{"id":21796,"date":"2021-10-28T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:15:03","slug":"fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Rogers Productions Receives Grant for Alma&#8217;s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Rogers Productions has been awarded a $2.7 million multiyear funding grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for <em>Alma&#8217;s Way<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alma&#8217;s Way<\/em>, created by actor and writer Sonia Manzano (Maria from <em>Sesame Street<\/em>), centers on 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a proud, confident Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx. The episodes showcase aspects of Latino culture through music, food, language and more. The new grant covers a range of production, promotional and educational engagement activities for the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCPB\u2019s support has been instrumental in bringing <em>Alma\u2019s Way<\/em> to viewers all across the country,\u201d said Paul Siefken, president and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. \u201cThe series is already deeply resonating with audiences as it helps young viewers to develop critical thinking skills and an understanding of perspectives of others all while they experience the vibrant world of the Bronx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFred Rogers was a pioneer in using public television to educate young children and help empower them to solve problems,\u201d said Debra Sanchez, senior VP of education and children\u2019s content at CPB. \u201c<em>Alma\u2019s Way<\/em> honors Fred\u2019s legacy of inclusiveness by featuring diversity at all levels of production and is a wonderful continuation of his work. We\u2019re excited to support this work from Sonia Manzano, another pioneer who has played such an important role in the history of children\u2019s content on public media.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Rogers Productions has been awarded a $2.7 million multiyear funding grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for Alma&#8217;s Way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5859,3658],"class_list":["post-21796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-corporation-for-public-broadcasting","tag-fred-rogers-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fred Rogers Productions Receives Grant for Alma&#039;s Way - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives Grant for Alma&#039;s Way - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fred Rogers Productions has been awarded a $2.7 million multiyear funding grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for Alma&#039;s Way.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-28T13:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-28T13:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/FredRogersProductions-AlmasWay-1021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/\",\"name\":\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives Grant for Alma's Way - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-28T13:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-28T13:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-grant-for-almas-way\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives Grant for Alma&#8217;s Way\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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