Please join us for a screening of the 20-minute film created for "P'alante: Stories Moving Somerville Forward," as well as a community conversation to celebrate the end of Welcoming Week 2025.
The film will be screened at 4pm and at 5pm, and attendees are encouraged to stay afterwards for a discussion about the film, the photo project, and what makes Somerville a welcoming community.
"P'alante" is a photo project by local photographer Mario Quiroz, in collaboration with Somerville Media Center and CAAS, and with support from Somerville Department of Racial and Social Justice and Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Artist's Statement: "P’alante" is a celebration of the many wonderful things that make up our immigrant communities in Somerville. Our personal, family, and collective history is based on resilience. We have always taken setbacks as a way to push us forward--because forward is the only way that we know. In the end, our spirits and endurance will always be on the right side. We believe that now, more than ever, it’s worth it to create visual records and to celebrate those who are taking steps ahead (no matter how small or big). Small entrepreneurs, new home owners, old-time renters, recent graduates, young families… these are some of the examples of going further, going P’alante.
Photographs will be on display from August 1st-September 30th at all three locations of the Somerville Public Library.
Questions? Contact Jake Savage at jsavage@somerville.gov
