CITY OF SOUTH TUCSON: PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNITY EVENT - Avenidas Inc. - Community Reinvestment Day - Sunday, February 20, 2022 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: avenidasinc@gmail.com

South Tucson, Az -Avenidas Inc. invites you to our Community Re: Investment Day on Sunday, February 20, 2022 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm along South 4th Avenue and 28th Street. Come engage with other local South Tucson artists to create public art murals and receive health and wellness resources.

Community Re: Investment Day in South Tucson

Public Art Murals have always been powerful tools to educate, inform and bring community members together. The mural, in collaboration with Sunnyside Foundation and led by South Tucson artist and owner of Galeria Mitotera, Melo “Mel” Dominguez will display COVID-19 awareness and support.  Another local artist, Sal Sawaki from Wagon Burner Arts, in collaboration with the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona will create a crosswalk mural on the street asphalt that will display the moon phases and other cultural elements.  This crosswalk mural will give the South Tucson street a much needed colorful makeup, bring people together, showcase community pride, and promote street safety.  We hope these murals will serve as a space for gathering, reflection, healing and an accessible way to experience local art and community. 

COMMUNITY RE:INVESTMENT STATIONS:

Mural + Public Art Stations led by Mel Dominguez and Sal Sawaki
Free Cafe y Burritos and music provided by the Pima County REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) Program 
Free Mobile Bicycle Repair led by Living Streets Alliance (LSA)
Drug Prevention and Education Information from STOPit and Drug Free Communities and SACLAZ (under PPEP Inc.)
COVID-19 Vaccinations and Boosters hosted by Pima County Health Department
Tucson Indian Center $10 and $50 gift cards that can be given to each individual who receives their 1st, 2nd or booster shot 

This is a partnership with the City of South Tucson, Sunnyside Foundation, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, Pima County REACH Program, Tucson Indian Center, Living Streets Alliance (LSA), Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc. and Pima County Health Department

INQUIRIES
For more information and/or if you would like to volunteer,  please email avenidasinc@gmail.com