The Circus is Coming! [] CASA [] Centro para los Adolescentes
Event Category: All Events and Community Events
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Beginning July 23rd, CASA A.C. will be holding an 8-session “social circus” workshop for members from 16 to 46 years old of the LGBTQ+ community in the greater-San Miguel de Allende area. This workshop is part of a larger effort by the CASA Community Health Program (PSC) initiative called Colores SMA, which is a campaign dedicated to building a robust and inclusive local community for LGBTQ+ people.
“Social circus” is the strategy of using circus arts as tools for addressing social challenges. It was first introduced by Cirque du Monde, the social service arm of the international circus production company Cirque du Soleil. Through learning how to spin plates or build a human pyramid, workshop participants build relationships and self-confidence.
The workshop will be facilitated by Guanajuato-based social circus non-profit organization Machincuepa Circo Social A.C. Machincuepa was founded in 1999 in collaboration with Cirque du Monde, to use the social circus strategy to address issues affecting young people of Mexico such as violence in schools and gender discrimination. Machincuepa’s untraditional strategy has allowed them to get close to young people and begin conversations about otherwise hard-to-discuss subjects.
The upcoming circus workshop will be held fully in Spanish at CASA’s Santa Julia headquarters from 2:00-6:00pm on Saturdays. Sign-up commits you to all 8 sessions, over the course of which you will learn basic circus tricks alongside other members of the LGBTQ+ community from the SMA area. The workshop is free, but signup is limited to 25 people. If you’re interested, sign up now!
For more information, please call: 415 124 6990
Centro para los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende AC (CASA)
Santa Julia #15, Col. Santa Julia, CP 37734
415 154 6090
www.casa.org.mx
We are a dynamic, entrepreneurial nonprofit working creatively to promote human rights. Each year, CASA services performs outreach to tens of thousands of Mexican people. Established in 1981, CASA is based in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. Our mission is to promote and teach skills that result in heightened empowerment, gender equality and self-sufficiency for both individuals and families. We seek to elevate the quality of life for all underserved Mexican people. Through multiple anddynamic services, CASA works to address the needs of our community and the surrounding area
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