About Us
The Outstanding Chicana/Latina Poderosas Mural Project recognizes 9 Xicana/Latina Poderosas, or “powerful women,” who have engaged in social justice and advocacy in the Sacramento Valley region.
The goal is to tell their stories, how they empowered the Latina/o/x communities and how they secured transformative, equitable, and accessible justice for all.
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When young people ask “Am I good enough? Am I smart enough? Can I do this?” the women highlighted in this mural will inspire them to affirmatively answer, “YES”.
ABOUT
Our Mission
We use art as activism to build a more knowledgeable and equitable society while preserving Xicanx/Latinx herstories/histories and uplifting inclusive narratives.
Our Vision
In pursuit of a more civil and just society, we embed diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and in the ways we carry out our mission. We purposefully and tangibly apply these principles in our internal operations, programs, policies, and external leadership, centering the voices, experiences, and leadership of women while advancing equity for all.
Through community spaces, workshops, art, and storytelling, we strengthen cultural identity, affirmation, pride, and hope. Our work advances advocacy for civil and human rights, including immigrant, workers, Indigenous, LGBTQ2S+, and educational justice.
Our Team
Executive Board
Elvira Alonso
Ruby Chacón
Vanessa Cudabac
Elyse Doyle-Martinez
Jose Navarro
Ana Ruth Quiñonez
David Rasul
Rhonda Rίos Kravitz
Jesse Vasquez
Mary Stokke Vides
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, SMUD’s Shine Award Program, Dr. Enrique E. Figueroa’s GenteChicana/SOYmosChicanos Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Sacramento Arts & Culture Match Program, administered by IOBY, and Mary’s Pence.
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Your donations make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Together we can create a more just and equitable world through our art and activism and in our daily lives with each other and our communities.
