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To fund a book access program that allows students to choose the books they are most excited to read (with level guidance from their teachers), and keep them for their home libraries.

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To fund the pilot of a technology platform that will allow community volunteers, parents and other lay people to support students with one-on-one and small group instruction.

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Camp Common Ground Oakland is a Bay Area summer camp for middle schoolers from different economic, racial and religious backgrounds.

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A distillation of the company’s work to-date, which will explore the theme of liberation through Capacitor’s signature choreographic and sculptural structures that have marked its work over the past 20 years.

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In this study, we discovered the efficacy and safety of the specific wavelength and bandwidth of ultraviolet-A (UVA) light as an antimicrobial modality. In vitro safety studies using a fiber optic UVA delivery system supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation showed that, under specific and monitored conditions, UVA can be safely applied even at close distance to various human cell types, with no evidence of DNA damage, cell growth inhibition, or histologic inflammation. In vivo, single and repeated intracolonic UVA exposure in mice did not show harm on endoscopic evaluation and full-thickness pathologic assessment when compared to unexposed control animals. These experiments led to discovery of a safe and effective therapeutic window of UVA which is a complex function of UVA peak wavelength, bandwidth, intensity, time of exposure and distance to target tissue.

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To support the final stage of development of CCC’s Social Emotional curriculum that supports teacher’s capacity to integrate social emotional development supports into academic instruction.

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CHANGE FOR A $100 is a paid tutoring program for honor-roll students. In this program honor-roll students will tutor other students who are struggling to achieve the honor-roll status.

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A series of street and theatrical performances instigated by Keith Hennessy in collaboration with artists J Jha, Annie Danger, Gerald Casel among others. Performances will be generated from collaboration,

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The Director for Arts Spaces is charged with implementing specific initiatives and interventions to help stem the displacement of artists and arts organizations from Oakland.

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The Civic Center Community Benefit District (CCCBD) improves and promotes San FranciscoÕs historic Civic Center through a host of planning, policy and public programming initiatives.

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To create affordable, long-term space for artists and small and mid-sized arts organizations in San Francisco, Oakland and other urban locations.

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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are highly susceptible to gastro-intestinal bacterial pathogens because of aberrant immune responses and therefore rely on frequent antibiotic courses throughout their illness. As a result, IBD prognosis often declines over time due to an increase in recalcitrant organisms that are antibiotic resistant and/or have increased virulence traits. These genetically-encoded traits are often carried on mobile genetic elements and exchanged between bacteria through the process of horizontal gene transfer. We have developed new methods to study this process in the microbiome. We propose to evaluate the link between inflammation and HGT in both humans and mouse models of colitis and identify interventions that may mitigate the emergence of antibiotic-resistant or recalcitrant infections.

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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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Will bring together a cohort of Bay Area, red/swing state, and Russian interdisciplinary artists in a cultural exchange lab, positioning multidisciplinary art making as a parallel for pluralism and inclusivity.

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Court 13 Arts, a New Orleans-based nonprofit, was founded by Benh Zeitlin in 2015 to support Louisiana artists, inspired by the collaborative spirit behind the film “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Dedicated to fostering creativity through education and public programming, they aim to build a community-based culture of art and filmmaking, anchoring Louisiana talent for long-term benefit while serving as a platform for artists to develop sustainable careers.

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A three-year grant to support The Matchbox @ Crowded Fire, a new play development program which actively supports the creation of high quality contemporary theater through commissions, in-house workshops, an annual free public reading series, a Resilience & Development (R&D) LAB, and a Playwright Residency.

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An innovative dance piece, which will explore parallels between Rumba and Hip-Hop dance forms, like Turfing and break dancing, through a series of public performances at sites in and around Laney College in Oakland.

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A one-night journey down the Las Vegas strip. The play wrestles with the question of our responsibility to tragic events that don’t directly affect our lives.

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A three-year grant to support its Cutting Ball Variety Pack, an experimental works festival that will allow artists to collaborate, experiment and grow the avant-garde canon.