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This black and white photograph depicts performers on-stage at a sold out CAAAV fundraiser, "The Rhythm is Ours!", at the Public Theater. The benefit featured performances by drumming groups that represented a wide range of New York ethnic…

Five individuals (some in costume) dance, play the drums, and hold objects aloft during a parade. (Possibly performing a Concheros or Chichimecas dance, a pre-Hispanic and pre-Christian Mexican dance ceremony)

Seven performers, three women and two men, are onstage. Five, all wearing white, are lined up at the very back of the stage. Two are forward from the line, a man in white wearing a cloth bag, head bowed, and a woman barefoot wearing a blue patterned…

Four musicians sing and play the drums on the flatbed of a truck during a parade. Sign on the truck reads "The People[...] Tribun[e]"

Black and white photograph of five women on a stage, playing music and dancing in traditional dress.

A person speaks into a microphone, likely addressing a crowd. The person may be Carolyn de Leon-Hermogenes, director of the Women Workers Project of CAAAV from 2000 to 2008.

A person gestures towards a sign that reads, “WELCOME TO WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2004 JANUARY 16 TO 21 AT NESCO GROUNDS / (obscured) / 100,000 Delegates From World Over / (obscured).” Nesco Grounds used to be made up of textile factories and were a…

A person wearing an Uncle Sam mask and a t-shirt that reads, "MANILA" at the 1999 Philippine Independence Day Parade. Other people are visible in the background.

This photo features a person holding a sign that reads “Manavi”, an organization that aims to end gender-based violence in the South Asian community. Below “Manavi” is a drawing of the organization’s logo. Behind the subject of the photo are several…

Community organizers signing a petition for coordinated action in Chinatown.