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Incorporation of Macau Cultural Center
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2011 Board of Directors
The Macau Cultural Center (MCC)
is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of nine (9) members, three (3) from each club (Casa de Macau, Lusitano Club of California,
and UMA, Inc.)
The 2011-2013 MCC Officers and Directors are:
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Maria Roliz |
President |
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Maria "Zinha" Gomes |
Vice
President |
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Jessica Xavier |
Chief
Financial Officer |
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Flavia Greubel |
Secretary |
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Antonio Capitule |
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Albertino da Rosa |
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Kirk Harper |
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Henrique Manhao |
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| Raquel
Remedios |
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HALL RENTALS AVAILABLE AT THE MCC
(Flyer)The Macau
Cultural Center (MCC) is a 501(c)4 non-profit Macanese
organization that was incorporated on February 12, 2005 following an agreement by the three clubs to actively locate and purchase a building for a
Cultural Center
in the United States as directed by a grant received from Macau.
On August 1, 2005 a building at 37695 Niles Blvd, Fremont,
California was purchased as a centralized location to serve the
Macanese community in California and United States. This is not
a fourth club but a building to be available for all the functions and activities of the three existing clubs. The
MCC celebrated its Grand Opening on May 7, 2011.
The MCC will serve to promote and preserve the history, culture and heritage of the Macanese people. It will work with other foundations and organizations worldwide to these ends.
The Macanese people have a rich heritage to hand down to our descendants and share with the rest of the world. Much has been written to preserve the history of Macau, its patois and related literature, but not enough done to recognize and remember the Macanese of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Treaty Ports. The MCC will endeavor to contribute to that wealth.
A library
has been installed to house the books the Clubs have been given over the years. Macanese artists, artisans, musicians, scholars and others who go unknown in our community deserve recognition. The Cultural Center will offer opportunities to feature their work. Artwork by Macanese artists, if loaned or donated, will be displayed, as will historical artifacts when those are collected.
The MCC looks for support from our community; it is for them and future generations of Macanese descendants that the Center will exist. The MCC will be looking to foundations and organizations that are interested in our culture to lend us support, financially, educationally and in the spirit of cooperation.
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