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The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) was founded in 1976 by Dr. Marta Moreno Vega. [2] She was the director of CCCADI from 1976 to 2018. In January 2018, Vega became an advisor to the Board of Directors, with Margarita Rosa taking on the role of interim director of CCCADI while a search for a new executive director is taking place.
Marta Moreno Vega is the founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). She led El Museo del Barrio, is one of the founders of the Association of Hispanic Arts, and founded the Network of Centers of Color and the Roundtable of Institutions of Colors. [1] [2] Vega is also a visual artist and an Afro-Latina activist.
English: The ornate colorful entrance to the Puerto Rican-Afro Caribbean Cultural Center in the South Holyoke neighborhood of Holyoke, Massachusetts.Formerly known as El Mercado (The Market), the venue serves as a site for plays, live music, fundraisers, and also as a neighborhood community center.
South Holyoke is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts, located approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the city center.Today the neighborhood contains many historical brick tenements and 165 acres (67 ha) of mixed residential, commercial, and industrial zoning including many of the remaining businesses of the city's paper industry.
The Bedford Block or Bedford Building is an historic commercial building at 99 Bedford Street Boston, Massachusetts, in an area called Church Green.Built in 1875 to a design by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears, it is a rare local example of a style promoted by John Ruskin called Venetian Gothic.
Richard Dreyfuss Sparks Outrage, Massachusetts Theater Apologizes for His ‘Offensive and Distressing’ Remarks at ‘Jaws’ Screening Pat Saperstein May 27, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Puerto Rican Poetry, Ed. by Roberto Márquez (University of Massachusetts Press, 2007) ISBN 978-1-55849-562-3. African Voices, Fall/Winter 2007, Vol. 12, Issue 23 ISSN 1530-0668 . Understanding the Latina/o Experience in the United States: Readings in Ethnic Studies John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Pearson Education Company, 2007).
And when you realize, Ok, this does have like a spiritual, cultural undertone, we can respect it," she said. As the celebration grew, the traditions evolved, some say for the good.