Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion (CCATE)

CCATE's work directly responds to a crisis that is quantifiable, documented, and ongoing. A February 2026 Community Assembly found that Montgomery County immigrant community members report severe disruption to daily routines; immigrant-owned businesses report negative financial impact. Critically, the research also revealed a consistent gap between how allies perceive the community's situation and how the community actually experiences it. Funding will support community assemblies; legal preparation and legal counseling to help families navigate immigration systems, understand their rights, and plan for contingencies — transforming fear into informed agency; Diálogos counters misinformation and builds civic voice by providing verified, bilingual civic information while training community members as journalists and advocates.

Funding will support CCATE's work to provide relief for families impacted by ICE detention.

CCATE will expand its bilingual podcast, Diálogos de la Villa Inmigrante, into a platform that trains and mobilizes community advocates. 

We work daily to help the Latinx immigrant community in Montgomery County recognize, claim, and exercise their inherent power. Our commitment to power-building is clearly demonstrated through our community assembly model, which has evolved into a powerful vehicle for collective action. These assemblies exemplify our approach: creating conditions where community members lead their own advocacy while building strategic alliances with decision makers. CCATE's REVARTE media platform directly challenges narratives that diminish immigrant contributions and humanity. When media portrayed colored community negatively, our community journalists produced counter narratives highlighting authentic voices and community resilience. This storytelling isn't merely positive—it's transformative, shifting who controls the narrative about our community from external observers to those with lived experience.

To provide support to CCATE, a valued and long-standing partner, in advancing their mission to promote equity in the communities they serve and respond to current, urgent needs. 

CCATE is launching a comprehensive advocacy program to address urgent challenges facing the community amid intensified immigration enforcement. This initiative combines regular community assemblies with government officials and experts, and advocacy podcasts providing critical updates and resources. This project would enable them to maintain engagement with supportive officials who attended and swiftly establish regular programming, preventing community fear from causing further isolation and disengagement from essential services and civic participation. 

To create the REVARTE podcast to complement the existing online magazine publication.

CCATE’s Health Circle, through a partnership with Curamericas Global, is collecting data through a community health census on the health needs and concerns of Latinx immigrant families in Norristown, PA. Based on the data collected, the organization will develop both short and long-term health projects, as well as programs and events, to foster change and awareness around these issues.