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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Mike Limón <mlimon@oceaa.org> <br />Sent:Tuesday, May 07, 2024 12:31 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Arts Funding - Item 30 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br />Attachments:Screenshot 2024-05-07 at 12.19.17 PM.png; Screenshot 2024-05-07 at 12.28.26 <br />PM.png; Screenshot 2024-05-07 at 12.28.04 PM.png <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Mayor and city council, <br /> <br />I am writing to you today to make a public comment in support of robust arts funding in our city. <br /> <br />OCEAA received the SANTA ANA INVESTING IN THE ARTIST GRANT for the 2023-24 school year, which gave the OCEAA <br />such a great opportunity to showcase something we’ve never done before to the greater Orange County community. <br /> <br />Below are a few bullet points about the tremendous impact this grant had: <br /> <br />thth <br />1. This grant gave our 6 and 7 grade students the opportunity to showcase self-expression in a way they’ve <br />never done before. This provided these young students with an opportunity to develop their confidence in front <br />of a live audience, several times. <br />th <br />2. “I Contain Multitudes” was the show that was born out of this grant, the show made its debut on April 9 at <br />th <br />UCI’s Barclay Theater and it had an encore performance at the Santa Ana High School Theater on April 13 for <br />OCEAA’s Annual Ritmos Del Mundo show, which was received with rave reviews! <br />3. This program had newly created music, choreographed dance, vocals and very artistic touches, all which were <br />created from the ground up. The OCEAA Librarian, through this grant, was also giving the opportunity to develop <br />his professional capacity to grow these skills to be able to support these students, the Santa Ana community and <br />the OCEAA community. <br />4. The origin of this inspiration came from the Covid-19 pandemic, and how students felt during that time, so this <br />opportunity gave students a moment to reflect and grow past those challenging life events we all lived together. <br /> <br />We hope the City of Santa Ana continues to invest in our youth, which we are educating and developing to become our <br />future leaders of tomorrow, today. <br />Attached are a few pictures of this program. <br /> <br /> <br />Best regards, <br /> <br />Mike Limón <br />Executive Director <br />Orange County Educational Arts Academy <br />825 N. Broadway Street <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />O: 714-619-2966 <br />C: 562-713-3544 <br />1 <br />