The American Council for Polish Culture, Inc (ACPC) is a national non-profit, charitable, cultural and educational organization that serves as a network and body of national leadership among affiliated Polish-American cultural organizations throughout the United States

United States

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. Founded in 1948 as the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, the Council currently represents the interests of some 25 affiliated organizations located across the United States from Los Angeles

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, California to Boston, Massachusetts. Its oldest affiliated organization, the Polish Arts Club of Chicago, was established in 1928.

In 1989 the ACPC established the American Center of Polish Culture which opened its doors in 1991 in Washington, D.C. The American Center of Polish Culture has, primarily, an educational function providing programs and exhibitions, but it also acts as a central point for the lobbying activities of the ACPC. The first director, taking office in 1991, was Dr. Kaya Mirecka-Ploss, who was then president of the ACPC.

Awards, scholrships, etc.

• Josef Hofmann Piano Competition, co-sponsored with the University of South Carolina Aiken
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Affiliate Organizations

Connecticut

• Polish American Cultural Society of Stamford
• Polish Cultural Club of Greater Hartford

District of Columbia

• Polish American Arts Association of Washington DC

Florida

• Citrus County Polish Heritage Club
• American Institute of Polish Culture, Pinellas County

Illinois

• Polish Arts Club of Chicago

Indiana

• Chopin Fine Arts Club, South Bend

Massachusetts

• Polish Cultural Foundation, Boston

Michigan

• Friends of Polish Art, Detroit

Minnesota

• Polanie Club of Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Polish American Cultural Institute of Minnesota

Missouri

• Polish American Society of Metro St. Louis

New Jersey

• Polish Arts Club of Trenton Founded 1946

New York

• Kopernik Polish Cultural Society
• Kopernik Memorial Assoc. of Central New York
• Polish Arts Club, Elmira
• Polish Heritage Club of Syracuse, Inc.
• Polish Heritage Society of Rochester http://www.polishheritagerochester.org/

Ohio

• Cleveland Society of Poles
• Jamestown Colony of Poles, Cleveland
• Polish Arts Club of Youngstown http://www.polishyoungstown.com/artsclub

Pennsylvania

• Polish Arts League of Pittsburgh
• Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia

Virginia

• Polish American Society of Virginia

Wisconsin

• American Assoc. for Advancement of Polish Culture, Milwaukee

Other similar organizations

• American Slav Congress, founded 1942
• Polish American Congress
  Polish American Congress
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   (PAC), founded 1945
• Polish American Council, founded 1939 merged into PAC in 1944
• The Kosciuszko Foundation
  Kosciuszko Foundation
  Kosciuszko Foundation is a charitable foundation based in New York City. It was created by Stephen Mizwa to fund programs that promote Polish-American intellectual and artistic exchange.-History:...
  
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• The Copernicus Foundation
  Copernicus Foundation
  The Copernicus Foundation is a 501 not for profit organization based in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by Poles in Chicago in 1971 in order to raise funds towards raising a monument for the famous astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus to be set in front of the Adler...
  
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• Polish National Alliance
  Polish National Alliance
  The Polish National Alliance is the largest and one of the oldest Polish fraternal organizations in the United States, founded on 15 February 1880 in Philadelphia under the influence of Polish patriot Agaton Giller. Its first president was Juliusz Andrzejkowicz.The PNA founded a number of...
  
  , founded 1880

External links

• American Council for Polish Culture