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Mid-Autumn Youth Summit (MAYS), a regional celebration that creates sports and educational competitions for Santa Clara and San Mateo County high school students to play and learn about Vietnamese culture with the purpose to preserve and extend Vietnamese American heritage. MAYS is organized by Viet-American Youth Association (VietAYA) and its Coalition, composed of education and community leaders who care about the success of students. Our goal is to foster leadership skills through teamwork which allows students to build trust and stronger bonds amongst each other. Annually, we have between 250 - 450 student participates, representing 6 -12 schools across the Bay Area. The following programs to participating students: Scholarships for juniors and seniors, life-skill leadership workshops, Olympics games, Cultural Jeopardy contest, Public Speaking contest, Cultural Pitch game, Debate, and Cultural Talent Show contest.

NARF's objectives are to protect the rights of and seek justice for tribes and Native peoples. In the words of Executive Director John Echohawk, They ask for nothing more, and will accept nothing less than the U.S. Government keeping the promises it has made to Native Americans." NARF currently represents more than 60 tribes in 20 states on a wide range of critical matters, including land into trust, federal recognition, subsistence hunting & fishing, federal trust responsibilities, protection of sacred places, voting rights, sovereign immunity, Indian Child Welfare, water rights and environmental issues.

Preserve the Palestinian Culture.

To advance the long-term survival of bears worldwide by replacing misconceptions with scientific facts about bears, their role in ecosystems, and their relations with humans THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN ELY, MN, WWW.BEAR.ORG WEBSITE, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

To promote and expand relationships and mutual understanding through educational, business and humanitarian programs between the citizens of the United States and The Republic of Turkey

NAAF was founded to assist and promote research-based, community-driven, sustainable development throughout the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Acting as the philanthropy arm of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia the Foundation supports current and new permanent and temporary exhibits, the acquisition and reconstruction of historic building, the reproduction of historic buildings and furnishings, and the preservation of historic buildings and artifacts at the Museum.The Foundation also provides the Museum with resources for illuminating teacher education programs, lectures, workshops, special programs and field trip and outreach grant program.

Cayo connects the people of the US and Cuba through music. Our mission is to support, educate and empower students, teachers and audiences in the US and Cuba. Our meeting ground can be as simple as one tuning A shared between strangers. Our priority is to provide equal input and impact for each side. When individuals are imbued with purpose, they are inspired to act. CAYO provides a setting where students, teachers and audiences to listen, learn and lead.

TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS. PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE MULTIMEDIA TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AND FELLOWSHIPS. STUDENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE MEDIA INTERNSHIPS, JOURNALISM TRAINING INTERNSHIP GRANTS AND JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIPS.

The mission of the LACS is symbolized as "Roots and Leaves" - preserve the "roots" of Luxembourg heritage/culture from throughout the United States and foster "leaves" of family, friendship, and cultural exchange, education, tourism, and commerce between the United States and Luxembourg.

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

The Institute for Cross-cultural Exchange (ICE)/Institut d'échanges interculturels (IEI) is a Canadian charity (number 86260 1077 R0001) dedicated to promoting cross-cultural education. It encourages learning about other cultures and understanding between them. Our current priority is to donate high quality illustrated folk tales from the Middle East and Central Asia to literacy programs helping children in need. ICE is administered and staffed entirely by volunteers. This means that 100% of donated funds go toward the printing and shipping of books for disadvantaged children.