MLTV-Live Movimiento Latino's video: MLTV LIVE: The 559 Mural Project - De Colores Mural

Our Mission: The 559 Mural Project is a collective of activists advocating for artists and the arts to address racial injustice and social & economic inequities in the rural communities in Fresno County. Mural unveiling celebration taking place on Friday, October 30, 2020, at 5:30 PM at La Estrella Market in Selma - exact address 2345 Whitson Ave, Selma CA 93662. De Colores Mural Description: Our mural theme is centered on De Colores, a popular traditional Spanish-language folk song widely recognized among Latino and Spanish speaking cultures. De Colores is a song that celebrates all of life’s creation, from the joyful to the sorrowful, and evokes the beauty of a diverse and inclusive world. This message is delivered in the imagery of Chicano, Mexican, and Mexican-American civil rights activists, including Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez, of the 1960s and 70s to demonstrate that the fight for equity and justice is an ongoing journey. From these activists, we can draw the line to the struggles of 2020, with the Black Lives Matter movement and the magnified inequities that communities of color are facing in the midst of a global pandemic. The 559 Team The team is composed of myself - Selena Martinez Mak as Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sirina Renee Resendez who is also Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, and Keanna Louise Salazar who is our new Marketing & PR Director. We are all childhood friends who reconnected to address racial injustice and socioeconomic through mural art and community dialogue. - Artist we partnered with and hired for the De Colores Mural