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SanArte's "The Snow is Softer Here" project is a youth-led, abolitionist healing project rooted in art, music, cultural memory, and collective care for undocumented and Indigenous youth. It’s a model of community-based healing rooted in culture, language, movement, and memory, offering free workshops in cumbia, graffiti, altar-building, and collective meals. 

Our initiative, Yolotl Ollin, addresses the urgent need for culturally relevant emergency preparedness among Indigenous and underserved communities in King County—groups disproportionately affected by climate change and environmental injustices.

In 2023, during a severe winter crisis, traditional emergency services and food banks fell short—providing canned, processed foods that did not meet the cultural and nutritional needs of Indigenous communities and immigrants. In response, SanArte mobilized to provide tailored support by distributing culturally appropriate items: arepas for Venezuelan families, masa for Mexican families, fufu flour for African migrants, and traditional foods like tamales, and ceremony soups. This intervention reached over 600 individuals, exposing critical gaps in conventional disaster response systems.