The Teamsters Hispanic Caucus of Kansas City & Vicinity is hosting their annual Valentine’s Dance on Saturday, February 15th, 2025 at the Pierson Community Center at 1800 S. 55th St., Kansas City, KS from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Entertainment will be provided by Stranded in The City & Las Estrellas.
The Valentine’s Dance has become one of the defining cultural events for the Hispanic community in Kansas City, KS at this time of year and is one of the more innovative ways that the organized labor community engages with the Hispanic community in our region.
A table, which includes 10 seats, is available for $350. Dinner is included. Drinks are available for purchase.
Contact information to purchase tables and tickets are listed in the above graphic.
Tristin Amezcua-Hogan is the Editor of The Labor Beacon and a member of LIUNA Local 264. Tristin also serves as the Director of Communications for the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO and the Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance.
Tristin grew up as the son of a UA Local 669 member in Tecumseh, KS and the great-nephew of George C. Amis, longtime leader of the United Rubberworkers (now USW Local 307) in Kansas. Growing up in rural Kansas as the child of teen parents, Tristin quickly came to appreciate the life-changing benefit of a union job.
Tristin and his partner, Rebeca Amezcua-Hogan, are residents of the Westside, Kansas City, MO's historic Mexican neighborhood. They are proud members of Kansas City's New Reform Temple.
