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Executive Director of Gitana Productions Cecilia Nadal has been named the 2017 Ethical Society of St. Louis Ethics in Action Awardee.
The Ethics in Action Award ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, which is located at 9001 Clayton Road. “Ms. Nadal embodies the Ethical value of bringing out the best in the human spirit,” Ethics in Action Award Committee Member Stephanie Sigala said. Throughout her career, Cecilia Nadal has focused on helping underserved and disadvantaged members of the St. Louis community as a teacher and a counselor. “I sincerely believe that who we are as individuals, as a community and society is defined by the attention we give to the diversity of people around us and particularly those with less,” Nadal said. “I have been personally enriched and inspired by the faith, courage, and conviction of many within the underserved and disadvantaged community and by those from different cultures.” For 23 years, Nadal was the founder and president of Productive Futures Inc., an employment agency for immigrants and the long-term unemployed. “The great news is that many of the program completers are still employed and have made remarkable advancements along their career ladders,” Nominator Vanetta Rogers said. “The credit goes to Cecilia for her amazing ability to understand both sides of an equation and
her ability to organize the forces necessary for all involved… to achieve mutual respect and cooperation.” In 1996, Nadal founded Gitana Productions. “Gitana was the region’s first arts organization with a focus on cross-cultural engagement through the dramatic arts,” said Nominator Betsy Cohen of St. Louis Mosaic Project. Talented students are given the opportunity to work side-byside with seasoned actors in Gitana’s professional theater and take part in concert performances such as the China National Orchestra concert at Powell Hall and BLACK AND BLUE, an original play about the challenges of the police and the African American community.
To learn more about the Ethical Society of St. Louis, visit www.ethicalstl.org.
To learn more about Gitana Productions, visit www.gitana-inc.org.
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Cecelia Nadal on far right in theater cast photograph, as captioned.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2017.
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