Ser Mujer is a San Miguel de Allende organization of Mexican, American, and Canadian women aged 28 to 82. For the last six years, Ser Mujer has promoted women’s issues during Women’s History Month with a program of events, talks, and films.
Year: <span>2020</span>
Vote
It is time to get registered to vote or request your ballot to be delivered to your inbox via email. Democrats Abroad San Miguel de Allende is ready to help you accomplish this via Zoom. U.S. federal law guarantees the right of citizens living outside the U.S. to vote in federal elections (President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives).
Mental Health: Ask Dr. Alan
Q: I don’t personally know anyone who has died from COVID-19, but I’m feeling the same kind of emotions I had when my mother passed away. Am I in mourning? Why?
Two Million Pesos to Ease the COVID-19 Burden
The San Miguel Community Foundation approved an extraordinary donation to several organizations whose income has decreased due to the global disease.
Travel News
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Embassy and Consulates in Mexico announced on May 20 that the temporary travel restrictions with Mexico and Canada have been extended through June 22, 2020. The restrictions first went into effect on March 21.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Online Service
Irish poet William Butler Yeats wrote that “the voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new vistas but in having new eyes.” In this Sunday’s online service, UUFSMA Affiliate Minister Rev. Tom Rosiello pulls on that thread of wisdom to remind us that these days may not be the time to venture to discover new vistas, yet this is a time to have new eyes.
Parks Will Become Part of a Trust
San Miguel de Allende City Council is preparing regulations for two trustee boards to take charge of Parque Juarez and Parque Zeferino. These groups will operate under certain rules for public spaces, and will have to generate the resources for maintaining those spaces, which means an end to funds provided by local, state, and federal authorities.
After Ups and Downs, Mama Mia Prepares for an Upswing
In a historical building, with a current staff of 150, Mama Mia restaurant is preparing to reopen, and hopes for success once again. The restaurant’s history started with Adriano’s, a small restaurant located in the Posada La Fuente hotel. The patio was filthy, and some of the hotel’s clients, unable to pay their bills and perhaps harboring stolen goods, would flee through a window on Calle Jesús. The hotel was awful and the restaurant was a failure.
Phase Zero Came With the First COVID-19 Death in SMA
On June 1, 24 businesses reopened to the public in Phase 0. On that same day, San Miguel de Allende registered the first death of a patient caused by COVID-19. According to the Secretariat of Public Health, the man was 37 years old.