Sacramento’s home
of Chicano art, culture,
& community.
Sacramento’s home
of Chicano art, culture,
& community.
Who we are
The Washington Neighborhood Center is a Historic Chicano Cultural Center with over 70 years serving the Indigenous, Chicano, and POC communities. Offering programs in the arts, education, wellness, culture, and an overall emphasis on youth development, the Center continues to serve as a refuge for the historically marginalized.
2024-2025 WNC Rehabilitation Project
Big news – the Center is expanding!
Project Vision
Our goal is to rehabilitate the building to improve energy efficiency, air-ventilation, and fully utilize the 5000 sq ft area in order to launch various essential art, wellness, education, and community facilities.
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Support our campaign to launch expanded programming and facilities at the WNC by becoming a sponsor. It’s a transformative moment for the WNC – but we need you to make it happen!
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Our Programs are paused or relocated during construction until Summer 2026 reopening. Please emailthecenter@gmail.com to receive updated information on programming.
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Our History
The Center has provided basketball programs, dancing classes, Barrio Arts programs, English classes, immigration clinics, screen printing classes, photography, pottery classes… many classes just sprang up from community needs. Between the Center and the [Raza] Bookstore, the [Washington Neighborhood Center] was one of the central bases for a lot of the Chicano movement in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
– Citlalin, Josie, Tona, Steven and Natalia
Legacy Board Members
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