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So far, most research on the microbiome in IBD has mostly focused on gut bacteria. However, there is increasing evidence to support that other members of the microbiome, such as viruses, may also have an important role. Herein we plan to study the role of viral exposures in IBD development. A major challenge of this type of study is to disentangle what is cause, and what is consequence of the inflammatory process. However, having access to a unique cohort of pre-clinical samples, where we were able to gather thousands of samples from patients with Crohn´s disease and ulcerative colitis, years before their diagnosis, as well as matched healthy individuals, addresses some of the challenges. Acquiring mechanistic information into preclinical disease can therefore potentially uncover key pathogenic events. In this unique cohort, we will use also a unique method, recently described, called the VirScan. This is a very sensitive and specific assay, that has the ability assess all viral exposures that happened throughout the life span of an individual. By combining this unique technique in a distinctive cohort, we hope to be able to identify whether there are specific viral exposures that may act as triggers for the development of IBD.

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Interface Gallery was an independently run, nonprofit exhibition space in Oakland, CA, which was founded and directed by Suzanne LÕHeureux. Over the course of its nine year duration, the gallery presented work by artists from around the world, hosted readings and talks, and regularly commissioned writings and performances in response to its exhibitions.

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A new dance theater work which will explore the concept of finding a safe haven with original songs contributed by a collaborating group of composers.

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Support for equipment, competitions and field trip expenses.

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A series of videos featuring site-specific dances, performed in cinematic urban and natural world settings, that tell intimate, personal stories of artists’ journeys, as well as universal stories about their city or community.

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A three-year grant to support FRESH Festival, an annual festival of experimental dance, performance, and music in San Francisco, which provides a platform for new work and perspectives in dance, art and culture serving artists and audiences through programming in performance, practice and community exchange.

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Lenora Lee Dance’s first underwater multimedia dance experience premiering in the beautifully renovated San Francisco YMCA swimming pool on Sacramento Street. This under water work for eight dancers will integrate contemporary dance, original music, and video projection.

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The Lions Eye Foundation of California-Nevada, Inc. (LEF) is a longstanding 501(c)(3) organization, operating for over 60 years. It provides essential eye surgeries to residents across Northern California and Nevada, with support from local Lions Clubs, which have expanded from 19 to over 300 member clubs.

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An evening-length immersive performance integrating an installation that engages the audience and a broad range of people from the community in a letter writing project and a performance installation inside the theater.

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To provide support and maintenance of Literacy Lab’s LitTab (e-readers) program in 22 classrooms, LitBag (take home books with journals) program in 18 classrooms, and Learning Stations in 52 preschool classrooms, serving 1,752 students.

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To support Lotus Bloom’s (LB) Parent-Child School Readiness Playgroups & Family Resource Services. In addition to connecting families to resources and services, LB will offer playgroups, twice weekly for 40 weeks for three hours each. LB will also provide training to family, friends & neighbor partners to build their capacity to start and sustain their own family resource services and/or playgroup programs.

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Lovingkindness Vietnam aids communities in Nha Trang, focusing on orphanages and charity schools, offering customized programs for donor-directed support. They raise awareness among tourists to engage in charitable activities during their visits, collaborating with privately run organizations to maximize impact.

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The Luggage Store, also known as The 509 Cultural Center, is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to foster community through multidisciplinary arts programming that promotes diversity, inclusion and dialogue among the diverse cultural communities of downtown San Francisco. They aim to reduce inter-group tensions and stereotypes through exhibitions, performances, education and public art initiatives.

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Tells the story of a family’s emigration from Manila to San Francisco in 1970. The play explores this dynamic period of conflict, social change and artistic flourishing in San Francisco while reclaiming the Filipino story as central to the city’s history.

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Based in Oakland, California, Mandela MarketPlace is a non-profit Community Development Corporation, incorporated in 2004, that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth and build assets through cooperative food enterprises in low income communities.

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Will consist of assembling shards, vignettes and full ensemble choreography from 45 of the 80 works choreographed for the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company since 1973 along with the creation of a new work informed by that history.

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Presents a view of Wilson, a towering figure in American theater, as a young man of color making his way in the world. The work will be presented in partnership with Bay Area organizations whose missions are to serve diverse communities.

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