Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Families, join the Library and our many exciting performers and partners on the Library’s YouTube Channel and at diasf. org to celebrate a virtual Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros. We bring the bookjoy to your living room. Tune in for entertaining stories, dance to some music.
Learn about special places throughout the City happy to welcome families safely. During the virtual celebration, expect to discover ideas to keep little hands busy and see some familiar faces saying hello.
Leading up to the virtual celebration, visit our SFPL To Go-Go sites or be on the lookout for the Librotero Cart for some fun Día giveaways; starting April 18, while supplies last. Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros has been celebrated in San Francisco since 1999.
Our celebration has provided a beloved free literacy celebration for over two decades. Día was started in 1996 by author Pat Mora with support from Reforma and the Association for Library Service to Children. It is a celebration of children, literacy and diversity. For more details on Día San Francisco, the organizing team and resources featured in the virtual celebration, visit diasf.org. Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros – April 25, 12 p.m.
C i n c o d e Mayo celebration CINCO DE MAYO
Sunday MAY 2, 2021 at RAZA Park 11:00 AM Ceremonia & Food ! A Family Bike Ride Out at 1:00 PM! A benefit for the Mission Food Hub.
2021 Affordable Housing Month Arts Show
Next month, Urban Habitat’s allies, the East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) and the Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO), will celebrate the affordable housing movement. EBHO’s Affordable Housing Month includes film screenings, community discussions, educational events, an art show featuring artists who are affordable housing residents, and the opening of new affordable homes.
Their celebration party is on May 13th at 5:30, featuring musician Kev Choice. Check out their full calendar and sign up for their events. CCHO’s San Francisco Affordable Housing Week runs from May 7 to May 14.
They have arranged a full program of events covering a wide range of communityled affordable housing work that include conversations about Housing Our Workers, Rethinking Infill Housing in the Bay Area Suburbs, and the success and promise of their Housing Preservation work, from preservation stories to the potential acquisition of Shelter in Place Hotels for new permanent supportive housing.
Kicking off Affordable Housing Week, the CCHO Party! will include their annual Choo Choo Housing Awards and honor community housing frontline COVID workers on Friday, May 7 at 5:30. Check out their full calendar and sign up for events.
