Join us for a noche of poesia celebrating our ancestors and cultura to raise money for La Mision’s beloved Dia De Los Muertos procession. There will be pan dulce from La Reyna bakery, vegan atole from Chef Papi Chulo as well as other antojitos. Poetry features include Lidia Yadira, Kevin Madrigal Gallindo and mas poets TBA.

Lidia Yadira; Hola! Mi nombre es Lidia! I was born in Mexico and grew up in Hollister, California. I currently live in San Francisco, and I am a painter, poet and teatrista! I recently began working on public murals and completed my first one this past April. I hope to continue painting and bring more stories to life through art and poems! Most of my poems are written in Spanish because it’s the language I connect with most and the one in which I best understand myself. My writing focuses on my experiences as a first-generation Latina woman in the United States. I write about my life as a mujer, navigating identity, love, and personal growth. I also write about my Latine community, my ancestors, and my family both past and present. My work honors their experiences as trabajadores de la tierra both in the U.S. and Mexico, and their lucha for their family’s well being. I have shared my poems with my friends, family members and at community events. I also care deeply about community health and believe in the power of collective support and healing. I am currently working toward my degree with the goal of becoming an elementary school psychologist, while blending in all of my passions!!! 

Kevin Madrigal Galindo is a food justice advocate that is reimagining health with ancestral Mexican cooking. He is a first-generation Chicano hijo de su chingada madre from South San Francisco by way of Zapopan, Jalisco. Kevin’s work has been featured in The Boiler, Bozalta, The San Franciscan, & Edible East Bay. His first chapbook Hell/a Mexican is out now(!) with Nomadic Press.