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In 2021, CCI launched the California Art Leadership Investments (CALI) Catalyst grant program, which supports artists and arts workers who are on the frontlines of effecting greater inclusion, access, diversity, and equity in the arts and culture sector. [...] page 7 Faith McKinnie Individuals Sacramento County In 2020, Faith founded the Black Artist Foundry to provide unrestricted funds, exhibition and studio spaces, career-building resources, and a comprehensive directory for Black artists working in the Sacramento region and throughout the. [...] Sacramento County Mikiea Perkins Deeply concerned about the oppressive and untenable circumstances San Diego County that Black leaders in the arts and culture sector face on a daily basis, Genevieve began to coordinate nourishing workshops, dinners, and To amplify the voices of Black queer womxn in the arts and generate reflection spaces for Black leaders to prioritize self-care, healing, and reso. [...] Lab and the Transformative impact and improve community health and wellness and Grant Writing program, a training program for artists from underserved create the City of Compton's first Cultural District. [...] They have successfully created a pedagogic model based on collaboration and compassion, and we are fostering a thriving network that is building up a local infrastructure to support the creative economy, Level Ground Collective dismantling the current inequitable funding ecosystem in the arts in the Bay Area.