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Accumulating data supports the concept that IBD has a preclinical period that may be amenable to early diagnosis and intervention. Understanding the molecular underpinnings of this preclinical period in disease pathogenesis offers new opportunities in risk prediction and prevention. We have recently reported the first data from a large study using longitudinal pre-diagnostic samples from the US Department of Defense Serum repository, the PREDICTS study, where we assessed the predictive value of a panel of antimicrobial markers and a proteomic panel (>1100 proteins). Additional –omics data including glycan profiles, metabolome and exposome are currently generated on these same samples that span from up to 5 years before diagnosis to first clinical symptoms and confirmed diagnosis. We will integrate these massive multi-omics datasets to develop machine-learning (ML) based models predictive of future progression of CD and UC years before diagnosis, and to discover driver biomarkers and biological processes responsible for disease initiation. This will be achieved by constructing time-varying disease-specific networks capturing the associations across all biomarkers measured at different years before diagnosis available through the PREDICTS initiative. We will make all results publicly available via a user-friendly web-platform to facilitate the easy query, exploration and utilization of these data.

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To provide more Oakland students daily Tier 3 interventions, which have shown promising results.

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To support literacy acceleration at Korematsu Discovery Academy, one of the Oakland schools slated to close in June 2023. Korematsu Discovery Academy is partnering with FULCRUM and Ignite! Reading to provide a year of intensive daily intervention for students reading below grade level in kindergarten through second grade to get them reading at grade level by the time they transition to their new schools.

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An evening length performance and extended reality project choreographed by Yayoi Kambara that uses Japanese American history as a tool for learning. The dance performance explores unjust Japanese American incarceration, struggles for reparations and healing and current/future solidarities with communities facing the violence of xenophobic policies.

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To support Immersive Arts Alliance’s operations and projects.

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The James Morehouse Project (JMP) supports young people to negotiate challenging environments with grace and courage, to identify a positive future and to lead their lives in ways that resonate more closely with their own hopes and dreams. JMP programs include schoolwide social justice initiatives, teacher training and support and a range of mental health, reproductive health, health education and youth leadership programs.

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A new ensemble work instigated by Jess Curtis in collaboration with a diverse ensemble of Blind, Low Vision and sighted artists and consultants, which will examine cultural and phenomenological experiences of darkness and light. Into the Dark addresses the physical, subconscious and literal effects of Western thought’s binary mobilization of darkness and light in societal and individual creations of meaning.

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Established in 1986 to support Joe Goode’s artistic endeavors, the Joe Goode Performance Group (JGPG) became a radical voice during the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, blending text, gestures, humor and dance to promote connection and compassion. Recognized in 2019 as a Legacy Business for its history of centering the Queer experience, JGPG is celebrated for its innovative site-responsive installations and intimate theatrical performances.

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Kara, the sole standalone grief-focused agency in the Bay Area, annually serves 4,000 individuals with crucial bereavement support services, providing comprehensive grief support, crisis intervention and education since 1976. Through accessible, research-based interventions in English and Spanish, Kara fosters resilience, prevents and alleviates advanced reactions to loss and trauma, contributing to the well-being of the community

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KQED offers Northern Californians a community-supported media platform, providing informative content, fostering dialogue, promoting arts accessibility, facilitating storytelling and enhancing education for students and teachers while encouraging exploration for all ages.

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“That’s My Word: The Influential, Underrecognized History of Bay Area Hip-Hop” is a documentary produced by KQED, exploring the significant yet often overlooked history of Bay Area hip-hop.

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A new project commissioned by the Asian Art Museum that explores the talismanic power of dance through a multidisciplinary ritual performance. Over the next year, a series of workshops examining a cross section from the Museum’s collections will offer the rare opportunity to critically reassess the ways these pieces have been interpreted, renegotiate our relationships to the institution and explore how Pilipino Americans might build artistic tools to unravel the wounds of colonialism.

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Support to provide high-quality services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Contra Costa County.

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To support Logan McWilliams in the development of instructional resources that honor African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as children learn Standard English.

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To support the development of their three-year plan towards their mission of facilitating anti-racist training for cohorts of school instructional leaders. Leadership for Liberation is in the process of codifying their three-year program for principals to earn the clear administrative services credential. Leadership for Liberation aims to expand their current cohort of leaders and increase impact.

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For a teacher-in-training position that designs an innovative educator pathway by braiding funding from multiple state grants.

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To update their staffing model and add a new position called the Teacher in Training, who will serve as an instructional aide and tutor. Lighthouse aims to provide academic and relational continuity for students throughout the day and invest in staff career pathways.

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For their capital campaign to establish the San Antonio Family Resource Center, which is a hub of research, training and knowledge sharing resources for the greater community. They aim to engage young learners and their caregivers in culturally relevant, responsive programming and parent leadership development.

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A multidisciplinary, Black-centered no-holds-barred exploration of race and equity. The performance engages evolving legal policies, public sentiment and lived reality to consider how the boundaries and public perception of Black life are constructed and maintained and the ongoing effect of such policies.