2014
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Ginga Arts
Ginga Arts is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that emowers underserved and at-risk youth by offering ongoing classes featuring the traditional Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. Ginga Arts uses capoeria — part martial arts, part dance, part percussion, and part game — as an…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Martial Arts, Music
Greater Los Angeles
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Cultural Arts of Gold
Founded by dancer and teacher LaKiesha Golden, Cultural Arts of Gold’s mission is to preserve the arts and culture of Congo. The annual Congolese Dance and Drum Festival, also known as Biamvu Bia Kongo (Bridges of Congo), aims to preserve the history of the cultural traditions of the people Congolese…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Dance, Music
Bay Area
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Community Music Center
San Francisco’s Community Music Center’s mission is to make music accessible to people of all ages, musical levels, and financial backgrounds. Their students range in age from one to 90+ years old and enjoy classes in everything from Western classical to Chinese to Latin Music. Community…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Music
Bay Area
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Susanville Indian Rancheria
The Susanville Indian Rancheria is located in a rural area in Northeastern California, approximately 85 miles north of Reno, Nevada, and is situated along the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The political entity of the Rancheria represents four tribes–the Northeastern Maidu, Northern Paiute, Northern Washoe and Pit River…
June 19, 2019
Folklife/Other, Music
Central Sierra
Coachella Valley Housing Coalition was founded in 1982 by local community activists, business leaders, and other individuals to address the lack of adequate housing for farmworkers, low-income families, and individuals in the Coachella Valley. The mission of CVHC is to help low-income families improve their living…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Dance
Greater Los Angeles
The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California is a nonprofit organization serving the Muslim-American and greater Bay Area communities. ICCNC provides a dynamic space that cultivates an exchange of ideas about Islam through art, culture, and education. In existence since 1996, ICCNC provides religious services to Bay…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Folklife/Other, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area
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Kalingafornia Laga
Laga, Indigenous weaving traditions from Kalinga
June 19, 2019
Organization
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Bay Area
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Regional Organization of Oaxaca
Oaxacan arts and culture
June 19, 2019
Organization
Dance, Folklife/Other, Music, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Greater Los Angeles
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Grupo Folklorico Los Girasoles
Mexican folkloric dance
June 19, 2019
Ensemble
Dance
San Joaquin Valley