Raices Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Fund Cultural Archive

Raices Cultural Center, a Highland Park-based nonprofit group dedicated to education and preservation of the art and culture of Caribbean countries seeks donations to help fund their cultural archive project.

According to Raices, which was previously based in New Brunswick, the first major project for the archive will entail documentation of their recent trip to a Bomba conference in Puerto Rico.

A grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission has been awarded to the organization, but further funding is needed to see the project through.

"In order to fully secure the grant funding 100%, we have to raise and provide the matching funds for the transportation during the trip, equipment, post-production work on the photos and videos that will be collected throughout our travels and matching funds for our digital librarian and programming consultants," Raices said in a recent blog. "We would also like to offer donations at the sites we visit on our trip. We are asking our supporters, neighbors, friends and community members for a helping hand on this project.

Their goal is to raise $2,400 by Sept. 15.

Donations can be made here.

For more information on Raices, visit http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org.