Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts – Pintig (CIRCAPintig)

CIRCA-Pintig believes in the power of the arts for engaging community members in building and nurturing thriving communities that are fully empowered to determine their collective destinies. CIRCAPintig’s vision of a just and humane society rests upon the core belief that immigrant communities can play a significant role and can contribute meaningfully towards upholding human rights for all and uplifting the human ideals that value life, freedom, justice and nurture individual human potentials to the fullest. In the light of its vision, CIRCAPintig educates, mobilizes, and organizes community members, primarily immigrants and their families, through community arts-based and community-centered intergenerational programs and services.

Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (FACGC)

The Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (FACGC) is guided by the Filipino traditions of pakiki-isa (solidarity) and pakikipagkapwa (embracing shared identity and caring for fellow beings). FACGC is committed to American ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and inquiry. With a shared mission of enriching their rich cultural diversity to empower their community, passionate first-generation Filipino immigrants came together, driven by a deep sense of purpose and a burning desire to uplift their community and compatriots (kababayans). They understood the challenges faced by immigrants, the struggle to find a sense of belonging and identity, and the need for a safe space that could nurture their cultural heritage, sustain their community, integrate with their newfound home, and participate in creating a just society.

Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science (UI)

Understanding Interventions (UI) recognizes the chronic underrepresentation of specific populations in STEM education and careers. The mission of Understanding Interventions is to: 1. inform scholarship and practice in mutually beneficial ways for scholars and program directors/staff; 2. develop and enhance the community that understands and utilizes the results of educational interventions and 3. provide training and professional development for all STEM personnel. UI’s goal is not to make every member of the community a social scientist or an immersed in a technical literature. Rather, UI seeks to develop strategies and offer tools to aid practitioners in serving students and accumulating knowledge.