Cancer Survivor Comparsa Project for the 2025 Puerto Rican Parade

Pink Vejigante Survivor Project

We are organizing a group of Cancer Pink Survivors Vejigante troop to participate in the 2025 Puerto Rican Parade. The idea is to bring dozens or hundreds of cancer survivors dressed as bleeders to dance in this year's parade on June 8, 2025, in NYC. The main vehicle will be the Puerto Rican image of bleeders. We would like to ask for your help to achieve this goal. As you know, cancer statistics in our communities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico have increased dramatically. A large number of young people are being diagnosed with this condition, and we want to emphasize the importance of prevention and early detection to achieve a good survival outcome. In short, we're calling on cancer survivors or their representatives to walk, dance, and enjoy the great walk in the largest event in New York City, the Puerto Rican Parade, dressed as Vejigante.

The main objective of the La Comparsa Rosa Vejigante Project is to educate about early cancer detection and prevention using the largest platform for Puerto Ricans in the United States, La Parada Puertorriqueña (The Puerto Rican Parade) in Greater New York City. The proposal has several additional components: an informational and educational website is already operational; it will feature a series of workshops, conferences on Vejigantes and the creation of masks from recycled materials; it will broadcast live streaming from the parade via cameras installed in some of the vejigantes; and the participation of survivors as dancers dressed as vejigantes.

Raúl Moris García