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Santa Ana Arts Future <br />Engagement Findings Report <br />Santa Ana: Vision and Aspirations <br />Introduction <br />Santa Ana is a community rich in creative peoples and creative assets. As discovered <br />through the robust community engagement process, these creative places, peoples, and <br />things are not restricted to the arts in the traditional sense of the word. The definition of arts <br />workers, artists, and creative workers encompasses traditional artisans, muralists, public <br />artists, arts educators, technology workers, graphic designers, culinary professionals, <br />historic preservation professionals, and more. Santa Ana is a community proud of its <br />history and heritage, and a community yearning to develop a brilliant future for its young <br />residents and its youth. <br />The following summary of findings is organized into themes representing the community's <br />expressed needs, aspirations, and visions. The themes are a powerful message for <br />leveraging Santa Ana's creative soul, while acknowledging and addressing its current <br />challenges. Santa Ana residents share a deep pride in their historical roots, their artistic <br />heritage, and current abundance of artists and creatives. They share a belief in the power <br />of arts and creativity to build bridges and solve some of the most pressing concerns facing <br />Santa Ana, such as educational challenges, at -risk youth, health issues, affordable housing, <br />the rising cost of living, and the effects of gentrification. This report provides a reflection of <br />the collective voice arising from the community engagement. It is fundamental to strategy <br />development for the Arts and Cultural Plan as well. <br />"To us (Latinos) <br />Cultural Equity and Inclusion <br />art and culture is <br />not something <br />Cultural equity was a dominant topic of conversation throughout the <br />extra, it is who we <br />engagement process. Participants called for the plan to lend its support to <br />are, our lives, the <br />the larger communitywide challenge of promoting equity for residents <br />way we live, the <br />from all backgrounds and lifestyles. Cultural equity includes honoring, <br />things we teach <br />our children." <br />respecting, and celebrating the dominant Mexican culture, as well as all <br />-Dlacusslon group <br />other cultures in Santa Ana. Participants are concerned with the impact of <br />participant <br />cultural bias in the city and in the cultural sector. Participants referred to <br />equity as providing accessible and affordable opportunities for all residents regardless of <br />socioeconomic <br />status, background, disabilities, or age. Furthermore, participants want arts <br />programming more <br />connected to their heritage and culture. Equity also refers to the <br />perception of inequity <br />of funding sources for organizations and artists in the community. <br />Barriers to cultural equity cited include transportation, event times, cost, and feeling <br />sociably comfortable and welcome in cultural institutions and at events. Participants want <br />to see the City help with addressing equity issues by working to remove barriers to <br />participation and helping to support opportunities for expanded participation. <br />65B-51 <br />