About BCA-USA
A gathering of Bali Nyonga sons and daughters in the United States, formed to keep a kingdom’s culture intact and to answer its needs at home.
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Available from the secretariat
Leadership
The national executive and the Board of Directors.
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BCA-USA – the Bali Cultural Association USA – was launched in Atlanta, Georgia in 1988 by a small group of Bali Nyonga people who had settled in the United States. What began as a reunion of families became a national body: apolitical, non-profit, and open to every person of Bali descent and to friends of Bali.
Nearly four decades on, BCA-USA runs 14 chapters, more than a dozen standing committees, and an annual national convention that has met every year since its founding. Dues and donations have paid for water systems, hospital equipment, scholarships and the renovation of the royal palace at Bali.
“To preserve, promote and propagate the Bali culture; to foster unity among Bali people in the diaspora; and to contribute to the development of Bali Nyonga.”
Objectives of BCA-USA
01
Language, dress, music and festival practice, taught and kept in use rather than archived.
02
Chapters hold monthly reunions; the national convention brings the whole body together once a year.
03
Health, water, energy and education projects in Bali, funded and delivered by members.
04
Mutual aid in bereavement, celebration and hardship, coordinated through the chapters.
BCA-USA is launched in Atlanta
Founding members adopt a constitution and hold the first national convention.
Chapters form across the United States
Regional bodies take root in Texas, the East Coast, the Great Lakes and California.
Over $40,000 raised for the royal palace
Members fund the renovation of the palace at Bali Nyonga.
The 37th National Convention
Hosted by the Eastern Chapter in Rockville, Maryland.
Standing committees carry BCA-USA’s work between conventions. Each is chaired by a member and reports to the national executive.
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