Who doesn’t love some Mangos with Chile, even more so when you’re talking about the tasty and thought provoking touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists. Bueno, they need some help paying off some debt after their latest tour in the U.S South. So if you’re in the Bay Area this Saturday, support and show some love. You’ll get some back. They will have a kissing booth after all!

Sweet Toothed Solidarity 2
A Benefit To Pay Off A Van for Mangos With Chili

Saturday, December 19, 2009
The Fairview House
1820 Fairview Ave, Berkeley, CA
near Ashby BART

come at 6 PM if you have a baked good
7:30-10 PM otherwise
donations welcome- all appreciated!

performances by Amir Rabiyah, Bea Sullivan, and Bananz/ Anna Whitehead
many-gendered peep shows
sweet treats
kissing booth
whipped cream surprises

as well as a reportback/ slideshow about Mangos With Chili’s Splendor and Grit: The Stunning South Tour and some of the amazing queer/trans of color Southern organizations we met and worked with along the way.

zines and crafts and I’m Too Sexy for the 501c3 t shirts for sale!

Mangos With Chili, an awesome grassroots queer and trans of color love and survival art outfit, just came back from their 17 day Splendor and Grit tour of the Southern U.S. 7 amazing queer and trans of color performance artists traveled from Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice in San Antonio Texas to New Orleans to Durham to DC, meeting with incredible queer and trans of color communities and sharing life-saving and changing QTPOC stories of love, resistance and survival along the way.

Because of drama with Budget Rent a Car, our van rental bill of $1,500 doubled to $3,100. We need help raising money to pay this debt off.

Please join us for an evening of sugary sweets to not only support Mangos With Chili, but in an effort to build stronger support, ally, and community networks. This is also an opportunity to learn more about queer of color grassroots arts institution building, and about queer and trans of color organizing in the South.

warmth*community love*friends*kisses for sale* cupcakes*gluten free cookies*stories*burlesque* love*support*bonfire*whiskey* hot pear cider*more love

***Donations encouraged and all are welcome***

for more information: mangos.with.chili@gmail.com
mangoswithchili.wordpress.com

you can also send money to use via paypaling brownstargirl@gmail.com (if you don’t need a tax receipt)

or through our fiscal sponsor, counterpulse, if you do- counterpulse.org