La L.U.C.H.A virtual event uplifts communities of color at SU Screenshot from Zoom During Tuesday's “Roses in Concrete” event, Raíces Dance Troupe presented a video from a previous showcase. The group performs Latin-based dances. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Sigma Lambda Upsilon president Alexandra Larios-Garcia read Tupac Shakur’s poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” over Zoom to an 18-person audience at an event hosted by La L.U.C.H.A on Tuesday. “Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air,” Larios-Garcia read. “Long live the rose that grew from concrete, when no one else ever cared.”