About this Performance

Poet and community activist Faith Santilla leads a soulful and empowering celebration of music and culture inspired by the solidarity formed between Filipino and Mexican workers during the California labor movement of the 1960s. Headlining the evening is Joe Bataan, the iconic “King of Latin Soul.” Born and raised in Spanish Harlem to Filipino and African American parents, Joe Bataan became the “King of Latin Soul” by embodying cross-cultural connections: He can be a street-tough worker one moment and a humble romantic the next. His distinctive fusion of soul, Latin boogaloo, and R&B has been the soundtrack for generations.

Quetzal has spent over two decades creating music that inspires social justice, resistance, and cultural pride movements. Their blend of Mexican folk music, rock, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and jazz delivers their message in rich, rhythmically powerful, and always celebratory way.

Soak up the spirit of a transformational moment in California’s cultural history—one that showed us sixty years ago the kinds of powerful things that can happen when communities come together.

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