Festival Raíces MonarCA

Raíces Monarca is an initiative to honor and make visible the richness of the contributions that migrants make to the state of California, turning it into a multicultural melting pot. Our intention is to position this event as an annual celebration on the first weekend of October and expand it to other cities across California and United States.

We chose the monarch butterfly as our inspiration because it represents a symbol of one of the most extraordinary annual migrations connecting Canada, United States and Mexico. On its journey, the monarchs fertilize the ecosystem by pollinating dozens of wild species and crops, so providing ecosystemic services of great natural and economic importance.

Beyond its beauty and fragility, the monarch butterfly represents a living symbol of migration across geographical and political borders, a continuous search for suitable habitats. Through this event we will not only celebrate the majesty of this…