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A new site-responsive, immersive LGBTQ+ walking tour. OUT of Site: SOMA will focus on San Francisco’s South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood, celebrating its new status as the first LGBTQ+ and Leather Cultural District. It will combine contemporary dance, live music, and spoken word with virtual reality, oral history and sound collage to recover stories of the “lost generation,” taken by the AIDS pandemic, those displaced by ongoing gentrification, and SOMA’s long history of contested land.

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can be a devastating illness. For reasons that are not clear, the cells that line the intestine in patients with IBD mount inappropriate immune responses toward the harmless bacteria that normally inhabit our gastrointestinal tracts. Treatments for IBD therefore involve suppressing immune responses to limit the damage caused by this immune hyperactivation. These medications have many complications, particularly in children who may be more susceptible to the infectious complications associated with their long-term use. The goal of our research is to facilitate the development of new therapies for IBD that specifically limit the hyperactivation of intestinal immune responses. We have identified a novel regulator of inflammatory responses in the cells that line the intestine and in this proposal we explore the mechanism by which this receptor acts to suppress deleterious immune responses. We hypothesize that these discoveries will offer important insights into the pathophysiology of IBD and will suggest a new therapeutic strategy for this disease.

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A multidisciplinary, multimedia, full-length work written by Brenda Wong Aoki and scored by Mark Izu. Drawing on the artist’s family’s 122-year history in San Francisco, OurTown will incorporate stories about real people and events, using text, film, alternative media, dance and live music. The work will premiere as part of The Center for Asian American Media’s CAAMFest 2021.

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The second piece in a trilogy of performances exploring the effects of prison on American citizens. MERCY seeks to highlight the historic intersections between the Black and Jewish experience with issues of race and capture.

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Investigates what is possible when trans, gender non-conforming, and queer communities are encouraged to think expansively and optimistically about their futures, at a time when threats to these communities have escalated.

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To support Oakland Public Library’s Literacy Programming Fund. Oakland Public Library will purchase 14,000 giveaway books for distribution through multiple programs, including but not limited to: Día (Diversity in Action) events, Books for Wider Horizons  preschool graduation giveaways, Summer Reading, Winter Bingo, and Share the Love outreach (distribution at the Oakland Housing Authority picnics, hospital waiting rooms, laundromats).

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Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections is a non profit organization that supports the mission of preserving, studying, and sharing the Lobkowicz Collections in the United States and abroad.

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A new site-specific dance creation rooted in a dialogue in dance between traditional Congolese movement, Afro Urban dance styles, and Hip Hop. The project is a collaboration between Oakland-based Fua Dia Congo and Paris-based Ambiance Facil and seeks to tell a story about the resilience of African movement across space and time by bridging the worlds of traditional and contemporary African dance and hip hop.

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Genesis Community Development Corporation provides educational, vocational and cultural enrichment programs for children, youths and adults, resulting in personal improvement and life transformation.

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Goodwill breaks the cycle of poverty through the power of work. Their training and career pathways provide a bridge to employment for thousands of people struggling to build workforce skills, confidence and self-sufficiency.

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Greenaction mobilizes community power to win victories that change government and industry policies and practices to protect health and promote environmental, social, economic, racial and climate justice.

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Hope House began in 1998 providing cutting edge programs to strengthen families and, in particular, the relational bonds between children and their fathers imprisoned far from home. Their goals include reducing the isolation, stigma, shame and risk these families experience when fathers and husbands are imprisoned, and to raise public awareness about this most at-risk population.

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To support low-income visual artists in San Francisco.

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The intestinal microbiota is the collective term used to described the microbial community living in our intestine and playing important roles. However, the intestinal microbiota is also playing a central role in the development of many chronic inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We previously reported, in mice, that the consumption of dietary emulsifiers, a food additive broadly used by the food industry to improve texture and extend shelf life of processed food, is able to detrimentally alter the intestinal microbiota, promoting the development of intestinal inflammation. In the current research project, we propose to test the impact of dietary emulsifier on human microbiotas from IBD patients, including IBD patients carrying pathogenic bacteria, named adherent-invasive Escherichia coli and known to be involved in disease susceptibility. We predict that IBD microbiotas will be very prone to disturbance by emulsifiers and that such disturbances may initiate/drive intestinal inflammation. The study of the impact of dietary emulsifiers on IBD-derived microbiota may advance a general paradigm of understanding non-genetic factors that can drive IBD development and promote disease flares. Moreover, our studies may result in dietary advice for those at risk of or suffering from IBD.

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A new experimental performance piece grounded in research of the intersections of movement, culture, sensory difference, and physical diversity in live performance. (in)Visible will address the disproportionate prevalence in our culture of sight as a tool of perception and will explore more diverse modes of perceiving.

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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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To support archiving the Curve Magazine Collection.

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Commons Archive will foster connections across race, generation and class to address the dissolution of neighborhood networks by displacement and gentrification. The project will engage residents of North Oakland’s Golden Gate neighborhood to create a collective memory bank through citizen history trainings, community mapping and restorative justice listening sessions. The stories will be translated into projections and banners displayed along San Pablo Avenue.

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To support enhancements in infrastructure and programming to better serve adults with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.