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Founded in 1973, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center Juan Antonio Corretjer is a non-profit, community-based umbrella institution, which seeks to serve the social/cultural needs of Chicago’s Puerto Rican/Latino community. It is built on the following principles: a philosophy of self-determination, a methodology of self-actualization and critical thought, and an ethics of self-reliance best expressed in the motto, “To live and help to live.” The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) is named after Juan Antonio Corretjer, the celebrated Puerto Rican national poet and political leader. It serves as a place where people come together to address the critical problems confronting the community and to recover their history, to share in the music, poetry and drama of Puerto Ricans both at home and in the diaspora. All of the PRCC’s programs encourage participants to think critically about their reality and to promote an ethics of self-reliance based on social responsibility. They deal with health, social, and cultural issues that affect Puerto Rican/Latino and poor communities, such as AIDS, education, literacy, housing, homophobia, drug addiction, gang violence, teen pregnancy, police brutality, racism, economic and community development and human rights violations.
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[...] Free 18th Annual Three Kings Day Winter Festival & Parade in Chicago – Jan 6, 2012January 5, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment Tweet google_ad_client="pub-5874559565115833";google_ad_slot="2409658450";google_ad_width=336;google_ad_height=280; Don’t stop the holiday festivities yet — The holidays continue with the free 18th Annual Three Kings Day Winter Festival and Parade – 2012 celebration on Jan 6 in Chicago’s Humboldt Park. Come on out and celebrate the beginning of a new decade with the free Annual Three Kings Day Winter Festival and Parade on Jan. 6, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. 1147 N. Western Ave.January 6, 2012, 3–6:30 pm18th Annual Three Kings Day Winter Festival & ParadeToys Given to Children ages 0-12; Free event for the Whole family; All children must register to receive a gift; Starts at 3:00pm at the Roberto Clemente H.S. (Athletic Building)1147 N. Western Ave.Each year, more than 3,000 parents, and children, ages 0 to 12, attend the Annual Three Kings Day Parade. Beginning at 3:00 p.m. and prior to the parade start, be sure to register the kids (12 and under) to receive a gift from the three kings. The three kings, Melchor (gold), Gaspar (frankincense) and Balthazar (myrrh), along with community leaders, will then lead the parade to the Humboldt Park Field House. The Three Kings Day Parade features fire trucks and a fleet of motorcycles, a horse and carriage, and trolleys that will ride from Campbell street and Division Street to Sacramento Boulevard and North Avenue and end the parade at the Humboldt Park Field House.Children must register at Rebaño Copañerismo Church, 2435 W. Division St., between the hours of 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. All those who pre-register will receive a ticket, which will entitle them to receive a gift at the Humboldt Park Field House. Organizers are asking parents to make sure that their children dress warm. If anyone is interested in volunteering or donating new unwrapped toys for the event call the Division Street Business Development Association (DSBDA) office at (773) 782-0454.In Europe, Three Kings Day — the religious celebration of the three kings delivering gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus — is called the Epiphany. It’s observed on the 12th day after Christmas by strolling from home to home in costume, playing out the biblical nativity scene, and blessing water for the coming year. Mexican, Latin-American and Spanish communities here and abroad also mark Jan. 6. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFOgoogle_ad_client="ca-pub-5874559565115833";google_ad_slot="0263410295";google_ad_width=728;google_ad_height=90;Filed Under: Calendar, Chicago, Events, Latestvar linkwithin_site_id=175893;Speak Your Mind Cancel replyName *Email *Website [...]