More about our 2021 theme
Our 2020 Theme Carries into 2021:
Oaxaca!
New Brunswick, home of the main campus of Rutgers University, is home to a large community of immigrants from Oaxaca who first settled in the area in the 1980s. Just south of downtown and the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital complex, a vibrant neighborhood with many Oaxacan restaurants, shops, and street vendors is a distinctive part of the city of New Brunswick.
In partnership with local arts and community organization Lazos America Unida, this year’s festival will explore the arts, food, music, crafts, and histories of this diverse community, with roots in several indigenous cultures whose homeland is in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
In addition, we will also present several programs exploring folk music and social activism inspired by the legacy of Rutgers alumnus Paul Robeson!
