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Leah Horn
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leah.horn@westaf.org ʻO WESTAF e hāʻawi i $1.7 miliona ma o ka New United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund
Hāʻawi ka hui pū ʻana me Mellon Foundation i nā haʻawina kōkua a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana e kākoʻo i nā hui noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu ma ke Komohana DENVER, CO, Iune 16, 2020—Ua hoʻolaha ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) i kēia lā e hui pū ana me kona kaikuahine ʻelima ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Nā Hui ʻĀpana ʻĀina a me The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina mai kahi hoʻopukapuka pilikia $10 miliona e kākoʻo i nā hui ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund kahi hāʻawi kōkua mua loa a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i kēlā me kēia o ʻeono mau ʻĀpana ʻĀpana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, he hui ʻāina o nā hui lawelawe noʻeau waiwai ʻole. Hoʻolālā ʻia ia e kōkua i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli kālā i ka ʻāpana ma o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hui liʻiliʻi a me waena o nā ʻano aʻoaʻo noʻeau a pau ma nā kuaʻāina a me nā wahi kaona i manaʻo ʻia e ko lākou mau hoa he hopena mokuʻāina, ʻāpana, a ʻāina paha. E hoʻonohonoho mua ka Fund i nā hui i pilikia loa i kēia pilikia, e komo pū ana me nā hui i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka mōʻaukala, a me ka poʻe e lawelawe ana i ka lehulehu, nā kaiāulu, a me nā ʻano hana kiʻi.
Hoʻopilikia koʻikoʻi ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i nā ʻoihana a me nā hui moʻomeheu ma ke Komohana. Hōʻike nā ʻike mai kahi noiʻi hopena WESTAF COVID-19 he 54% o nā ʻoihana hana ʻole ma ke komohana i loaʻa i ka nui a i ʻole ka nui o nā poho o ka loaʻa kālā i nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, 47% o nā ʻoihana nonprofits i noiʻi ʻia he mau mahina ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ʻekolu mahina, a ʻo 16% ʻaʻohe. waihona kālā i nā mea a pau. Manaʻo nā ʻoihana nonprofits i ka kōkua ʻana i ka hana ʻoi loa e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻēmi i nā pilikia kālā koʻikoʻi a lākou e kū nei i kēia manawa ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi a, me ke kākoʻo Mellon, hiki iā WESTAF ke hoʻoponopono i kēia pono.
Ma o ka WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, e lawelawe ana ʻo WESTAF i ka hāʻawi hou ʻana i ka ʻoi aku o $1.7 miliona ma waena o kona mokuʻāina he 13, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Alaska, Arizona, Kaleponi, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico , Oregona, Utah, Wasinetona, a me Wyoming. Ma ke kūlike me ka WESTAF's plang vision no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā manawa, nā pōmaikaʻi, a me nā kumuwaiwai no nā kaiāulu i hōʻike ʻole ʻia i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano e hiki ai ke hoʻololi i ka helu a me ka hoʻololi ʻōnaehana, e kākoʻo ke kālā i nā hui i alakaʻi ʻia e a/a i ʻole e lawelawe nui ana i nā poʻe mai nā kaiāulu i ʻike ʻia he: ʻEleʻele, ʻŌiwi, poʻe kala; loaʻa haʻahaʻa, LGBTQIA +; a/a i ʻole kuaʻāina, mamao a nele i ka waiwai.
"Mahalo i ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka paipai ʻana o ka Mellon Foundation, ua hui pū nā ʻeono US Regional Arts Organizations e hoʻokumu i kahi kālā e kōkua ai i nā hui ʻoihana a me nā moʻomeheu e hoʻoponopono i ka hopena hohonu o ka maʻi maʻi i ko lākou mau kaiāulu," wahi a Christian Gaines, WESTAF. Luna Hooko. "I kēia manawa, pono nā hui e noʻonoʻo hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana. E kōkua kēia kālā i kēlā. "
ʻO ka hāʻawi kālā mai ka Mellon Foundation e hāʻawi i ke kālā mua no ka papahana, a he ʻāpana ia o ka pane COVID-19 a ka Foundation - kahi hoʻoikaika e hoʻomau i ka hana noʻeau a me nā kānaka i kēia pilikia honua. E hāʻawi ʻo WESTAF i $1.7 miliona o ke kālā i ke kauwela o 2020 me nā makana mai ka $30,000 a i ka $75,000, me kekahi mau haʻawina $100,000.
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No WESTAF
ʻO ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) he hui lawelawe hana noʻeau ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻoihana kālā, hoʻonohonoho, a me nā kulekele o ka hana noʻeau ma ke Komohana. Kōkua ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina, nā hui ʻoihana, a me nā mea pena kiʻi i kā lākou ʻimi e lawelawe i nā lehulehu lehulehu, hoʻonui i ke ola o nā kaiāulu kūloko, a hāʻawi i ke komo i ka hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau a me ka noʻeau no nā mea āpau. Ma o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ka hoʻolaha, ka noiʻi ʻana, ka ʻenehana, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hāʻawi kālā, paipai ʻo WESTAF i ka holomua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hana noʻeau ma ka ʻāina a ma o ka ʻoihana ʻāina o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kuʻikahi.