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Civic Action Network
Providing grants and gatherings for immigrant civic participation
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175 organizations and projects comprise the CAN network. Pictured here
are participants at a 2002 CAN gathering
Strengthening the participation and
decision-making power of immigrant communities across California's
Central Valley, the Civic Action Network (CAN) fosters the development
of a diverse network of people and organizations working together to
tackle local and regional problems.
CAN brings immigrant, migrant, and refugee
communities together through:
A grant-making program providing
grassroots groups with resources to launch civic action projects in
community education, citizenship, economic development, immigrant
rights, cultural expression, and the creation of more responsive
institutions
Popular education gatherings,
organized by the Pan Valley Institute, facilitating learning and
building a CAN community
Organizational and community development
technical assistance coordinated by the California Institute for
Rural Studies
Networking and skills development
through a cadre of outreach specialists
Today CAN celebrates:
- More than 175 successfully granted and
implemented civic action projects
- Local outcomes include: A Cambodian radio
program developed by the Khmer Society of Fresno to educate isolated
community members on common health issues, a literacy curriculum
developed by the Migrant Photography Project with farmworker women,
leadership training for Hmong youth developed by The Hmong Student
Intercollegiate Coalition
- New skills, knowledge, experience, and
partnerships developed among CAN groups
"Our CAN project helps people confront
problems in their communities. We hold public forums to demonstrate to
individuals that they have the ability to make changes."
-Polo Chavez, Comite No Nos Vamos/Committee We Won't Go
"I am taking home new fund development
skills and encouraging relationships that I plan to cultivate."
-CAN gathering participant
A project of the Central Valley Partnership
for Citizenship-engaging immigrants, migrants, and refugees in the
civic life of California's Central Valley. Made possible with support
from the James Irvine Foundation.
For more information about CAN, contact Eric
Cohen at ecohen@ilrc.org or at
(415) 255-9499, x.264.
If you are interested in becoming a funding
partner, contact Noe Paramo at paramont@sbcglobal.net
or at (209) 499-8637. Join us!
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