The Kota Alliance
A Global Center for Gender Equity
Our Mission
The Kota Alliance connects grassroots work with global issues for social change centering on Black & Latinx communities of women and girls in West Harlem, New York and throughout the world. We help build more equitable communities for all marginalized identities using a collaborative feminist approach to advocacy, arts and health-wellness programming.
Our Annual Fundraiser 2024
Celebrating Harlem Women
Please join Kota’s founder and board of directors at an end of year fundraising reception on December 5, from 6pm-8pm, at the Kota Nest when we host Celebrating Harlem Women!
The evening will honor two champions who have been building a vision for a better future in Harlem and across New York throughout their careers, artist Ruthy Valdez and healer DeenaLynn Dockery-Collins.
Tickets are $95 each. The evening will feature cocktails, delicious hors d'oeuvres, live music, and more during the closing night of The Meaning of Place Exhibit!
If you cannot attend, please consider making donation.
Support a wellness day workshop
Support a Program
Support an exhibit and for Harlem women artists
Support a community internship
The Meaning of Place Art Exhibit
Read Columbia Spectator’s Article about the Exhibit!
The Kota Alliance proudly presents this year’s art exhibit, The Meaning of Place, running from November 7th to December 6th.
The gallery is open every Wednesday from 11 am to 5 pm. For additional viewing times, please book an appointment by emailing info@kota-alliance.org.
Our Programs
We bring programming in the areas of Arts & Culture and Health & Wellness to support women and gender minorities in the West Harlem Community.
Our programs are conducted in collaboration with with community partner organizations as we collectively pave the path towards gender equity and inclusive economic growth.
Spotlight
Our Equity Statement
The Kota Alliance is committed to fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in all of our actions and work. We center the experiences of women, girls, and marginilized genders in our work through an intersectional lens. This means addressing not only issues specific to gender/sex but also having a holistic understanding of issues experienced by gender minorities with other marginalized identities.
We are committed to maintaining a safer space for individuals of all genders, gender expressions, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, faiths, and physical and mental abilities. The most important goal of Kota Alliance is to facilitate the existence of a diverse community committed to creating positive change - locally and globally.
Our home, the Kota Nest
Our home the Kota Nest in West Harlem serves our members and our community as a space to gather, share ideas, and collaborate.
We offer community space, event space rentals, and room lodging for our local and global community.