother in America, but gets trafficked instead. The film launched first-time actress Calderon on the road to stardom, and it’s more than a movie. It’s a story that needs to be told and needs to be heard. This is real. By Michael Polish (2018).
