Month: April 2018

Theatre on the Square Space Gets New Name, Manager

April 20, 2018 The building formerly known as Theatre on the Square has a new name and a new theater operations manager. After a competitive proposal period, IndyFringe has been selected to serve as the theater operations manager for a minimum of two years at the newly named, The District Theatre. The announcement comes after Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) took the lead in reviving the space in 2017--creating a new not-for-profit and assuming ownership of the building--in a bid to preserve arts…Read More.

Central Indiana’s Immigrants and Refugees

April 17, 2018 People from more than 120 nations call Central Indiana home, leaving their home country to start a new life as immigrants and refugees. This special episode of For Good, features representatives from the immigrant and refugee communities discussing their very real hopes and fears about living in Indianapolis. Leadership from two organizations that support resettlement will also weigh-in on the realities of life in America for these groups of people.Read More.

Lamiya

April 17, 2018 My mission is to be a voice and speak out and tell people what’s right and what’s wrong—to be a role model. I feel that it is my duty as a trans woman to be an advocate and speak out and help other trans folks and other LGBT people. —Lamiya, IMAGE program ambassador at Brothers […]Read More.

Haitian scholarship recipient in fearful pursuit of education

April 16, 2018 The scholarship committees at Central Indiana Community Foundation first met Alvin Laguerre in 2016 when he was one of nine other students in Marion County awarded, the 4-year, full-tuition Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.Read More.

From The Legacy Fund President

April 16, 2018 It’s been a year since I came on board as the president of Legacy Fund, the Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate serving Hamilton County. In that time, I have deeply immersed myself in the community to better understand the needs and opportunities in Hamilton County, and how Legacy Fund can best address them.Read More.

Staff blog from CICF intern, Nych Weaver

April 16, 2018 Nych Weaver is a senior at IUPUI School of Public and Environment Affairs who has worked for CICF as an intern since Feb. 5, 2018. He will graduate this summer with a degree in management. What do you do at CICF? I am an intern and split my time between CICF and Carriage House East […]Read More.