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Highlights Part 6 The Pandemic’s Lasting Impact on Human & Mental Health
“The energy devoted to treating mental health and reaching people who have mental health conditions is going to be on fire for not just this year, but for a while, because we don’t know exactly how…
Highlights Part 5 - “Reinventing San Francisco: Government, Downtown & Civic Trust”
"Instead of asking what's broken, we shine a spotlight on what's already good in people's lives" - Elena Fairley, Mission Asset Fund & Crankstart Foundation In part 5 of our Highlight Episodes…
Highlights Part 4 - Libraries and Librarians: From COVID Lifelines to Book Bans
Then, we transition to a panel led by Susan Stuart Clark featuring library directors Jayanti Addleman (Hayward) and Derek Wolfgram (Redwood City). They share on-the-ground stories of how their…
Covid-19's Impact on Housing & Wrap Around Services Highlights Part 3
“We were able to open our tiny house village during the pandemic and have 26 young people move in off the street and into housing." - Sally Hindman, Founder & Executive Director, Youth Spirit…
Covid 19's Impact on our Communities Highlights Part 2 - Food Security & Basic Needs
“Before the pandemic, one in four San Francisco families struggled with food security; after, four out of ten Black and Latinx families are struggling.” - Kenneth Kim, Senior Director of Programs,…
Covid-19’s Impact on Our Communities Highlights Part 1 - Small Businesses
"I think that people forget that. These small businesses, they're the ones that are sponsoring your sports teams, which are helping with school things, and that are doing fundraisers that are giving…
”Beyond Bankruptcy”: The Fight For Stockton - Highlights Part 2
“We talk about that nihilistic mindset… what it means to grow up in a community that has that mindset and how that affects them. You have to be honest with them, though, that this is real. This is…
”Beyond Bankruptcy”: The Fight For Stockton - Highlights Part 1
“No one’s coming to save us; we have to figure this out ourselves.” — Dillon DelvoReinvention in Stockton starts with people. Family, faith, and Black history shape young leaders; high expectations…
CA Arts & Culture Summit - “Highlights Show Part 2”
"Artists are entitled, just like every other worker, to a livable, predictable, sustainable wage." – Jennifer Laine, San Benito County Arts CouncilIn this powerful season finale, guests explore five…
CA Arts & Culture Summit - “Highlights Show Part 1”
"I have been used, abused and silenced within the nonprofit industrial complex... I'm not gonna take it anymore... I'm gonna get mine and my community's gonna get there's this year" - Nikko Kimzin,…
State of the Arts Summit Highlights Part 2
"When the community comes together, organizes, advocates, makes noise, and has a plan, we can change systems” - Richard RayaJoin host George Koster for part two of our Arts for a Better Bay Area…
State of the Arts Summit Highlights - Part 1
We must disrupt and rebuild; our task is to shift how society thinks through art” - Ralph RemingtonPart one of this special episode, in collaboration with Arts for a Better Bay Area, delves into the…
"Breaking Isolation: Arts as a Community Solution"
Arts Equity, Advocacy, Impact"Artists, cultural bearers, creatives are essential contributors to the economy… so that arts are not a luxury, arts are not a hobby" – Ron MurieraThis episode of Where…
Creative Equity: "Building Sustainable Futures for Artists and Communities"
"Artists must be at the center of decision-making, shaping policies and funding structures that directly impact their work and their communities” - Nataki GarrettShow GuestsTiara AmarTitle: Advocate…
Making the Invisible Visible - Finding Home Part 2
“So, if people need potable water, then we need to provide them with that. Or if people are looking for a job that we don't need to categorize that. We can start to put away our own judgment and…
Harnessing the Power of Arts: Advocacy, Equity, and Community Transformation
"For the first time, we are centering artists in our work with an equity-centered, artist-centered cultural plan... with a big emphasis on affordable housing and live-workspace for artists” -…
Making the Invisible Visible - Finding Home Part 1
"Our philosophy is simple: without rest, there is no healing. We open our doors so that people can have a safe space to rest, restoring a basic dignity often lost on the streets.”- Lydia BranstenIn…
Building Better Bridges in the Arts Economy - Case Making for Collaboration
"It’s really important for arts advocates and tradition bearers, artists, and cultural organizations to participate in the visioning and guiding principle process in your community plan, to get named…
Discover the Future of Creative Work!
"We’re living through the greatest art heist of all time. Billions of images, data, and content were scraped illegally, impacting creative jobs, and AI is at the forefront of this transformation." -…
Voices of Change: "The Intersection of Art, Equity, & Economic Empowerment"
“So if you have not tapped into community members that you are serving, that you are working with, then you are missing a large, piece of the solution to your problems”. - Heather…
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