Garnet Rogers to perform in Tatamagouche
Canadian folk musician Garnet Rogers will be performing in Tatamagouche in support of Breaking the Silence’s solidarity work with Guatemalans who struggle against injustice.
Garnet began his musical career in his brother Stan Rogers’ band, arranging music.
After Stan’s death, he pursued a solo career, playing guitar, mandolin, fiddle and flute. His songs range from slices of life to mild social commentary and humour.
The performance is hosted by the Maritimes-guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS).
BTS supports a community legal clinic, communities resisting the imposition of mining efforts of Canadian companies, and witnesses in genocide cases, including sexual violence against Maya Indigenous women.
BTS partners with the New Hope Foundation to support a school, with curriculum ground in Maya Achí culture, in the Guatemalan town of Rabinal.
Garnet performs Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., at Sharon United Church.
A second BTS event will take place in November when Marcelo Sabuc speaks at the Tatamagouche Centre.
Sabuc is the coordinator of the Small Farmers’ Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), a BTS partner that supports land an labour rights struggles Maya communities.
Since 2002, BTS has supported organic coffee farmers and the CCDA’S work with Maya communities in collaboration with Just Us! Fair Trade Coffee.
Sabuc will speak at the Tatamagouche Centre on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.