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P.O. Box 12524
San Diego, Califas 92112

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41st Annual Chicano Park Day Celebration

Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 10am-5pm

Organized by the Chicano Park Steering Committee

Thanks to everyone for making this year's 40th anniversary celebration a huge success!

     

40th CHICANO PARK DAY CELEBRATION

The 40th Annual Chicano Park Day celebration was held Saturday, April 24, 2010, in historic Chicano Park, located in the Barrio Logan community, south of downtown San Diego, under the San Diego-Coronado bridge. This family event is always free and open to the public

Established by Chicano activists on April 22, 1970, Chicano Park has received international recognition as a major public art site for its commanding mural paintings of the past and present struggle of Mexican and Chicano history.

Visitors to Chicano Park Day experience traditional music and dance, including one of the most beautiful performances of Aztec Indigenous dance, coordinated by Toltecas en Aztlán. Other dance groups as well as musical acts and speakers were featured on two stages.

In addition, there were more than 350 classic low-rider cars on display (presented by Amigos Car Club) and children’s art workshop led by muralist Victor Ochoa with numerous volunteers. Food, arts and crafts vendors sold their specialties throughout Chicano Park.

Chicano Park is located off Interstate 5 --Cesar Chavez Parkway exit-- under the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge.

                    

 


Secure Your Vendor Spot for the 41st Annual Chicano Park Day:

Chicano Park Day Vendor Application for 2011 Now Available! 

2011 VendorApplication and Map

Click Here To download the Chicano Park Brochure (updated 2010)

Click Here to download the 2010 Chicano Park Day poster

Click Here to download the 2009 Chicano Park Day poster

Click Here To see a slideshow from the 2006 Chicano Park Day

Click Here To see a video (Pt. 1) of the 2010 Chicano Park Day by Rico Bueno

Click Here To see a video  (Pt. 2) of the 2010 Chicano Park Day by Rico Bueno

Click Here To see a video from the 2010 Chicano Park Day 

For further information, call (619) 563-4661 or Email: cpscchicanopark@sbcglobal.net



Purchase an Ad in the 2011 Chicano Park Day Program Today!


CHICANO PARK STEERING COMMITTEE
P.O. BOX 12524
SAN DIEGO, CA 92112                                                    
(619)563-4661
FAX:  (619)283-4754
EMAIL:  cpscchicanopark@sbcglobal.net

Amigos:

The Chicano Park Steering Committee is celebrating the 41st Chicano Park Day Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, April 23, 2011.  The celebration will be from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and it is free of cost to the entire community.  There will be entertainment all day, ballet folklórico dancers, Aztec danzantes, speakers, various bands and other music groups, a beautiful low rider car show, children activities, delicious food booths, arts and crafts, and many cultural and T-shirt booths, as well as many informational booths.

We would like to invite you to participate by purchasing an ad in our program.  Attached is the sheet with the Ad prices and sizes.  The deadline is March 25th, 2011.  Please submit copy ready Ad or disk, along with check or money order made payable to Chicano Park Steering Committee.  Mail to Chicano Park Steering Committee, P.O. Box 12524, San Diego, CA 92112.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the above phone number or e-mail address.

Thank you,

Tommie Camarillo
Chairperson

Click Here to download the Ad Rate Sheet



Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 when the community of Barrio Logan and Chicano movement activists joined forces to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the park. The Highway Patrol office was at the time the final insult to a community that had already been degraded by the demolition of hundreds of homes to make way for Interstate 5, the Coronado Bridge, the placement of toxic industries and junkyards, lack of community facilities, proper schools, jobs, social or medical services.

Protesters led by the Brown Berets, community activists, artists, M.E.Ch.A. and others took over the site and faced police and bulldozers for days while negotiations took place that resulted in the land being given over for a community park. In the following days and months similar actions by the same groups led to the forming of a Chicano Free Clinic, now known as the Logan Heights Family Health Center, and the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park.

The struggle for Chicano Park came to symbolize the Chicano Mexicano people's struggle for self-determination and self-empowerment. The murals in the park painted by Chicano artists such as Victor Ochoa, Mario Torero, Yolanda Lopez, José Montoya, Sal Barajas, Juanishi Orozco, Berenice Badillo, Carmen Linares and many others portray the social, political and cultural issues that form the struggle for the liberation of Chicano Mexicanos.

Every year the community of Barrio Logan, the greater community of San Diego and people throughout the Southwest and across the US come tgether to celebrate the takeover of Chicano Park.



Download the 2006 and 2007 Chicano Park Day Posters!

Click the links below to download these beautiful posters
designed by Chicano Park artist Sal Barajas

 

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2007 Chicano Park Day poster

 

Click Here To Download
2006 Chicano Park Day poste

 


Chicano Park Info:

Map of Chicano Park featuring each mural, names of artists, and dates.
What is the Chicano Park Steering Committee?
The Battle of Chicano Park: A Brief History of the Takeover
Press on Chicano Park
Link to unofficial Chicano Park website