Summary
Organization name
Mizna
Tax id (EIN)
41-1913423
Categories
Arts & Culture, International, Community, Ideas
BIPOC Serving
BIPOC Serving
BIPOC Led
BIPOC Led
Address
2446 University Avenue W Suite 115Saint Paul, MN 55114
In 1999, Mizna embarked on a journey toward a future no one in the twenty-first century could have imagined. We were a small midwestern team of artists, educators, students, and community members ready to resist the stereotypical and one-dimensional tropes Arab and SWANA folks were, and remain, subjected to. We could not find ourselves in the stories America created about us, so we built this platform—to tell our stories on our terms. In Arabic, the word Mizna means “a rain-bearing cloud.” From the very beginning, we were committed to being your sheltering cloud, replenishing the seeds of our collective possibilities. Mizna is a movement rooted in your stories, and we are growing.
Seventeen film festivals, forty-four literary journals, and twenty-five years later, Mizna is leading a charge towards a more expansive future for Arab and SWANA creatives. Support our important work today!
We are thrilled to announce that The Whiting Foundation has generously offered to match donations from individuals given in calendar year 2024 in connection to Mizna's 25th Anniversary, including donations made in connection to the fall gala and any ensuing fundraising outreach highlighting the anniversary. The total award is up to $20,000, and we will match funds 1:1. Give today and invest in another 25 years of Mizna.
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Organization name
Mizna
Tax id (EIN)
41-1913423
Categories
Arts & Culture, International, Community, Ideas
BIPOC Serving
BIPOC Serving
BIPOC Led
BIPOC Led
Address
2446 University Avenue W Suite 115