CURRENT EVENTS
Preserving Central American Legacy and Memory in Los Angeles
Presentation + Music, CalState DH Apr 11, 2025
CAHAAS, Garifuna Museum (GAMOLA), and Francisco A. Mejia (La Piedra Art Collective) will present the importance of preserving our collective memory through community and culture. We will explore biographies and stories from CAHAAS digital archive, and feature presentations and performances from painter Francisco A. Mejia and members of the Garifuna Museum.
PAST EVENTS
The Bridge Exhibit
Presentation, CSUN Mar 26, 2025
A conversation with Salvadoran artist Francisco Alberto Mejia and art exhibition: The Bridge/ El Puente. And, CAHAAS explains its efforts to preserve our collective memory through community and culture.
IXOQ
Panelist, Museum of Social Justice, Mar 22, 2025
CAHAAS will present the importance of preserving our collective memory through an Ethnic Studies lens. We explore LA-based biographies and stories from CAHAAS digital archive and the cities latest initiative to create historic markers that represent Central American contributions.
Guest Speaker
Currents in Motion: Labor and Social Movements of El Salvador (1930s - 1960s)
Invited Speaker, CalStateLA Feb 13, 2020
Focuses on the modernization of El Salvador (1930s - 1960s) and its struggles to achieve political stability, national unity, and economic growth, paying special attention to questions of gender, class, and the exclusion of indigeneity. The course covers the events that led to a wave of 1960s emigrants to the US.