Many Mouths One Stomach

11/03/2024

BIG THANKS to Our Cast, Crew and Sponsors
Gadsden Company
Fotosmith
Westbound
5th Avenue Productions
AZ Pro sound
Southern AZ Video
Tucson Thrift Shop
Total Lighting Support Performance Systems
Stagedog Pro
Visit Tucson
Homicide Survivors Inc.
Sukay
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Rio Nuevo
Gloo Factory
Creative Machines
Soundwave
Petroglyphs
Solar Culture
Brooklyn Pizza
Xerocraft Makerspace
KXCI
PCHD
Barrio Barrista
Mariscos Chihuahua
Arts Foundation of Southern Az
Hotel McCoy
Tucson loves Music
Botanica
Wild Child Family Farms
United Fire
Larry Levine
C. Elliott Photography
Raven's Eye Design
Odaiko sonora
Aki Takahashi - Ten ten Canada
Tiffany Tamaribuchi
Kristy “Aki” Oshiro
Sascha Molina
ManMan Mui
Susan Tanabe
Nexus Visions
Fletcher Anstis
Na-Il Emmert
Erika Marquez
Mnha Castle
Aurelia Cohen

11/03/2024

I am Nadia Hagen Onuktav- I am the Artistic director for The All Souls procession - I took over form Susan johnson in 1998 and I have been creating this event with you and for you for 26 years.
How many folks here attend the procession?
Over 150,000 people attend the Procession and All Souls brings over 30 Million to the City of Tucson Annually.

MMOS raises the money and produces the event-
We are a small, grassroots, Non-profit.
Our Board is 90% women of color. We are Mexican and White, Asian and Balck and Middle-eastern- (that’s me- middle eastern)

We struggle and scrape and sacrifice each year to raise 150,000 dollars to close streets, pay for cops and port-0- potties.

We cannot do this every year without you.

This event has always teetered on the edge of financial disaster-
It doesn’t look like it, right?
It looks good- She looks good-
That’s called “THEATER” friends.
You turn s**t into Gold.
That’s alchemy.

You take paper and make flowers- You take paint and glue and make Beauty.

Here’s the hard truth.
All Souls will not be here if you don’t DONATE.

And here’s some more harsh love— If you don’t support us now-

One of three things will happen-

No Procession
Remember in 2021 during Covid- when there was no procession? Quiet streets.
There will still be concerts - in bars and parties - in bars and face-painting and costume contests- in bars-
and they will not be free and you will be not be walking thru your Barrio with you family and neighbors- because only people over 21 can be in bars.h

The City
If the City takes over the Procession- it will no longer be the riotous, wild, rumpus you have come to love-
It will be restricted and regulated and safe and boring.
There will be no URN, and there will be no fire- the spark will be risk-managed until there is nothing left.

A Title Sponsor
If All Souls falls under corporate sponsorship- you will see slick marketing and better fundraising campaigns than mine- haha
On the screens on the stage and everywhere you look you will see ads for their products and their products for sale in all the vending booths along the route.

And the corporation will run it until they realize that events like this don’t make profits and then they will dump it.

but it doesn’t have to be that way-

You can keep All Souls alive- You can keep All Souls In the hands of the people- in your hands-
The Power is in your hand right now-
Pull out some cash and drop it in the buckets near the Busker stage and Dance of the Dead Gates

Pull out your phone and scan the QR code on the screens around the finale site or go to allsoulsprocession.org and Donate

Five Bucks -Ten Bucks- Twenty Bucks

You can keep All Souls Free for All Souls

03/26/2024

Porangui brought so much magic and heart to the 2022 All Souls Ceremony- Catch him April 5, 2024 at MSA Annex for an uplifting and memorable Workshop and musical sojourn-
Tickets here:
https://app.showslinger.com/v/porangui

01/02/2024

Hay Tucson-
Zoppe Family Circus is rolling into town this weekend with their New Show inspired by Venice Carnival-
This is festal culture at it's best- a touring family of talented acrobats, clowns and musicians- bringing old school traditions to the world for over 100 years
Don't Miss them!!
https://app.showslinger.com/standalone_external_events/17832?from=%2Fe1%2F94%2Fzoppe-family-circus&promo_widget_v3_id=94

10/11/2023

Support a Free, Public Ceremony that touches the whole world! With - we have launched a campaign that does just that-This is The Restoration of Care-For everyone-everywhere-Tucson’s deepest public gathering-Celebrate our 34th Annual from near or far.

https://fundrazr.com/allsoulsprocessiontucson

Please contribute to the 2023 All Souls Procession! The All Souls Procession is a non-profit and relies on donations. The All Souls Procession Weekend: Honors our Ancestors, Honors our lost loved ones, Celebrates Life, Makes Tucson shine-

03/21/2023

AZ Gives 2023 is April 4th
https://www.azgives.org/nonprofits?_rs=371977125
Help MMOS keep creating a safe and sacred container for Tucson.

03/17/2023

A Big shout-out to our friend-
Ricky Abud for a wonderful collab at Dance of the Dead
and
for loaning MMOS 10K to help us take care of the amazing people and companies that make All Souls possible-
Usually, the Board is personally on the hook for thousands of dollars after the Procession has ended and we work hard to resolve those accounts but it can be slow and painful-

Ricky's generosity and faith in MMOS is a game-changer!!
Ricky Abud

03/17/2023

Click here to Join AZ Gives help hundreds of Arizona non-Profits Stay healthy and strong-
https://www.azgives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation_org&fwID=2477
MMOS needs your support to raise over 100k each year to offer our signature event -The All Souls Procession.