As a community-engaged performance project, Taco Reparations Brigade (TRB) convenes immersive actions, living altars, and lucha libre bouts to incite compassion for all workers, border crossers, and children of maíz. Connecting the dots across mainstream appetites for Mesoamerican foods, the national rejection of its people, and the perils of climate destruction, TRB was founded by Paloma Martinez-Cruz, Rubén Castilla Herrera, Laura LROD Rodriguez and Bryan Ortiz in 2018 at a Columbus Sanctuary Movement quesadilla fundraiser. Five years and a global pandemic later, TRB now has a new set of core collaborators that include Jackie Courchene Spayd, Cat Ramos, Aline Mello, Hannah Grace Morrison, Eric Serrano, and Magic Mishap.

The crew and collaborators may change, but the vision has remained consistent:

the highest embodiment of radical hospitality and inclusion.