Versiti Lotería & Community Spring Celebration|Celebración de Primavera

1301 West Forest Home Avenue,Milwaukee WI 53204

16 April, 2022

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Join us for the reveal of Versiti Lotería! Celebrate Spring with Versiti Organ and Tissue, Angela Kingsawan, Iuscely Flores, Muskego Way Forward, and numerous Latinx artists for this free outdoor family event. A collaboration with Versiti Organ & Tissue and Iuscely Flores, owner Adelitas MKE, this spin on the classic game of Loteria seeks to bring awareness to Wisconsin’s multicultural communities on the topic of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Visit Versiti’s booth for a free activity kit to celebrate the start of Donate Life Spirit Week. Activities: 10:00am: Coffee & Bakery 10:30am: Let's Play Versiti Loteria! 11:00am: Seed Bomb Paper Activity guided by Andy Lira 11:30am: Let's Play Versiti Loteria! 11:45am: Food Noon: Musical Act (TBD) 12:30pm: Let's Play Versiti Loteria! Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos ...... • Conozca los hechos sobre la donación de órganos y tejidos y escuche el testimonio de los embajadores de Versiti. • Únase al registro en donevidawisconsin.org Who should attend: This is a great time to enjoy the outdoors with friends, neighbors and family! Quiénes deben asistir: ¡Este es un buen momento para disfrutar del aire libre con amigos, vecinos y familiares! Health and Safety: . Masks are encouraged for all attendees. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable outdoor clothing. Salud y Seguridad: Se recomienda mascarillas para todos los participantes. Location and Parking Information: Butterfly Park Community Garden at 1301 West Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53204. Street parking is available, but please follow all city parking restrictions and signs. Información sobre ubicación y estacionamiento: Parque de la Mariposa en 1301 West Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53204. Hay estacionamiento disponible en la calle, pero debe seguir todas las restricciones y señales de estacionamiento de la ciudad. More about this event's speakers: Iuscely Flores, owner of Adelitas MKE, is a community activist and advocate for racial justice and economic equity. Andy Lira, owner of A.L.L. Creative Studio, is a community centric graphic designer and educator focusing on empowerment within the Black and Brown communities in the Greater Milwaukee area. Angela Kingsawan is an Indigenous herbalist, full-spectrum doula, CHW, CLS, 500 hr yoga instructor, reiki master, and artist. She formed Yenepa Herbals L.L.C. to create access to traditional herbal medicine and decolonized wellness education for communities of culture. Angela is an artist-in-residence at Lynden Sculpture Garden and partners with Essentially Empowered Inc. Check out both websites for future classes/workshops led by Angela at essentiallyempoweredinc.org & lyndensculpturegarden.org Muskego Way Forward connects residents, partners and resources around residents’ hopes for the Muskego Way neighborhood. https://mccwi.org/ Versiti believes in enhancing lives through education, engagement and cultivation of cultural learning. Our commitment to saving more lives results in an inclusive donor base to better serve ethnically diverse patients. Donate Life Wisconsin is an alliance of organizations and caring individuals across the state committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes and tissue available for transplant to save and enhance lives. Donate Life Wisconsin motivates people to become donors through awareness, education, registration, advocacy and support of donor families. Become a registered organ and tissue donor at donatelifewisconsin.org. Butterfly Park Community Garden is a green space community gathering place that hosts gardening classes and community cleanup days. It was created to provide access to more safe green spaces in an urban setting. Más información sobre los oradores de este evento: Angela....... Versiti cree en mejorar vidas a través de la educación, la participación y el cultivo del aprendizaje cultural. Nuestro compromiso de salvar más vidas da como resultado una base de donantes inclusiva para atender mejor a los pacientes étnicamente diversos. Done Vida Wisconsin es una alianza de organizaciones e individuos solidarios en todo el estado comprometidos a aumentar la cantidad de órganos, ojos y tejidos donados disponibles para trasplantes, para salvar y mejorar vidas. Done Vida Wisconsin motiva a las personas a convertirse en donantes a través de la concienciación, la educación, el registro, la promoción y el apoyo de las familias donantes. Conviértase en donante de órganos y tejidos y registrate en donevidawisconsin.org. El Parque de la Mariposa es un lugar de encuentro comunitario de espacios verdes que ofrece clases de jardinería y días de limpieza comunitaria. Fue creado para brindar acceso a espacios verdes en un entorno urbano.