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In this project, we propose to harness the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of ultraviolet-A (UVA) light to manipulate the intestinal microbiome and reduce inflammation in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Clinical trials for therapeutics in UC typically exclude patients with distal colitis/proctitis, and most patients do not achieve remission, even with optimized dosing of biologic therapy in combination with immunomodulators. To address this, we have developed a novel device to deliver UVA light to the rectum for the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis, and plan a clinical trial to assess treatment effects, safety and tolerability. Trial will be an open-label dose-escalating first-in-human trial in patients with ulcerative colitis. Clinical, histological, endoscopic and multi-omic signature of response will be documented as the basins for future planned pivotal trials.

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To support the Digital accessibility group in providing website accessibility services to nonprofits and community groups that cannot afford to pay the full service fees.

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The East Bay Relief Fund for Individuals in the Arts, led by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and supported by the Hellman Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Gerbode Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, and San Francisco Foundation, offers $499,896 to aid artists, teaching artists, culture bearers, and nonprofit arts workers affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants, up to $2,000, aim to support individuals in historically underserved communities, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, immigrant, transgender, and disabled individuals, with priority given to those facing significant financial threats.

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The Oakland Film Center is constructing a physical space in Oakland to serve as an inclusive creative hub for the Bay Area filmmaking community, providing resources and education to empower local talent. With a focus on sustainability and inclusivity, the center aims to foster connectivity, build a supportive culture, and advance the pro-filmmaker movement, offering a safe environment for diverse voices to express their ideas.

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Founded in 1967, Clausen House assists those with developmental and intellectual disabilities in participating in society, fully and effectively, on an equal basis with others.

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To continue working with arts and culture nonprofit clients, specifically those located in the East Bay.

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Cotuit Center For The Arts’ mission is to be a welcoming home for Cape CodÕs artists, performers, students and audiences, working together to make the creation and experience of art accessible, nurturing and thrilling to all.

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For the Secure our Stage campaign to purchase 80 Turk Street.

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A new dance piece by Ramón Ramos Alayo for Alayo Dance Company that incorporates dance, music, video and spoken word. Mouth of a Shark will reflect the dual life of immigrants and the struggle of those who create a new life in a new world, but carry their homeland, however dire, in their heart forever.

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A roving, site-specific play in downtown Oakland that explores, questions and breaks down the nuances of intimacy in queer communities. un•rest, written by CurbAlert artists J Shelley Harrison and Emji Saint Spero in collaboration with queer and trans artists of color, imagines a more just and equitable future on a larger scale, one in which queer and trans people can not only survive, but thrive.

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A reconstructionist companion play to a forgotten 1868 verse play about the Greek poet of Lesbos, offering renewed relevance to a scarcely-produced classic, penned by a woman about one of history’s first queer icons. Playwright Aimee Suzara’s Sappho investigates the evolution of queer identities across generations and the inheritance of queer narratives across centuries.

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A dance-based exploration of the concept of mixed identity as adaptation in the age of climate crisis. Re-Mix will look beyond the binary to cultivate an alternative to the dehumanizing, essentializing and compartmentalizing of identity.

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An hourlong interdisciplinary media project by artist Kevin Seaman exploring queer vulnerability, gentleness and soft power.

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A multi-year collaborative project produced by Dohee Lee Puri Arts in collaboration with Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone) and the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. When the Land Stands Alone will engage refugee and immigrant communities residing in Oakland and Oakland Indigenous peoples in a collaborative ritual-making process, exchanging knowledge on ritualism, activism and healing.

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A collaboration between Afro-Cuban choreographer Susana Arenas Pedroso and Guinean arts organization, Duniya Dance and Drum Company, illuminating the cultural and political

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To serve over 200 families with their family stability, child development and literacy services.

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To support the New Breath Foundation to address violence in the Asian American communities of the Bay Area.

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To expand the number of SEEDS of Learning classroom tutors and coaches to foster effective practices and leadership skills. They will also provide professional development centered on peer coaching and facilitation of professional learning communities.

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A series of site-specific works presented and produced by Epiphany Dance Theater and Deaf Choreographer Antoine Hunter and directed by Kim Epifano, inspired by Hunter’s Blackfoot heritage. Native Land, Native Hands will feature ASL-choreography, Hand Talk (the first language of Deaf Native Americans), text, original music and other forms of dance to illuminate narratives surrounding displacement and the erasure of Deaf history following the American Revolution.