Hector Martinez strummed a guitar near Broadway Avenue as people strolled around with plates of cheese-covered nachos and rice and beans Saturday at the second annual Fiesta de Mayo.
“It’s a good way to be part of the community,” Martinez, 19, of Milton said.
Organized by Joe and Maggie Rosa, pastors of Congregacion Menonita Shalom in New Columbia, the festival is a chance for the large local Hispanic and Latino community to share their culture with Valley residents.
“We want to get people to mingle, for people to learn a little bit,” Joe Rosa said.
Sharing food, music and information about Hispanics and Latinos is a way to bring the groups together, he said, and hopefully redefine a community that is often stereotyped. READ FULL STORYRead more…
