Awards & Recognitions

2024

  • MACONI by Obed Arango – Finalist at Bucks County FilmFest 2024
  • LPFM Radio Station Permit – Granted in February 2024, enabling Radio REVARTE launch
  • Independence Public Media Foundation Grant – $120,000 to expand REVARTE Media and launch Radio REVARTE, the first community and educational radio station for Montgomery County’s Latino and immigrant communities
  • Art Gallery Opening – Celebrated opening of CCATE Art Gallery in May 2024
  • “This is my Mexico” International Exhibition – Hosted in collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, May 16-27, 2024, featuring 79 drawings and paintings by Mexican children worldwide

2023

  • “(No sé) The Seed of Love is Peace” – Finalist at Bucks County FilmFest 2023 and chosen by the public as “film of the night,” October 2023
  • Art Gallery Launch – Opened CCATE Art Gallery in July 2023, showcasing over 30 pieces of community-created art
  • “Bridging Landscapes” Grant – $40,000 from National Park Foundation (Parkventures) for youth employment and community engagement with Valley Forge National Historical Park
  • Environmental Education Grant – $5,000 from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for “Roots of Knowledge: A Community-Driven Environmental Education Initiative”
  • Multiple Foundation Grants Secured:
    • Connelly Foundation – $50,000
    • Independence Public Media Foundation – $130,000
    • HealthSpark Foundation – $30,000

2022

  • REVARTE E-Magazine Launch – December 2022, community digital magazine platform launched
  • Podcast Production Program Expansion – Trained 40 high school students in podcast production (2022-2023)

2021

  • Impact100 Grant Award – June 2021
  • Publication in Atenas Education Academic Journal – Arango, O., Link, H., Castillo, M. G., De la Luz-López, H., Flores, L. y Sánchez, L. y Lugo-Martínez, D. (2021). “RevArte: Educación dialógica es educación para amar y transformar.” Atenas, Vol. 2 (54), 18-38
  • “Diálogos con la luz” Photography Exhibition – Mexican Cultural Center of the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, May 2021
  • Las Artivistas Collective Formation – Established dedicated art collective for women

2020

  • CCATE Participatory Action Research Group – Featured as Keynote speakers at the Ethnography in Education Research Forum, February 2020
  • “The Difficult Art of Migration” Exhibition – Organization of American States, March-May 2020

2019

  • Pennsylvania State Senate Proclamation – January 28, 2019, recognizing accomplishments in art, education and environmental care
  • Building Purchase – CCATE purchases its own building, April 2020
  • Barnes Foundation Sculpture Competition – Third Prize, Spring 2019
  • “The Difficult Art of Migration” Exhibition – Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, October 2019-January 2020
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Piñata Competition – Third Prize, December 2019

2018

  • Ohtli Award – Highest recognition given by Mexican government to any Mexican or Mexican organization abroad
  • CCATE became the tenth organization worldwide to receive the Ohtli Award (2018)
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Piñata Competition – Third Prize, December 2018

2017

  • “Estampas Jarochas” Exhibition – Family engraving workshop with artist Alec Dempster during Mexican Cultural Center’s Mexican Week, May 2017
  • “Engaging the Villa Inmigrante with the River” – Co-presentation with Schuylkill River Town Program at Annual Watershed Congress, Montgomery County Community College, March 2017
  • Certificate of Recognition – Governor Wolf’s School That Teach Tour, Pedro A. Rivera, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Education, February 2017
  • “Revolución Arte: Social Transformation in the Villa Inmigrante” – Panel presentation at Ethnography in Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, February 2017

2016

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Piñata Competition – First Prize for “Piñata La Loteria,” December 9, 2016
  • CCATE Mural Presentation – “Social Movements of Mexico 20th and 21st”
  • Bucks Fever FilmFest Awards – Winner in Animation and Audience Choice Award for “Not your Average Recycling Film,” October 2016
  • Bucks Fever FilmFest – Finalist in documentary “Nuestro Pueblo,” October 2016
  • CCATE Writing Collective – Invited as keynote speakers, Rutgers University Conference on Immigration and Schooling, October 2016
  • CCATE Art Exhibit Opening – Municipality of Norristown, September 2016
  • Barnes Foundation Sculpture Competition – First place for Alebrije, August 2016
  • Academic Publication – CCATE writing collective in Journal of Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, July 2016
  • High-Level Meetings:
    • Tertulia with Margarita Zavala, former first lady of Mexico and presidential candidate, April 2016
    • Workshop with Abel Hernandez, PhD, University of Guanajuato, Expert family literacy, April 2016
  • Community Awards:
    • Motivos Magazine, Inspirations in our Community Award, April 2016
    • Red Cross Youth Hero Award (Miriam Gonzalez, student member), April 2016
  • Educational Recognition – Meeting with Pedro Rivera, Secretary of Education of Pennsylvania, January 2016

2015

  • Orlando Costas Award – Social Change and Social Services, Eastern University, October 2015
  • Education Advocate of the Year – Obed Arango, Hispanic Choice Awards, October 2015
  • Bucks Fever FilmFest – Honorable Mention in Narrative and Audience Choice Award for “The Jurassic Egg,” October 2015
  • Cultural Workshops – With novelist Pepe Rojo and musician Tito Quiroz (2015 National Youth Award winner of Mexico)
  • Artist Workshop – Diana Kahlo, “Wall of Memories: Las Desaparecidas de Ciudad Juarez,” August 2015

2014

  • Mexican Consulate of Philadelphia Piñata Competition – 2nd place for Tlaloc piñata, Kimmel Center, December 2014
  • Bucks Fever FilmFest – Honorable Mention in Narrative for “The Orphanage,” October 2014
  • Barnes Foundation Sculpture Competition – First place for Alebrije, May 2014