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Red Clay Dance Company, a Black female-led 501(c)(3) organization based in Chicago, focuses on awakening glocal artivism by creating, performing, and teaching dances of the African Diaspora. Through their diverse selection of classes and performances, they strive to amplify voices from the African diaspora while promoting remuneration equity for artists and supporting Black women in the arts. The company makes noteworthy debuts at prestigious venues such as Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and The Yard, where they present innovative works that blend movement with activism. Committed to accessible excellence, Red Clay Dance Company fosters a vibrant community that celebrates the rich traditions of African diasporic dance. Generated from the website

Community Film Workshop has 31 years of hands-on media education experience. CFWC has implemented successful school-to-college program for high school youth and worked with schools and community groups. The nationally acclaimed Youth In Motion, is a youth developed business that employs teens. The Media Arts and New Technologies, after school program for high school youth ages 14 to 19 teaches digital media and computer animation and graphics.Integral to Community Film Workshop's teaching philosophy is the artist mentor relationship. It involves listening, questioning, molding, affirming and charging artists to be their best. It is the artists' changed view that creates a changed community. CFWC's core values of respect for the culture, the people and the art are then passed to the next generation.The Community Film Workshop of Chicago has been the recipient of many awards by the media arts community. Such awards have included: