Fifth Sun Project Hosts 3rd Annual Street Vendor Sonidero
Back for their third annual Street Vendor Sonidero, Fifth Sun Project is hosting their yearly fundraiser to support local street vendors in our community! Come out for a night of “cumbias, cars, and stylez” tonight at Starboard Tack at 6 p.m.!
Entry is free for this year’s fundraiser, but donations are greatly appreciated and go towards the Street Vendor Relief Fund to help local street vendors.
The event features 30 local food, art, and craft vendors, as well as live art, music, activities, and info booths. Attendees may also participate in a dance contest and a ‘Best Dressed’ contest! Check out the car show happening at the event and see who wins the ‘Best Car’ contest!
Prizes for the contests include gift certificates, products, services, and more provided by local artists and businesses. This includes awards, photo sessions, art pieces, jewelry sets, a tattoo session, and more!
Enjoy music from Js by Kumbia Darks (@kumbiadarks) and Hasta Nunca (@pedr_oh) and a live performance by Desmother (@desmother_lasvegas). And take photos at the photo booth with @memori.es702!
The following hosts are heading up the various contests throughout the night:
Dance – Host @kumbiadarks@amor.d3.colores
Car Show – Host @la_bagel_@brownmagic702
Best Dressed – Host @sinamorstudio
*** DM Fifth Sun Project to Enter | for info***
“For the people, for the culture ✊🏽”
More About Fifth Sun Project and The Street Vendor Sonidero Fundraiser
Fifth Sun Project is a local grassroots activism and art collective focused on Indigenous justice and building mutual aid for the people. Actively supporting the community, they host events and protests throughout the year, conduct meal preps and food shares, and are one of our partners for community cleanups at local parks!
Last year’s Street Vendor Sonidero raised over $1,200 that FSP distributed to local street vendors throughout the community!
Follow Fifth Sun Project on Facebook and Instagram to stay updated on their work in the community, and visit their community resource list on their Link Tree for more ways to #GetinMotion!
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The Importance of Supporting Our Street Vendors
Street vendors are an integral part of our community here in Las Vegas and beyond. Working on the street outside a traditional store, street vendors are vulnerable to a wide range of issues.
Economic Hardship
According to the Economic Research Service through the USDA, all food prices are predicted to increase between 7.5 and 8.5 percent this year. This makes it harder for street vendors to acquire the food needed to serve the community.
Excessive Heat
With the summers in Vegas worsening every year, with more temperature records broken and heat waves to endure, our street vendors work in these unsafe conditions out of necessity. In doing so, they further risk their health and lives without medical or financial coverage. This necessity stems from legal status, health, and other financial issues, on top of the rising housing costs and other living expenses in our community.
Housing Costs
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise area ranked two out of the 15 largest US metro areas with the highest rent increases. This came out to a median rent increase of 24.8%, which makes housing increasingly unaffordable in our community. And for our local street vendors, this means they have to work even harder in dangerous conditions just to keep a roof over their family’s heads.
Supporting Families in the Community
Like most people, our local street vendors have children and families to care for. Supporting them helps support their families! Our community grows stronger when we lift each other up.
So #GetinMotion tonight for the Street Vendor Sonidero and help support the fantastic street vendors in our community!
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