 ACTA Grants $210,000 to San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast Nonprofits
ACTA announces the launch of its Traditional Arts Sustainability Grants. This program aims to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations serving low-income communities and communities of color in the Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley. This initiative is supported by a joint partnership between the David & Lucile Packard, James Irvine and William & Flora Hewlett Foundations as part of their Community Leadership Project.ACTA is awarding $210,000 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations in Monterey, Merced, Fresno, Kings and Kern Counties. These grants will provide core operating support and capacity building training and coaching. These organizations focus their work in a wide array of ethnic communities and cultural expressions, including traditional Mexican dance, mariachi music, Hmong traditional music, Chicano theatre, and the preservation of native Kawaiisu languages and knowledge.
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ACTA welcomes its newest staff member, Nayamín Martínez Cossío, who comes to ACTA with extensive experience as a community health and cultural worker. In her job at ACTA, Nayamín will be responsible for managing ACTA's newest program, Traditional Arts Sustainability Grants. She will also be conducting Spanish-language outreach across ACTA's programs, as well as working on ACTA's development team to maintain and expand funding for the organization's support of the folk and traditional arts field.
