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Chinatown Community Development Center Inc. with lead artists Francis Wong, Lenora Lee and Ilaria Salvadori

Project Title: “And the Community Will Rise”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2020
Amount: $167,500.00

Abstract or Project Description

Dancers Group with lead artists Amara Tabor-Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang

Project Title: “The New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2020
Amount: $182,500.00

Abstract or Project Description

“An act of insistence of black female original genius.” This is the next iteration of the multi-year House/Full of Blackwomen, which addresses issues of displacement, well-being and sex trafficking of black women and girls in Oakland. The New Chitlin Circuitry will be a site-specific ritual performance project reclaiming and highlighting the creative labor and foundational influences Black women have birthed in all arenas.

Destiny Arts Center with lead artists Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Brett Cook, and Sarah Crowell

Project Title: “THE BLACK (W)HOLE”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2020
Amount: $79,500.00

Abstract or Project Description

This project will be a site-specific installation and performance elegy for five Oakland youth killed before the age of 30. THE BLACK (W)HOLE will examine Black culture as a vehicle for resistance and spiritual renewal, creating public rituals that affirm cultural memory and allow for mourning and healing.

Mujeres Uniday y Activas with lead artists José Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama

Project Title: “Y BASTA YA!”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2020
Amount: 107500

Abstract or Project Description

A series of performances, public artworks, workshops and forums in San Francisco and Oakland. Y BASTA YA! will shine a light on the experiences of Latina women with regard to invisibility, labor rights, domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Grantee	Giving Area	Program	Grant Year	Project Title	Amount
Chinatown Community Development Center Inc. with lead artists Francis Wong, Lenora Lee and Ilaria Salvadori	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2020	“And the Community Will Rise”	$167,500.00
Dancers Group with lead artists Amara Tabor-Smith and Ellen Sebastian Chang	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2020	“The New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville”	$182,500.00
Destiny Arts Center with lead artists Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Brett Cook, and Sarah Crowell	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2020	“THE BLACK (W)HOLE”	$79,500.00
Mujeres Uniday y Activas with lead artists José Navarrete and Debby Kajiyama	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2020	“Y BASTA YA!”	107500

A site specific dance in Bayview-Hunter’s Point where three dancers are on top of a roof and one dancer is dancing on a wooden block with a briefcase.

Arts

Our Arts Program funds dance, film, public space and theater projects that highlight important issues facing our society and local communities.

Arts Program

A young Black girl smiling while she looks down at an open book, reading.

Education

Our Education Program supports schools and community-based organizations that help Oakland’s children develop literacy and social emotional skills.

Education Program

A female scientist in the lab looking into a microscope.

Health

Our Health Program invests early in novel approaches and collaborations to advance Inflammatory Bowel Disease research.

Health Program