American Council for Polish Culture

The American Council for Polish Culture, Inc (ACPC) is a national non-profit, charitable, cultural and educational organization that serves as a network and body of national leadership among affiliated Polish-American cultural organizations throughout the United States. Founded in 1948 as the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs,[1] the Council currently represents the interests of some 25 affiliated organizations located across the United States from Los Angeles, California to Boston, Massachusetts. Its oldest affiliated organization, the Polish Arts Club of Chicago, was established in 1928.

In 1989 the ACPC established the American Center of Polish Culture which opened its doors in 1991 in Washington, D.C. The American Center of Polish Culture has, primarily, an educational function providing programs and exhibitions, but it also acts as a central point for the lobbying activities of the ACPC. The first director, taking office in 1991, was Dr. Kaya Mirecka-Ploss, who was then president of the ACPC.[2]

Awards, scholarships, etc.

Affiliate organizations

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Wisconsin

See also

Other similar organizations

Notes

  1. ↑ Lois Buttlar; Lubomyr Roman Wynar (1996). Guide to Information Resources in Ethnic Museum, Library, and Archival Collections in the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-313-29846-2.
  2. ↑ "History of the Center" American Center of Polish Culture 1 February 2008 from Internet Archive
  3. ↑ Staff (21 October 1997) "Dr. Leonard Kosinski, Scholar" The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia) p. C-10
  4. ↑ Polish Arts Club of Trenton
  5. 1 2 John J. Bukowczyk (2006). Polish Americans and Their History: Community, Culture, and Politics. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8229-5960-1.
  6. 1 2 Thernstrom, Stephan (1980). Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Belknap Press of Harvard University. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-674-37512-3.


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