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URL:https://thelavacenter.org/events/no-somos-maquinas-we-are-not-machines
 -exhibit-reception/
SUMMARY:No Somos Máquinas (We Are Not Machines) exhibit reception
DESCRIPTION:Due to the weather\, we are postponing the No Somos Máquinas r
 eception to next Saturday\, 3/11\, noon-3pm.\nThe LAVA Cafe will still be 
 open Saturday\, 3/4\, noon-3\, so you can come down and see the exhibit!\n
 \nThe Pioneer Valley Workers Center (PVWC) and the LAVA Center have partne
 red to curate the "No Somos Máquinas (We Are Not Machines): Farmworker Re
 sistance in the Connecticut River Valley" exhibit for a Spring showcase.\n
 \nThrough the words and portraits of farmworkers in Western Massachusetts\
 , the "No Somos Máquinas" exhibit explores the broken immigration system\
 , the exclusion of farmworkers from basic labor protections\, and the cond
 itions that have compelled them to rise up. This fully bilingual exhibit s
 heds light on the experiences of local farmworkers in Western Massachusett
 s. It consists of portraits\, interpretive panels\, a timeline of farmwork
 er organizing\, and audio of oral history excerpts.\n\nThe LAVA Center is 
 thrilled to collaborate on this exhibit as a launch to LAVA's project Indi
 VISIBLE\, part of MassHumanities' Expand Massachusetts Stories program. In
 diVISIBLE\, guided by Lindy Whiton and Alfonso Neal\, and funded by MassHu
 manities\, The Markam-Nathan Fund for Social Justice\, and Greening Greenf
 ield will document in images and stories lives of indispensable\, yet too-
 often-invisible\, agricultural workers in Franklin County.\n\n"Photography
  can show the monumentality of a moment in an instant\, and nothing is mor
 e monumental and impactful than the faces and voices of farmworkers organi
 zing in the fields and their communities\," says Alfonso Neal\, co-directo
 r of the PVWC and the exhibit's photographer.\n\n"Behind their eyes is a f
 ierce determination to leave the world in better shape than how it's found
 . It was a privilege to photograph these farmworkers and to highlight thei
 r historic struggle for dignity and respect."\n\nThe exhibit will be locat
 ed at the LAVA Center from March through May\, 2023. There will be an open
 ing reception on Saturday\, March 4\, noon–3 pm. The exhibit’s photogr
 apher will speak about the images and reflect upon the themes the exhibit 
 highlights.
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