South American Initiative South American Initiative South American Initiative (SAI) is a non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization with the purpose of providing assistance to every country of South America such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. SAI works to raise awareness about the poorest of living conditions in South America, and to offer solutions to the problems. South American Initiative was founded in 2016 by S. Malca, a young philanthropist, after realizing the difficulties that many communities in South America are dealing with. Malca resides in South Florida, home of one of the largest South American community
Sioux Falls, South Dakota development of the literary arts scene. Deb Klebanoff, born in Sioux Falls, who began the reading series at the Horse Barn with Allison Hedge Coke, after serving on the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce's Cultural Affairs committee, including a term as its chair and for almost a decade with the Sioux Empire Arts Council, including 8 years as its executive director, later moved south of Sioux Falls and founded a Writers' Retreat, The Retreat at Pointer's Ridge, a significant additional to the state's literary arts scene. In addition to literary arts awards, there are mayor's awards in visual arts, performing