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Official Press Release from the Native Arts and Culture Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 4, 2013
Media Contact: Amy M. Echo-Hawk; 360-314-2421, amy@nativeartsandcultures.org
2013 NACF AWARDS ANNOUNCED IN SUPPORT OF NATIVE YOUTH ART AND HEALTH
Vancouver, Wash. – Through its California Bridge Initiative: Arts + Health program, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has awarded four California non-profits $10,000 for projects to enhance the health of Native youth through art. The foundation awarded a total of $40,000 to the Cultural Conservancy, Dancing Earth Creations, the Native American Health Center of Oakland and Pitzer College.
“The organizations awarded 2013 California Bridge Initiative Arts + Health grants have planned innovative ways to address physical health and well-being of Native youth through the creation of artwork or participation in arts practice,” explained foundation Program Director Reuben Roqueñi.
To promote healthy indigenous communities, the Cultural Conservancy protects native lands, nurtures the revitalization of endangered songs and documents traditional knowledge. Their Native Youth Media, Arts and Cultural Health Project will reconnect Native youth with waterways and teach traditional arts including building tule boats, songs and protocols related to waterways and carving canoe paddles. Their goal is for youth to gain an increase in emotional health and cultural vitality through this project.
Dancing Earth Creations is a dance theater company committed to mentoring emerging artists and providing opportunities for the next generation of indigenous dancers to learn dance production, administration and every aspect of their art. Through the Waters of Wellness program funded by NACF, Native youth in four different sites in California will engage in dance and movement activities designed to promote exercise and discuss nutrition while learning about the preservation of Native waterways.
Oakland’s Native American Health Center provides the five-county Bay-area Native community with healthcare to maintain and build their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being with respect for their unique cultural traditions. The foundation’s award funds their Resiliency Mural Project to provide Native youth with afterschool mentorship from mural artist Daniel Rodriguez. The muralists will draw thematic elements from the history of relocation and the occupation of Alcatraz on four murals while attending healthy lifestyle training.
Pitzer College, located in Claremont, Calif., is an interdisciplinary liberal arts institution with an emphasis on social justice, environmental sensitivity and intercultural understanding in its curriculum. Pitzer’s Native American Summer Pipeline Program is a two-week on-campus college life experience designed to inspire Native high-school with the motivation to graduate. Hosted in association with Western University of Health Sciences, Pipeline curriculum includes academic and creative writing, computer literacy, multidisciplinary arts workshops and a class on Health Sciences and Native American Community Wellness.
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation has awarded $1,382,000 in grants to 71 Native artists and organizations in 20 states. Created in 2009, after decades of visioning among the nation’s first peoples with assistance from the Ford Foundation and others, NACF is a national charity dedicated to supporting the revitalization, appreciation and perpetuation of Native arts and cultures. To learn more about the foundation’s grantmaking mission, visit www.nativeartsandcultures.org.
FMI: http://nacf.us/grantees/pitzer-college
2013 Pipeline Dates
Just be clear: The 2013 Pipeline Session is from July 29th to August 12th.
Please keep this in mind when planning out your summer, as there are many other opportunities going on as well.
More Important (Good) News! Pipeline 2013
Dear Potential and Current Pipeline Families and Students,
We have some very exciting news! Thanks to the generosity of Gloria Gold, we will be able to have another week for the Pipeline Program, making it into a 2-week program! Ms. Gold made a monetary donation that has enabled us to fund another week of the Pipeline Program after seeing the great work that the Pipeline program has done, and continues to do, with our Native youth. We would also like to thank other people who have contributed their time, talents, and vision to making the Pipeline Program a success: former Dean Alan Jones who believed in the vision of the Pipeline Program; Robertjohn Knapp for inspiring and starting the first pipeline session; Julia Bogany for helping contribute her time and energy to the kids, Rob Fossum for allowing us housing for the program; Gina Lamb for her tireless efforts in creating media projects for the kids; Dr. Elizabeth Rega for helping bridge the Pipeline with Western University; Erich Steinman for supporting the program from Day one, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Dean Muriel Poston, Adrian Stevens, Gayle Anne Kelley, and everyone else who has made this program the best it can be.
The Pipeline program also wouldn’t have been the same with our wonderful mentors, and most importantly, the students and families who decided to take a chance with our program. We wouldn’t be the Pipeline Program today if it wasn’t for your participation, and we look forward to accepting the new members of the Pipeline family.
Sincerely,
Scott Scoggins, Pipeline Director
Pipeline Planning Team
Important News! 2013 Pipeline Update.
Dear Pipeline Family and potential future students,
We have a very important announcement to make regarding the 2013 Pipeline Summer Session. Due to current budgetary restraints, the 2013 Pipeline session will only be for 1 week, from July 29th – August 5th. Mentor Training will happen 3 days ahead from July 26th – July 28th. Please note this date change when making summer plans.
We are working on getting additional funding so we can extend the 2013 Pipeline session for a few more days, but it is a work in progress and not guaranteed. We appreciate your understanding and continued support of the Pipeline Program and hope to see you for the 2013 session, no matter how long it is. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Scott Scoggins, Pipeline Director
The Pipeline Planning Team
Health Career Ladder this Saturday!
This Saturday marks March’s American Indian Health Career Ladder this Saturday at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona from 8:30 to noon.
The workshops are led by WesternU medical students and doctors: past workshops have included blood type testing, fingerprinting, diabetes prevention, forensic science, and anatomy!
Lunch is provided!
If you are interested in health or science careers, come out and learn all about the Health Career Ladder.
FMI: http://www.westernu.edu/ladder-american-indian/index.php
Powwow at Pomona College
Come out and support the Community Engagement and Sustainability Powwow at Pomona College! It will be the first ever powwow at the Claremont Colleges. It is at the end of the month on March 30th. Invite your friends and family!
2013 Pipeline Applications Are Out!
If you haven’t seen it yet, the application’s for Pitzer’s Native American Summer Pipeline to College Program 2013 are out!
The Applications can be found by clicking the page marked “2013 Applications”
Both the Mentor and Student Applications are there.
Please fill one out or pass them along to someone who may.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Director, Scott Scoggins, at scott_scoggins@pitzer.edu
2013 – American Indian Health Career Ladder
Hi Everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful New Years. Its 2013 and there are so many things going on.
First but not least is the American Indian Health Career Ladder.
Its happening tomorrow from 8:45- Noon at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA.
We hope to see you there or another Saturday.
Future Dates Are:
March 9, 2013
April 6, 2013
May 4, 2013
FMI: http://www.westernu.edu/ladder-american-indian/about.php
