Los Angeles, CA –The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the largest member-based, immigrant rights organization in the country, holds a two-day exhibit as part of Immigrant Heritage Month on June 13 and June 14, 2024, at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes downtown Los Angeles featuring 30 artists and performers of immigrant descent as well as celebrating the accomplishments of the EMPLEO program.
CHIRLA’s 7th Annual “Immi’Art” exhibit holds the opening reception on Thursday, June 13, 2024 starting at 3 p.m. Street vendor style food will be served as well as entertainment, musical and dance performances, a short program, and the unveiling of the new EMPLEO look and website.
EMPLEO addresses the concerns of recent immigrants who aren’t always familiar with their workplace rights in the U.S. Many immigrants have multifaceted concerns that reach across agency or organizational lines.
Works by well-known and emerging artists such as Obed Silva, a 45-year-old painter from Guerrero, Mexico, and Rosaura Pila, a 27-year-old DACA recipient, will be featured as part of the exhibit titled “Celebrating Worker Power.”
The exhibition is open for two days starting Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14, 2024, 12 noon through 5 p.m.
The public is invited to attend free of charge by registering here.
WHAT: 7th Annual “Immi’Art” art exhibit opening reception, live performances, and refreshments.
WHEN: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
WHERE: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
WHO: Immigrant artists and performers, CHIRLA Executive Director Angelica Salas, La Plaza CEO Leticia Buckley, and EMPLEO Deputy Director of Enforcement Priscilla Garcia-Ocampo, and others.
WHY: EMPLEO, the Employment, Education and Outreach, is an educational program aimed at making the Latino community aware of their workplace rights. The program officially launched in the Southern California in 2004 and continues to expand into other regions throughout the country. EMPLEO is a coalition effort between community-based organizations like CHIRLA, faith institutions, consulates and the Department of Labor.
EMPLEO addresses the concerns of recent immigrants who aren’t always familiar with their workplace rights in the U.S. Many immigrants have multifaceted concerns that reach across agency or organizational lines.
In 2023, EMPLEO successfully recovered over $274 million in back wages and damages for more than 163,000 workers nationwide for violations including failure to pay minimum wage, failure to pay overtime and other requirements. Work-related injuries in the U.S. claim about 15 people’s lives a day. In 2022, a reported 5,486 workers suffered fatal injuries, an increase of 296 worker deaths from 2021.
“Immi’Art” is an annual art and performance exhibit celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month presented by CHIRLA. More than 300 artists and performers of immigrant descent from throughout the U.S. and internationally have participated in “Immi’Art.”
