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A multi-disciplinary piece exploring the toll of climate grief, especially on disabled communities who are often on the frontlines of climate disasters and the first to be abandoned or rendered disposable. This performance will explore the complex interconnections and ultimately give rise to a vision for a livable future, shaped by the resourcefulness and resilience that is required of disabled people every day to ensure survival.

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A dance piece taking audiences on a captivating journey through time and perspective, exploring land acknowledgements from an Indigenous viewpoint. This audacious and satirical performance challenges conventional land acknowledgments, urging us to rethink our connection to land and ancestors.

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To support the Unity Council and Fruitvale BART Street Gallery project.

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Supports its evidence-based summer program, which continues to prevent summer learning loss for participating students, and OUSD has drastically increased its contribution to the cost.

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To support safety improvements at St. Mary School.

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To replace church sacristy windows.

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Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can experience many years of inflammation and remission in the gastrointestinal tract. As a result, the intestines can undergo a structural change known as fibrosis, which narrows the inside. This narrowing is a major, and sometimes life-threatening, health issue for patients because it can block the passage of digested food and stool. Unfortunately, the only treatment for this condition consists of invasive surgical procedures to either widen the opening or remove the affected areas of the intestine. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop less invasive therapies such as drug-based treatments. Preliminary studies carried out in our laboratory have pointed to a potential role for the molecule serine, an amino acid, in the development of intestinal fibrosis. For example, we have found that serine is produced in areas of fibrosis in the intestines of IBD patients and in our mouse model of intestinal fibrosis, suggesting that it may play a role in the development of this condition. The work proposed in this application will determine if in fact serine is largely responsible for intestinal fibrosis and establish methods to limit its production and thus prevent fibrosis development. Carrying out the proposed work can lead to the development of novel treatments for intestinal fibrosis and significantly improve the lives of patients with IBD.

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StoryCenter supports individuals and organizations in using storytelling and participatory media for reflection, education and social change.

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Unrestricted funds to support Bay Area programming.

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This piece aims to transcend cultural boundaries and showcase the contemporary relevance of South Asian Dance in the international context. Using movement, poetry, theater, animation and 3D projection mapping technology, this dance work will challenge conventional notions of beauty and the idealization of womanhood while celebrating the simple joys that add vitality and vibrancy to our lives.

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To support Tandem, Partners in Early LearningÕs Oakland programming, providing equitable, high-quality early learning experiences for children ages 0-5.

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Charlotte Maxwell Clinic is a 30-year-old nonprofit providing complementary, integrative therapies to low-income and underserved women with cancer.

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Curve magazine, launched in 1991 as Deneuve, has evolved into AmericaÕs leading lesbian magazine under the guidance of founder Franco Stevens. Ahead of its 30th anniversary, Franco reimagined Curve’s role, founding The Curve Foundation to empower and support the LGBTQ+ community through storytelling, leadership development and archival preservation, ensuring the continuity of LGBTQ+ women’s culture and history.

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A song-creation and hula project that will celebrate the untold stories of people of African descent who came to Hawaiʻi as a direct result of colonization and enslavement. The piece celebrates the legacies of Hawai’i’s historical figures of African descent to ensure the history of marginalized people are not erased and their stories are told.

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A piece conceived in and for a COVID and post-COVID world, exploring the nature of our relationship to the character of light, home and the passage of time – through the collection of a year-long data time-lapse of spectral footprint (or color) of light in homes worldwide. The data will be transformed into a live visual, music and physical installation piece to answer the question – what is the color of domestic light?

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Supports the operations, media, and advocacy of the 23-24 Literacy Liberator Fellowship, which provides literacy skills, leadership skills and support in onboarding as tutors—Literacy Liberators—in OUSD.

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Supports the 22-23 Literacy Liberator Fellowship, which provides literacy skills, leadership skills and support in onboarding as tutors—Literacy Liberators—in OUSD.

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The PeopleÕs Conservatory empowers young artists, particularly from Black and Brown marginalized communities, to create meaningful art that addresses social issues, fostering cultural awareness and positive change. Through a curriculum rooted in ethnic and cultural studies, students develop their artistic voices and become leaders in their communities.

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Supports OUSD, Education for Change and Aspire schools to implement equitable and restorative practices through individual coaching and mindfulness training for leaders and educators.