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Listen "Ep. 012 Danza Azteca at James Logan High School: The Legacy Of Our Ancestors Lives On In Our Youth"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to Episode 012! In this episode, we will learn about the significance of Danza Azteca, a beautiful and ceremonial dance offering of the Mexica people of Mexico and the United States, Anahuac. In addition to the many Ethnic Studies-related offerings at our school, the inclusion of Danza creates a unique opportunity for our young people to connect to their Indigenous heritage and the living practice of Danza as an offering to the Ancestors.
Students at James Logan High School in Union City have formed a student organization on campus to bring a long-time Danza community to their school as a space to practice and hopefully increase its impact on and with the young people at Logan. Danza Ollín Anahuac, an established group, used to utilize the Logan campus until the pandemic shuttered the school and forced them to practice in Kennedy Park next door. This episode will chronicle their return to the Logan campus, with interviews with the students who made it happen and the Elders that are teaching them the traditional ways of our Ancestors.
Also, please join us this coming Friday, March 24th, for a special celebration of Logan's Ethnic Studies Department's 20th Anniversary "Take Back The Mic" talent show and commemoration event. Twenty years ago this year, James Logan High School became the first public high school in the nation to create an entire Ethnic Studies Department. Our department offers courses in Comparative Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Filipino Studies, Raza Studies, Black Studies, and LGBTQ+ Studies, and we are in the process of creating a Southeast Asian Studies course for the future. We have a unique program at Logan that established its first Ethnic Studies Social Justice Academy three years ago at the onset of a global pandemic. Please join us for spoken word, dance, music, and an open mic at James Logan High School's Performing Arts Center at 1800 H. Street, Union City. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and ESSJ is asking for a donation.
Students at James Logan High School in Union City have formed a student organization on campus to bring a long-time Danza community to their school as a space to practice and hopefully increase its impact on and with the young people at Logan. Danza Ollín Anahuac, an established group, used to utilize the Logan campus until the pandemic shuttered the school and forced them to practice in Kennedy Park next door. This episode will chronicle their return to the Logan campus, with interviews with the students who made it happen and the Elders that are teaching them the traditional ways of our Ancestors.
Also, please join us this coming Friday, March 24th, for a special celebration of Logan's Ethnic Studies Department's 20th Anniversary "Take Back The Mic" talent show and commemoration event. Twenty years ago this year, James Logan High School became the first public high school in the nation to create an entire Ethnic Studies Department. Our department offers courses in Comparative Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, Filipino Studies, Raza Studies, Black Studies, and LGBTQ+ Studies, and we are in the process of creating a Southeast Asian Studies course for the future. We have a unique program at Logan that established its first Ethnic Studies Social Justice Academy three years ago at the onset of a global pandemic. Please join us for spoken word, dance, music, and an open mic at James Logan High School's Performing Arts Center at 1800 H. Street, Union City. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and ESSJ is asking for a donation.
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