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VCA - Support for the Elegba Folklore Society

Item 231 #1c

Item 231 #1c

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Education: Other Education
Virginia Commission for the Arts FY2025 $250,000 FY2026 $0 GF

Language
Page 294, line 24, strike "$6,180,398" and insert "$6,430,398".

Page 294, after line 41, insert:

"E. Out of this appropriation, $250,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to the City of Richmond for the Elegba Folklore Society to support cultural education and enrichment through the arts."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $250,000 from the general fund the first year to support the programs provided by the Elegba Folklore Society (EFS) in the City of Richmond. EFS provides cultural education and enrichment through the arts. In seeking to promote more interactive cultural communities, EFS gives particular attention to aspects of African world culture intended to re-instill an essential cultural foundation in African Americans and to open the hearts of understanding throughout entire communities.)