Denver, Colorado, July 17, 2019: Phamaly Theatre Company announced today it has received a 2019 grant from the Ford Foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression program. The invitation-only grant program seeks, “to uncover stories we haven’t heard before, and elevate voices that have been marginalized, distorted, ignored, or silenced. We engage with artists, media makers, and journalists to advance innovative ideas and address challenges facing these respective fields. We also support the diverse organizations and networks that enable these fields to thrive.”
“Phamaly is tremendously grateful for the opportunity to work with the Ford Foundation,” said Phamaly’s Managing Director, Sasha Hutchings. “Our mission and commitment to equity, inclusion and justice is very much aligned with the Ford Foundation’s goals, and we look forward to our partnership with them.”
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than 80 years it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.want you to grind it up.”