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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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A performance project created by inkBoat, interdisciplinary artist Ann Carlson and The Oakland Zoo. Ones focuses on the relationship between humans and nonhuman species to help us consider our own humanity and collectiv

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The Internet Archive visual arts residency is organized by Amir Saber Esfahani, and is designed to connect emerging and mid-career artists with the archiveÕs collections and to show what is possible when open access to information meets the arts. The residency is one year in length during which time each artist will develop a body of work that utilizes the resources of the archiveÕs collections in their own practice.

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The Sohn Conference Foundation is dedicated to the treatment and cure of pediatric cancer and supports cutting-edge medical research, state-of-the-art research equipment and innovative programs. The Foundation raises its funds through the renowned Sohn Investment Conference in New York City and a number of premier investment conferences around the world.

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A multimedia performance created and performed with and for the community of Oakland, which weaves together storytelling with theater, dance and music. Placing real-life stories of local residents at the heart of the project, SPACES stands opposite the notion of “us vs. them,” bringing focus back to our communities, one story at a time.

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To facilitate anti-racist training for cohorts of school instructional leaders. The training encourages leaders to engage their staff in and hold them accountable to a community of practice that builds trust, allyship and instructional problem solving.

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To integrate literacy and intensive social-emotional supports with strength-based parent engagement and case management. They will provide year-round programming, which includes four weeks of Afro-centric literacy-focused summer programming.

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To support Kidappolis, an academic mobile app that targets low-income and emergent bilingual families. Literacy Lab will also distribute free books, providing parents and caregivers with learning content to support their child’s language development and early literacy.

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To build infrastructure to support the San Antonio Family Resource Center, a hub of research, training and knowledge sharing resources for the greater community.

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Centers stories by people who have survived incarceration. Actors from Returned Citizens Theatre Troupe will spark deep community dialogue about some of the most pressing issues of our time such as systemic racism, the injustice of the carceral system and the challenges of COVID with audiences that include the general public, other people who have survived incarceration and system-impacted youth.

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A performance by Megan Lowe and Brenton Cheng that challenges traditional ideas of male/female duets and deconstructs tropes often associated with Chinese heritage. Tangram lifts up the leadership and innovation of Chinese descendent artists in contemporary Bay Area dance and improvisation.

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The Menlo Atherton High School Foundation for the Future aims to gather financial support from current and alumni families, community members and local foundations to enhance educational excellence. Their objective is to finance programs that might otherwise be inaccessible due to constraints in public education funding, without replacing local contributions.

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Support for the general fund.

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Mindful Life Project is an educational nonprofit that supports schools nationwide through highly impactful mindfulness based social emotional learning programming.

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To provide weekly 25-minute whole classroom and small group mindfulness sessions to support students. Lessons connect everyday student experiences and deliver mindfulness-based social-emotional skills through trauma-informed and culturally relevant methods.

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General support for neighborhood public art on parking meters.

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MISSSEY is dedicated to preventing girls and gender-expansive youth from falling into sexual exploitation and violence while also aiding those currently experiencing exploitation to exit such circumstances. Additionally, they provide ongoing support and partnerships to help these individuals avoid re-entering exploitative situations and live liberated from harmful relationships.

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A new evening-length performance piece by My-Linh Le and Mud Water Theatre, an Oakland-based dance collective that centers turfing. Mud Water will explore cross-racial and cultural solidarity, focusing on themes such as belonging in the face of gentrification, deportation and police brutality as well as our individual relationship to land, space and our physical bodies.

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Established in 2005, the North Of Market Tenderloin Community Benefit Corporation (TLCBD) focuses on improving the Tenderloin neighborhood through clean and safe programs, expanding its services and impact over the years. With a renewed emphasis on community-led initiatives and advocacy, TLCBD aims to transform the Tenderloin into a vibrant community for all, particularly addressing disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.