Consciousness Raising Theater from Mexico

“La Casa Rosa” tells the story of the necessity and difficulty of finding a way forward for every community impacted by free trade and migration. Drawing inspiration from the real lives and experiences of a group of women from the town of Tetlanohcan, Mexico, the play is the tale of two sisters struggling for control of their ancestral land and for the realization of their very distinct definitions of development and visions for the future of their world. How do we protect what matters? How do we address a system that seems intent on limiting our options? How do we find common ground and a better quality of life?

Participating Organizations

IIPSOCULTA




The Institute for Social and Cultural Practice and Research (IIPSOCULTA) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2001 with the mission of generating conditions for justice and equality in Latin-America through popular education, organizing, and solidarity work.
IIPSOCULTA supports individuals, families, groups, and communities both in Latin American and in the United States who are in need of information, services, training, and who want to organize campaigns and other actions that bring power and dignity to the experiences of oppressed people.
IIPSOCULTA’s most important projects are the Migrant Families Support Center in Mexico and the Migrant Leadership Training Program in the United States.  IIPSOCULTA is made for the people and is funded by the people. 


Carlton Industries


Carlton Industries: is an arts and advocacy organization whose international programs focus on community empowerment through storytelling and the illumination of hidden realities that act as obstacles to global progress.  Founded by theater artist and educator, Daniel Carlton, Carlton Industries has partnered with educational institutions, arts organizations and youth service providers on the creation of original productions and curricula in more than 20 states and 3 countries. Recent productions include the award nominated “Las Escenas de la Cruz (scenes of the cross),” based on the real experiences of the 12 immigrant teens, who performed it at the 2009 Midtown International Theater Festival in Manhattan.
CAFAMI

CAFAMI (the Migrant Family Support Center): is a community center in San Francisco Tetlanohcan, which works to bring awareness of and attack the root causes of migration and reduce its negative impact on families, communities and traditional ways of life in the state of Tlaxcala. In addition to organizing community events, such as an annual conference on migration and a pilgrimage for migrant families to the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, current programs include:
Legal support for filing immigration papers
Workshops in human and immigrant rights
Classes in traditional and endangered local languages
Classes in traditional crafts
After school programs for young people
The community theater project

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