About us
The Multicultural Artists Coalition (MAC-CAM) is a non-profit grassroots organization shaped by immigrant, refugee, Indigenous, Black, and POC artists. Through capacity-building workshops, art festivals, research, and advocacy, our programming targets systemic barriers so that our communities can achieve their goals to a better capacity (larger impact, audience, scale, and visibility).
Our Mandate
We believe that knowledge is the foundation for capacity. Thus, our programs aim to construct a long-term continuous process to empower our community by developing community assets, abilities, and capacities based on the principles of self-determination, self-management, and sustainability.
Core Principles
• Self-determination
• Self-management
• Sustainability
• Participation
• Ownership
• Agency
• Bottom-up planning (Participatory Democracy)
Internal governance:
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Our board structure works on a volunteer basis.
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Our decision-making process is entirely grass roots under the form of assemblies, and every single member of Multicultural Artists´ Collective has agency in our decisions making processes.
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There is no fee to be part of the collective.
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The current board members are: Aymara Alvarado Sanchez, Kerem Eker, and Patsea Griffin.
