[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 122 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E779-E780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING TEATRO VISION: 40 YEARS OF BUILDING COMMUNITY

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 26, 2024

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of myself and 
Representatives Anna

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Eshoo, Ro Khanna, and Jimmy Panetta to recognize the accomplishments of 
Teatro Vision for 40 years of community building and social justice 
work in San Jose, CA.
  Teatro Vision was founded in 1984 in San Jose, California, with the 
mission of inspiring the people of Santa Clara County and surrounding 
areas. The theater was co-founded by Elisa Marina Alvarado, who is a 
director, actress, and dancer. Through Teatro Vision, Elisa Marina 
Alvarado established Instituto de Teatro, an educational program that 
teaches comprehensive training in theater for Latino communities.
  For the last 40 years, Teatro Vision has produced and presented 
projects that have been made accessible to the entire community, 
emphasizing activist theater and focusing on Latino and Chicano 
communities, integrating Latin American cultures. Teatro Vision's 
recent projects include ``Miss You Like Hell,'' ``Luz: A Shadow Play 
Inspired by Senior Stories,'' and ``Raices, El Libro de los Caminos,'' 
performed at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose.
  Teatro Vision's work is centered in the Mayfair neighborhood located 
in East San Jose where their main stage, the Mexican Heritage Plaza, is 
also situated. Over 77 percent of the Mayfair neighborhood is made up 
of Latinx; 66 percent of which speak Spanish at home. Teatro Vision's 
programs give accessibility to Title I schools in Mayfair, where many 
students come from economically disadvantaged households.
  Teatro Vision has shared powerful stories and convictions that speak 
to the courage, compassion, and power of many minority communities. The 
team at Teatro Vision are strong leaders that our community needs now 
and in the future.

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