Monday, September 18, 2006

Festival para la Unidad / Festival for Unity

On Saturday, September 17th, People's Clinic Outreach participated in the Festival para la Unidad / Festival for Unity hosted by Centro AMISTAD at the Boulder Bandshell. We were there to link the community to primary and preventative health care, offer free blood pressure screening, and provide free bi-lingual health information on general health and Diabetes.


Patient Care Advocate / Medical Assistant Diane Asher was there to offer free blood pressure screening to the community. People's Clinic Outreach was able to borrow a lovely canopy tent from Carey McClure for the event.

Not having yet received our table cover with log that has been ordered for outreach, we improvised using a colorful table cover.

The festival was a celebration of the independence of Latin American countries as well as AMISTAD's fifth anniversary. There was live music including Cumbia, Merengue, Latin Jazz and Mariachis. There were Latin American Folkloric dancers, food, and a climbing wall for kids.

Latin American Folkloric Dancers invoking the four directions.


Members of Mariachi Original de Mexico.

Climbing wall for kids.

Folks enjoying music by Los Chicos del Ritmo



The festival also had plenty of traditional foods including chilindrinas and tostadas.