Ser Mujer Art Opening and Red Dress Day
News Category: News and Community News
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Published March 3, 2022
The Day Without Women: Honoring the Disappeared – a multi-media art installation by Kate Van Doren in partnership with Ser Mujer will open on Saturday, March 5 at 5 PM at the Van Doren gallery at the Fabrica Aurora. The show will run throughout March.
Red Dress Day will be held on Tuesday, March 8. More than 100 red dresses will be hung at Geek and Coffee at the Fabrica Aurora to honor and remember the women who have disappeared from the state of Guanajuato in 2020 and 2021. On average, 5 women per day go missing in Mexico. The event will begin at 3 PM and participants are invited to help create the red dress installation in a hands on outdoor event. At 5 PM, the names of the disappeared women will be read aloud.
For more information about Ser Mujer events in March, check the website www.sermujersma.com or Facebook at SerMujerSMA.
WOMEN CHANGING THE WORLD TOGETHER
Ser Mujer is a San Miguel de Allende based group of Mexican, American and Canadian women of all ages working in partnership with community-based organizations. Our goal is to promote the commonality of women’s issues across cultures, to raise awareness of their challenges, and to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions. Ser Mujer honors the struggles and successes of women around the world with a series of films, talks, panel discussions, poetry readings and activities throughout San Miguel de Allende. As part of the month long activities, Take Back the Night is offered to the community with the mission of ending sexual, relationship, and domestic violence in all forms. The event includes a peaceful march, a security fair, information tables, videos and a self-defense demonstration.
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