Opening in 2024!

Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center

Our Mission

Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas’ (CANA) objective is to educate the San Francisco Bay Area on the rich cultures and indigenous healing practices that exist in the Americas & the Caribbean, and to promote dialogue about their importance in our society.

Donation Opportunities

Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center

You can help.

Contribute toward cultural healing, the arts, community learning, school-based education, advocacy and human services.

After more than 44 years of existence, Carnaval San Francisco & other CANA projects and partners will finally have a lifetime permanent casa to call home at 683 Florida Street in the Mission District of San Francisco.

The Indigenous Peoples Cultural Arts Healing Center (IPCAHC) will cost $7.9 million to build out and purchase the space and install equipment, $2.7 million of which have already been raised— we just need $5.2 million left to raise!

IPCAHC FUNDING

PROGRESS

INTERIOR DESIGN & BUILD–OUT: $3.2M

PURCHASE & INSTALLATION: $5M

FUNDS RAISED

TOTAL FUNDS NEEDED: $7.9M

Mission Food Hub

Food is Medicine

Support indigenous & latino families today!

Together we can humbly address our community's need for food today.

At the height of the pandemic San Francisco’s Latinx COVID-19 infections accounted for over 40% of the total cases in our city. That is more than three times the rate of the 15% share of San Francisco’s Latino population.

Most of those families cannot apply for unemployment or lack full public benefits. The Mission Food Hub (MFH) is feeding people who would go hungry without our mutual support.

Children, elders, immigrants, the disabled, and families suffering with COVID-19 are particularly hard hit. Together we can humbly address our community’s need for food today. Please donate generously!

5–Year Plan

We are actively facilitating a multi–pronged plan to support indigenous health and wellness, support home ownership through wealth stabilization, sustain a green cultural zone for environmental justice, and provide indigenous community gardens and ceremonial spaces.

Our Projects

Carnaval San Francisco

The primary goal of Carnaval San Francisco, the largest multicultural festival in California, is in educating people on the Latino and Caribbean traditions of the Americas through music, dance, and visual arts. Our educational platforms and spaces of revelry aim to heal, strengthen, and unite communities of all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds through the power of art and culture.

Mission Food Hub

The Mission Food Hub provides culturally appropriate groceries for families who were affected by COVID-19. In San Francisco, food inequity is currently impacting over 12,000 Latinos who are unemployed and the Mission District is Ground ZERO for the coronavirus. We are currently providing culturally appropriate groceries three times a week to 9,000 families.

San Francisco Lowrider Council

Founded in 1981, the San Francisco Lowrider Council unites all LowRider clubs & solo riders to promote the art of LowRiding in the SF Bay Area. Participating car clubs also support various causes and events benefiting Bay Area Latino communities and organizations.

SF Latino Task Force

A network of more than 3 dozen community–based organizations, along with City Government partners, the Latino Task Force is working together to meet the needs of our immigrants, families, elders, houseless, LGBTQ, youth, and other Latino population by keeping them informed and connected with various resources including: health, food, education, small businesses, housing, employment, and artist support.

Cesar Chavez Parade & Festival

The annual Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival brings thousands of Bay Area residents, families, schools, religious groups, labor unions, and community organizations in celebration of Cesar’s legacy in the heart of San Francisco’s Latino community, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. The annual parade and festival have become among the largest events honoring Cesar Chavez in California.

681 Florida Street Housing

San Francisco’s Mission District has always been a supportive place for low-income and immigrant Latinos, but it’s now one of the most unaffordable areas in the country. Between 2000 and 2019, the Latino population of the Mission fell by over 9,000 residents. Designed by Mithun architects, 681 Florida Street calls for 130 affordable apartment rentals.

FAMILIES FED

CHILDRENS BICYCLES & SKATEBOARDS

ARTISTS SERVED

AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ADVOCATED

SFUSD STUDENTS ENGAGED

LOCAL BUSINESSES IMPACTED

VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED

Join Our Movement

Join us as we continue our long tradition of contributing to the fabric of the Mission District and the San Francisco Bay Area’s identity. Offering the community family events and resources and art & education programs brings a wealth of opportunities to participate and volunteer. Our efforts in standing as a beacon of hope for the preservation of the Latino and Caribbean traditions and the creation of a new, more inclusive American culture are truly rewarding and gratifying. Be a part of our familia!

PARTNERS

Mission Food Hub Partners

San Francisco Office of Economic & Worlkforce Development

Carnaval San Francisco Partners

UPCOMING EVENTS

SELENA TRIBUTE CRUISE

CINCO DE MAYO BIKE RIDEOUT

Carnaval SF 2–Day Festival

Carnaval SF Grand Parade

LATEST
NEWS

CANA Awarded COMPASS FUNDING

OCTOBER 18, 2023—Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas (CANA), the San Francisco Mission District based organization that produces the annual Carnaval San Francisco, is one of 26 programs across the United States and Puerto Rico territory to be awarded multiyear, multimillion dollar funding from the National Institutes of Health Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS). The SF based project is titled “Somos Esenciales: Community Revitalization and Health Through Arts and Entrepreneurship.