ALALA engages CCSF

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(L-R) Miguel Garcia and deCoy Gallerina were a band performing electronica Native American music at City Cafe on Ocean Campus, Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Nathaniel Y. Downes)

By Michael Burkett

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Miguel Garcia and deCoy Gallerina pre- sented “ALALA Radical Medicine Music,” on Thursday Feb. 26, 2015 at City Cafe on Ocean Campus which was sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Multicultural Resource Center with vice president Slava Ustinov introducing the performers.

Alala was the female goddess from Greek Mythology who personified the female war cry. Garcia and Gallerina were representing the

Apache Nde (the people) Native Americans.
A lively and engaging show with electronic music and instruments as well as singing by Garcia and Gallerina ensued. Gallerina danced, finishing with a coyote tale demonstrating that

community is bigger than any one person. The presentation ended with Oscar Peña, president of associated students council speak- ing to the importance of education, especially what is found at City College.