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Alfredo Chavez

Seattle,

Community Focus: Caribbean, Latina/e/o/x
Panamanian

Composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Chavez’s group repertoire includes bolero, pasillo, cueca, joropo, cumbia, son, goajira, Andean music, merengue, and calixso as well as popular ballads. An educator and cultural ambassador, Chavez was previously Folk Troubadour and Professor at the National University of Panama.

Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE)

San Francisco,

Community Focus: Caribbean
Cuban

The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) is a grassroots coalition seeking normalization of US-Cuba ties and opposing intervention in Cuban affairs.

Correo Aereo

Seattle,

Community Focus: Caribbean, Latina/e/o/x, Mexican, South American
Argentinian / Argentinos, Cuban, Venezuelan

The award-winning Latin music duo, Correo Aereo, play traditional multi-instrumental acoustics and vocals of music from Latin America, with a focus on music from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and Cuba. They incorporate original songs and arrangements into their performances that are deeply inspired by swimming and playing in the ancient rivers of traditions while being alive and open to organic innovation. Dr. Juan Tony Guzman, Head of the Jazz Dept. at Luther College writes: “Listening to their performance one can unite space and time across cultures.”

Eastern Washington University- Chicana/o/x Studies Program

Cheney,

Community Focus: Caribbean, Latina/e/o/x
Chicana/e/o/x, Hispanic

In 1977 a group of students of Mexican ancestry who identified as Chicana/os in recognition of their unique social, cultural and political identities joined forces with a Chicano Art Professor, Rubén Trejo, to establish the Chicano Education Program. Since its creation, this program has served as an academic and community center for students and their families. Today, the Chicana/o/x Studies Program, as is known, provides services for students of all backgrounds: Chicanx, Indigenous, Hispanic, Latinx, immigrant, migrant, Caribbean, Central American, South American, non-Latinx, and beyond. Our program offers academic and non-academic support services both in English and Spanish, such as advising, peer mentorship, and tutoring opportunities, culturally relevant events, scholarship information, and a home away from home. Welcome to your space! (Bienvenidos!)

eSe Teatro

Seattle,

Community Focus: Caribbean, Latina/e/o/x

Founded in 2010, eSe Teatro honors self-definition and inclusion, striving to represent all the colors in the “rainbow of brown” of our Latinidad. Our affiliated artists range from immigrants to U.S. born, Spanish-speaking and non Spanish-speaking, representing cultures and heritages from all over The Americas and Caribbean.

Friends of Jamaica Seattle

Renton,

Community Focus: Caribbean
Jamaican

Friends of Jamaica Seattle (FOJS), was founded in 1996 by a group of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica living in the Puget Sound region with the primary purpose to provide charitable and educational assistance to Jamaica.

Issamba Centre

Victoria,

Community Focus: African, Caribbean

A hub for African, Caribbean diaspora and African Descent communities on Vancouver Island. Centre Culturel et Social pour les Personnes d’Ascendance Africaine.

Juan Alonso

Seattle,

Community Focus: Caribbean
Cuban

Cuban-born Juan Alonso-Rodríguez is a self-taught artist whose transition from music to visual arts coincided with his move to Seattle in 1982.

La Union Studio

Seattle,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Caribbean, Multicultural, Polynesian, Southeastern Asia
Cuban, Filipino, Samoan

La Union Studio is an interdisciplinary collaboratory & design consultancy that engages the complexity of contemporary society through a blend & balance of architectural design, interior design, and cultural placemaking. We inherently employ ruthless optimism and diligent rigor, dedicated to a conviction that architecture can awaken people, enrich communities and inspire creativity. We reflect the cultural narratives of our clients and their community both in the design process and in the delivery of service. Our process is rooted in both the digital and the analog, with a belief in an equitable methodology that is simultaneously collaborative and iterative, and we recognize that architecture is accomplished by people and for people. We are as nimble as we are steadfast, as ardent as we are resolute, and we embrace a diversity of perspectives throughout the design process to refine the delivery of our projects. Above all, we strive to speak the language of architecture to all people.

Las Molas Association

Seattle,

Community Focus: Caribbean
Panamanian

Las Molas Association is a non-profit Organization. Our purpose is to preserve, promote, enhance, and increase conscience of Panamá culture, to aid and assist Panamanians and other individuals in the State of Washington, and in our Homeland of Panamá.

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