MOVIDA 2021

Jessica Estévez
Apr 4
2 min read

Updated: Jun 2

On October 2nd, Mi Gente Mi Pueblo hosted Mi Gente Movida. A summit that included economic & healing community discussions led by Latinx experts, art exhibit, music, food trucks at the Warehouse Arts District in St. Petersburg, FL. We gathered to ask our community ¿Y Comó Está Mi Gente? and we explored how our community is On the Move y En La Lucha.

Thanks to our sponsors Estrategia Group and the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg for helping to make this event happen!

Here are some of highlights from the event:

MOVIDA Highlights

In-person and virtual event centered on healing through the arts, community conversation, and Mi Gente Connections!
City of St Pete honors Hispanic Heritage Procolamtion

Economic Freedom Panel

Focus: This session engaged two thought individuals who have made it their purpose to support the economic engine of Latinx and communities that seek to be on the move and en la lucha. They offered tools, tips and resources for economic freedom.

Healing Practices Roundtable

Focus: The goal is to encourage each other through stories of healing, of hurting, and our journeys in this grueling process and where to find resources to help our community. Through personal stories and practices we seek to listen and learn about healing practices and name the issues within our Latinx culture. The group will introduce the issues and problems within the Latino community that lead to trauma that is not easy to heal from such as the stigmatization of our culture, our culture itself - in regards to the taboos of faith, spirituality, healthcare, and sexuality- finding resources and spaces that will facilitate in our healing as a community.