NFO members - INSURANCE UPDATE The NFO Liability Insurance Policy for this next year has been approved. For those members who are required to show Proof of Insurance, or to [...]
2024 CONFERENCE ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS It’s almost time to meet in Texas!The Greene Family Camp is located at 1192 Smith Lane, Bruceville, TXSee their website for several different forms of directions. [...]
2024 CONFERENCE EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM Please print this pdf, gather your information, fill it out, and BRING IT WITH YOU TO CAMP. We will collect it upon your arrival, while [...]
Packing List Remember that Greene Family Camp is not a hotel – so no hair dryers or toiletries are provided. You will be walking outside (on grass, gravel and pavement) [...]
We'll be using WhatsApp as our communication tool at our 2024 conference. We'll have two groups in our community, a Chat group where everybody can chat and share information, and [...]
After long consideration by the NFO Conference Committee, and also in consultation with the Greene Family Camp and Hora Eclipse/Kochavim, we have set our Covid policy for the 2024 Conference. AT [...]
We’re very excited about all the events that will be happening at the upcoming Conference. Take a look at the schedule: https://nfo-usa.com/nfo-conference-schedule/!While some things are joint with Hora Eclipse/Kochavim, they [...]
Hi NFO Registrants - Please note the March 15 Deadline!Time to Order Your T-Shirts!They glow in the dark!Order by March 15The shirts are $20 each and will be delivered at [...]
National Folk Organization of the United States of America
Our Mission: Provide resources, networking, programming, and education in order to encourage respect for cultural traditions through research, preservation, advancement, and dissemination of information. We support all folk dance and folk arts advocates in furthering these goals.
Our Vision: Promote advancement and sharing of cultural traditions in order to keep them alive as treasures for the world.
Our Values:
Synergy: NFO fosters connections and mutual awareness to strengthen community involvement in cultural traditions.
Respect: NFO respects cultural traditions and the people that create and practice them.
Diversity: NFO supports a wide range of viewpoints and practices pertaining to cultural traditions.
Education: NFO believes that obtaining knowledge relating to cultural traditions is essential to their practice and preservation.
Curiosity: NFO encourages everyone to be curious about cultural traditions, and to approach such traditions with the goal of appreciative inquiry.