upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Vena Jefferson

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(1) by Rachelle Lee Smith

2007 Leeway Transformation Award – $15,000

Vena is the director and founder of Urban Africa Cultural Arts. She is a dancer, storyteller and teacher, drawing primarily from African and African American traditions. She aims to make the connections between hip-hop culture and West African movement and rhythmic patterns and also seeks to work against homophobia and sexism, which prevents boys from participating in dance and girls from participating in drumming. Vena's work is often directed toward helping women heal from abuse, but she ultimately creates it to empower the entire African American community with love, self-esteem, history, culture, and knowledge of one-self.

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The Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice. The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients to support with immediate and essential emergency needs. [read more]

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04/025:30 pm - 7:00 pm

4/2 Transformation Award (LTA) Awardee Panel + Info Session (In Person)

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04/185:30 pm - 6:30 pm

4/18 Transformation Award (LTA) Info Session (Virtual)

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