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Inside ACTA: New Program Changes and Developments
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By Amy Kitchener, Executive Director
This month, we're excited to announce the call for proposals for ACTA's 2015 Living Cultures Grants Program and Apprenticeship Program. There are several important changes to share. While we're navigating some challenging terrain with reduced funding, we will be able to maintain a strong core of program offerings.
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New Guidelines Available for the Living Cultures Grants and Apprenticeship Programs
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This month, ACTA announces the availability of new guidelines for its programs.
Living Cultures Grants Program Deadline: August 1, 2014
Apprenticeship Program
Deadline: August 1, 2014
Join us on June 18, 25, or 30 (English) or on June 19 (Spanish) for a webinar to learn more about ACTA's programs.
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ACTA Introduces New Project Coordinator Citlalli Chávez
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ACTA is excited to introduce its newest staff member Citlalli Chávez. Coming to ACTA as an experienced immigrant rights activist and community and labor organizer, Citlalli has joined ACTA as a project coordinator, working on ACTA's Activating Cultural Assets in Building Healthy Community Places initiative in collaboration with the California Endowment.
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ACTA to Launch Pilot Program in California State Prisons
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This month, the California Arts Council (CAC) awarded contracts to seven organizations for Arts-in-Corrections programs in fourteen state correctional facilities. The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) will receive $90,000 to provide rehabilitative arts services at Kern Valley State Prison and California State Prison, Corcoran.
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$7 Million Budget Appropriated for California Arts Council :: Your Help is Still Needed!
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Last week, the Legislative Budget Conference Committee voted 8-0 to approve an appropriation of $7 million from the general fund for 2014-15 to the California Arts Council (CAC).
Your help is still needed! The full state budget will now go to a floor vote in both houses of the Legislature and then to the Governor to be signed. We ask for your help one more time to communicate to the Governor your support for the Legislature's appropriation to the CAC.
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