CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY ARTS

MISSION DEVELOPMENT AND POPULARIZATION OF COMMUNITY ARTS AESTHETIC AND PEDAGOGY THAT SPEAK OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE CHANGING MULTICULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF AMERICA. CELEBRATE THE HISTORIES AND ARTISTIC LEGACIES OF AMERICA'S DIVERSE CULTURAL TERRAIN THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ART CREATION. VISION-VIBRANT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FULLY EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE THEIR COLLECTIVE DESTINIES AND TO REALIZE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS. BELIEF WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE ARTS TO REFLECT THE IMMIGRANTS' EXPERIENCE AND TO FULLY ENGAGE THEM IN REALIZING THEIR COLLECTIVE VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.