El Pueblo 50: Celebrating the Living Heart of the Southside! Launch Celebration

Tree dedication: 1-2 p.m.

Open house: 2- 5 p.m.

Reception: 5-9 p.m.

Full details: www.sunnysidefoundation.org/elpueblo50

Join us as we share the stories of the people!

El Pueblo 50 is a public exhibition celebrating fifty years of El Pueblo Neighborhood Center’s historic role as the living heart of the Southside. Home to some of Tucson’s oldest neighborhoods, the Southside is a place of safekeeping—of culture, of the environment, and of the collective power to shape intergenerational destinies. Established in 1975, the center is wrapped in murals and memory and home over the years to multiple agencies, offices, services and institutions. Daily traversed by families and civil servants, educators and librarians, recreation and health workers, El Pueblo is also the hub of reinvestment by multiple stakeholders committed to its revitalization. Drawing from multiple archives and community stories, the exhibition presents thematic panels narrating the center’s vibrant actions for community and environmental care,…