ROCA receives COVID-19 funding from Lewis Prize for Music
The Revival of Cultural Arts in Brownsville was selected from more than 600 organizations nationwide to receive $25,000 in funding from The Lewis Prize for Music as part of its COVID-19 Community Response Fund. The fund invests in youth music organizations and their leaders to facilitate positive change through access to music education.
A total of $1.25 million will be awarded to 32 Creative Youth Development organizations that have adapted and responded to the pressing needs of the young people they serve amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the United States, a press release by ROCA reads. ROCA is the only youth organization in Texas to receive the award.