Mel Vera Cruz’s mixed media stencil mural will feature 35 s/heroes that have impacted the Filipino community as organizers, veterans, seniors, mothers, workers, farmers, professionals, and residents.

SOMCAN (The South of Market Community Action Network) is proud to lead the project WE LIVE HERE from concept to creation guided by our community planning workshops and our collaborative efforts with FEC GALING BATA parents and teachers and art renderings by artist Mel Vera Cruz.

“S/Heroes In Our Windows” is a mural dedicated to the leaders and legacies that helped build what has become SOMA Pilipinas, the Filipino Cultural Heritage District.“