Sembramos y Florecemos (We Sow, We Flourish) is a bi-annual fellowship program that trains emerging leaders in grassroots organizing, healing justice, and cultural strategy.
The program launched in the summer of 2022 to promote civic engagement among young adults, with a focus on relational and cultural organizing.
We use storytelling and art making to forge deep bonds with our Semillitas (little seeds), while exploring themes of identity, culture, and community. We also provide mentorship and resourcing to support Fellows in developing community engaged art and advocacy projects.
2024
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2024 〰️
Since launching three years ago, we’ve brought together more than two dozen young people from across the RGV, and have collaborated with them to incubate impactful advocacy and cultural projects, including Never Before Zine, Rio de Muertos, and ReMade in the RGV.
A Love Letter to the RGV
Meet our Sembramos y Florecemos Fellow, Cielo Zuñiga. Cielo is an artist and the daughter of immigrants. Watch as Cielo captures the definitive Rio Grande Valley experience in this love letter to the people and places that make our home worth fighting for.
The Natural Built World
This love letter to the RGV is by our Sembramos y Florecemos Fellow, Angie Rocha, who makes note of the natural built world that shapes our interdependent realities.
Surrounded by Life
Meet our Sembramos y Florecemos Fellow, Pears Gonzalez. This video is a reminder of the fight within all of us in the face of persistent private and military interests of our region.
Love is the Answer
This love letter to the RGV is by our Sembramos y Florecemos Fellow, Paloma Martinez, who finds solace in the community surrounding us, despite the trials set forth upon our paths.
2022
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2022 〰️
