¡Sí Se Puede!

One big bilingual party every spring.

Music, lotería, food, a dunk tank, dance performances and a silent auction. It is the best day of our year and, not coincidentally, the reason we can fund anything at all.

Student dancers performing in costume at the ¡Sí Se Puede! festival

The festival

What happens.

Music & dance

Student performances plus local musicians. Loud, joyful, running slightly behind schedule.

Food

Food trucks and family-made dishes. Bring an appetite and small bills if you like.

Games

Lotería, the dunk tank, face painting, and whatever a committee member dreams up in March.

Silent auction

Moving to its own online window so the day itself can just be a party.

Balloons and families filling the schoolyard at ¡Sí Se Puede!
The crowd at the ¡Sí Se Puede! spring festival
Student artwork on display at César Chávez

Get involved

It takes about sixty people.

Most roles are a two-hour shift on the day. A handful are planning roles that start in the winter. Both are useful and neither requires experience.

  • Day-of shifts — games, food, setup, teardown, welcome table.
  • Auction — collecting items and running the online window.
  • Sponsorships — asking local businesses, which is easier than it sounds.
  • Performance coordination — wrangling dancers and a sound system.

For local businesses

Several hundred Hyattsville families, one afternoon.

Sponsor a stage, donate an auction item, or send in-kind goods. We put your name on the signage, the programme and the socials — and we mean it when we say thank you.