Alfonso Salazar Mural Unveiling and Ceremony
Thank you to everyone who virtually attended our Mural Unveiling and Ceremony a few weekends ago. It was a very special day and wanted to thank everyone who helped make this possible.
Here is a LINK of our past post on the background details to Alfonso’s vision and the process to get to the mural created along the river.
HUGE THANK YOU TO:
Sal Pizarro with the San Jose Mercury who covered the Alfonso Salazar Mural Unveiling with #PWSJ and the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy in collaboration with Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Council. LINK to Mercury News article
Senator Dave Cortese & Councilmember Raul Peralez who presented state legislative government commendations, recognizing The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.
Calpulli Tonalehqueh ,and all our brothers and sisters who blessed the “We are Muwekma Ohlone” fresco with Ceremony for the preservation of all things Mother Earth.
Volunteers and managers - Sarah Dreitlein, of GRPC, who coordinated a clean up with South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition , Ciana managed the LIVE STREAM. Savanna, Lyndon, Manee, all the urban planning students at SJSU, and all members of the TRANSITion club. All have graduated, but still attend urban planning department functions.
Our friends Michael who helped set up the site, Will Moran and Scott Kellogg for staging, PWSJ Directors Stacey Kellogg for backend video support and Jennifer Ahn for documenting this day.
Roy Leonard with San Jose Bike Party for the tunes and portable sound system!
Our media team Jennie Gonzalez and Frank Facio.
Special thanks to our partners, Michael Ogilvie, Lynn Rogers with the Office of Cultural Affairs and Joe Salvato for helping set up the Plaque sponsored by the great people at the Indian Health Center. Thank you Vernon Medicine Cloud!
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