A core part of the Rainin Foundation’s Open Spaces Program is supporting partnerships between artists and organizations. Join NAKA Dance Theater (NAKA) and Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) in a discussion about their collaborative project, “Y BASTA YA!” This multidisciplinary project is based on Indigenous and Latina immigrant stories exploring issues of patriarchy, systematic gender violence and invisibility. NAKA and MUA will share how they center Language Justice in their work with Spanish and Mam speaking communities, as well as how they balance creative and programmatic goals in service of amplifying the power and healing in this community of women survivors.

Mujeres Unidas y Activas is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. “Y BASTA YA!” was supported by the Open Spaces Program in 2020.

Speakers:
• Debby Kajiyama and José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, NAKA Dance Theater
• Maria Jimenez, Support Services Program Director, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
• Y BASTA YA! Artistic collaborators

This event will feature American Sign Language (ASL) and live closed captioning in English.

Additional 2021 Workshop Dates
Use this link to register for upcoming discussions: http://krfoundation.org/grant-opportunity-for-public-art-projects#workshop
o August 10: Block By Block: Building Community Through Time, Space & Change
o August 12: Producing In Public Space: Partnering With City Agencies
o August 17: In/With/For the Public: Reflections on Engaging Community & Producing During The Pandemic

About The Open Spaces Program
Letters of Inquiry are accepted through August 20. Learn more about this grantmaking program here: http://krfoundation.org/grant-opportunity-for-public-art-projects