On July 4th, 2009 CHiTT Productions released My America—a benefit CD for Papers the movie.  Molina spent months compiling music for the project, which features artists from across the United States, including Denver, Albuquerque, Oakland, Harlem, and Minneapolis.  The CD is raising awareness about immigration and racial justice issues, and it is steadily bringing in funding to support the Papers movement.  Special shoutout to the Tru Ruts collective out of MN for contributing almost one half the music on the album.  WireTap Magazine recently wrote about My America.  The story ran Thanksgiving Day. 

Paper Chase: Hip-Hop for My America

By Geoffrey Dobbins, November 26, 2009

Read the article:  http://www.wiretapmag.org/arts/44697/ 

Purchase the cd: http://papersthemovie.com/myamerica.html

Molina Soleil & Aju are proud to have contributed to the making of Papers—a film by and about undocumented youth.  Papers is now screening nationally!  For more on Papers, including information on how to bring Papers to your community, visit http://www.papersthemovie.com.

Molina Soleil & Aju held it down this weekend at the 13th annual Children of Aztlan Sharing in Higher Education (CASHE) conference in Pullman, Washington.  We emceed Noche Cultural and presented five workshops.

Molina Soleil & Aju rockin’ a packed auditorium    at Noche Cultural.	Aju holding it down during an Immigration reform workshop.
	(Left) Molina with the homey Margarita Esquivel, superwoman and youth advocate.  Maggie and her fellow comadres put together a dynamic 3-day conference for 250 Latino high school students from across the state of Washington.  Twenty-five seniors were accepted to WSU onsite at the closing banquet.

MORE PICS FROM CASHE:

Gettin’ things moving…

Gettin’ people on their feet…

The people movin’ to the music…

The following day, in the classroom, building…

Much respect to all the Mechistas de WSU and the whole CASHE conference staff.  Shout out tambien to all students who attended.  We had fun with you all!  Street smart and driven to succeed, you all took a serious step towards higher education this weekend.  Adelante jovenes!   

We are proud to announce our first show in Missouri.  We were booked this weekend to play at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, Missouri.  The date is set for April 21st, 2010.  Big ups to the student programming council.  We’ll see you all next year!

http://www.ColoradoMusicBuzz.com/Index.asp?LinkTo=A266

“Wow. A few other words to describe this experimental Spoken-Word/Jazz Fusion album would be: passionate, seductive, insightful and motivational. This album is definitely progressive, to say the least. The horn arrangements will call to your soul; the percussion stimulates your senses. Aside from superb musicianship, the message being shared by these two protégés reflects a zeal and wisdom that belies their years. Some jewels that I particularly enjoyed on this album are “Rise Mantra,” “City Night Speak,” and the title track, “Sacred Paths.” The LP is set to drop on September 20, 2009. You can pick up a copy at any CDBaby, iTunes or at the website: SoulAju.com.”

- Charlotte D. Abberant, Colorado Music Buzz, October 1st edition 2009