Grantee Database
dNaga
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Local Impact
Award Amount
$19,000.00
Project Description
GIRL Project requests $20,000 to support our art and empowerment activities for girls living in East Oakland. The project is entering its 7th year and takes place at EastSide Cultural Center. Funds will be allocated to artists, administrators, social worker, and consultants and for art materials, costumes, printing of GIRL Project journals and businesses (such as museums and theaters). The program offers a safe space for girls of color to flourish and develop sisterhood.
Organization Summary
dNaga dance company is a unique ensemble made up of multi-generational dancers including young artists, professionals, and elders. Through workshops, classes, choreography and productions, the dance company explores the nature of our human condition and its relationship to our greater community. The GIRL Project began in 2014 and offers free art and empowerment programming for middles school aged girls of color living in East Oakland. The PEACE Project began in 2009 and offers Dance for PD® and choreographic opportunities to people with Parkinson’s. This year, the intergenerational company danced at the World Parkinson’s Congress in Kyoto, Japan and published a companion book entitled PEACE About Life; Dancing with parkinson’s.
Organization
dNaga
Address
473 Hudson Street
Oakland
94618
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 862-9626
Congressional District
District 13th
State Assembly District
District 14
State Senate District
District 7
