Fundraising event for documentary entitled ‘Isabel Rosado: Nationalist’ (formerly Our Women, Our Struggle)

Friday October 8
6:00pm – 10:30pm
Notice Lounge
198 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

Mi gente! Join us for Latino Heritage Month as we partner with Melissa Montero in an important charity event to continue production on her documentary entitled ‘Isabel Rosado: Nationalist’ (formerly Our Women, Our Struggle)

This event features a Powerful lineup of todays most activist poets! Prisionera Jamas, The Welfare Poets, BombaYo, Blaze A Page, North (of Division X)
and DJ Sambarella returns to our wheels of steel! We will also hold a raffle and auction for the cause! Donations are encouraged.

The evening will also include a work-in-progress screening of the documentary you do not want to miss.

At 102 years old, Isabel Rosado has become a revered symbol of colonial resistance in Puerto Rico and her life is a testament to the island’s unresolved struggle with political status, economic development, and century long struggle for independence. With nearly four hundred years under Spanish domination and over 100 years of U.S. colonial rule, Puerto Rico stands as one of the oldest colonies in the world. Isabel Rosado: Nationalist (working-title) is an hour long documentary that chronicles the life of a humble woman who was ready to risk it all — dedicating her life to the Puerto Rican independence movement and as a result spent many years in prison. As a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, a political party seeking independence, Isabel collected funds, sewed flags, staffed party offices, delivered messages, cared for the stricken leader Don Pedro Albizu Campos, and even took up arms in his defense. Along with other Nationalist women, she challenged the status quo on not only what it means to be a woman in today’s society but also what it means to be a revolutionary. Her story highlights the central problem of colonialism and the universal portrait of an elder woman who continues to thrive in human emotion and spirit despite her age.

* We have Limited Seating, Please get there early! *

Adonde (Where @?)
FRIDAY October 8th
Notice Lounge & Cafe
198 Union Avenue (between B’way and Montrose)
Williamsburg Brooklyn NY 11211
Doors open at 7 PM
**SHOWTIME at 8PM SHARP!**

Right across from the 90th Precinct
$10 Cover

21 & Over

G Train to Broadway (on the same block)
J train to Lorimer (Lorimer/Bway exit, walk straight up B’way, right on Union ave)

From Bronx/ Manhattan: 2,3,4,5,A, or C train to Fulton St./ Broadway Nassau station, transfer to J or M train to Lorimer St. (Lorimer/Bway exit, walk straight up B’way, right on Union ave)

From Jersey: Path to 14th Street and transfer to the Brooklyn bound L train.
Get off at Montrose Ave. Walk up Montrose 6 blocks and make a left on Union.

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PATH to WTC, Walk to Fulton Street Train Station (3 short blocks) and take the J or M to Lorimer. (Lorimer/Bway exit, walk straight up B’way, right on Union ave)