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YBCA 100
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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Tue November 5th
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2023
Past Honorees
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Art Space/Gallery
3.9 Art Collective
San Francisco Black artists collective
5 Elements SF
Youth cultural empowerment program
A.B.O. Comix
LGBTQ Prisoner Solidarity Organization
Acción Latina
Non profit community media and cultural arts organization
Afatasi The Artist
Mixed media artist
Aileen Cassinetto
Poet and publisher
Alexa Treviño
Photographer and artist
Alleluia Panis
Director and choreographer
Alyssa Aviles
Visual artist
Anatolian Arts Institute
Cultural Heritage Organization
Arleene Correa Valencia
Artist
ARTogether
Refugee and immigrant arts organization
Ashara Ekundayo
Independent curator and cultural theologian
Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
Tribal organization
Ayize Jama-Everett
Writer and producer
Bay Area Mural Program
Public art non profit organization
Bayonics
Music group
BE-IMAGINATIVE
Storytelling collective
BFF.fm (Best Frequencies Forever)
Community radio station
Bhumi B. Patel
Movement artist and writer
Black [Space] Residency
Artist residency
Black Gold Storytellers
Storytelling collective
Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu
Playwrights and storytellers
BRWNGRLZ
Jewelry company
Center for Asian American Media
Nonprofit arts organization
Chhoti Maa
Musician, cultural producer, educator
Chris “C” Gazaleh
Visual artist and musician
Community Kitchens
Food justice organization
Connie Zheng
Visual artist and writer
CubaCaribe
Performing arts organization
D. Scot Miller
Founder of the Afrosurreal arts movement
Damien Lamar McDuffie
Creative Technologist
David G. Miles Jr.
The Godfather of Skate
Eddie Ahn
El Rio
LGBTQ+ bar and venue
Ely Sonny Orquiza
Theater director and arts educator
Emory Douglas
Social justice/political artist
Empowerment Avenue
Incarcerated artist collective
Episcopal Community Services
Community service organization
Excélsior Coffee
Community coffee shop
Eye Zen Presents
Queer theater company
Families In Action for Quality Education
Education advocacy organization
Fierce Vulnerability Network
Climate justice and racial healing organization
Flor Martinez / Flower in Spanish
Activist and influencer
Fred Marque Dewitt
Visual artist
Genevieve Leighton-Armah
Community liaison
Gold Beams
Event production company for Black creatives
Guerilla Pump
DJ and community organizer
Heesoo Kwon
Visual artist
HiiiWAV
Black music entrepreneurship incubator
Jacqueline Francis, Ph.D
Writer
Jeffrey Cheung
Visual artist, Skateboarder
Jenifer K. Wofford
Visual artist and educator
Jessica Bejarano
Music director, conductor, and educator
Jessica Sabogal
Muralistx and printmaker
john a. powell
Director, Othering & Belonging Institute
Jonathan Carver Moore
Gallerist
Kapwa Gardens
Outdoor public space activation
Kearny Street Workshop (KSW)
Asian Pacific American arts organization
Khiara M. Bridges
Professor of Law
KidSafe SF
Parent advocates for safe streets
Kochina Rude
Drag queen
Leila Mottley
Author
Lisa Elliott
Arts operations professional
Literacy, Leadership and Liberation (3Ls)
Literacy academy
Lolita Kintanar
Community organizer
Maw Shein Win
Writer
Max Gibson
Journalist and entrepreneur
Mia Mingus
Community educator
Michelle Mush Lee
Poet and narrative evangelist
Mildred Howard
Visual artist
Mimo Haile-Smith
Cause artist and entrepreneur
Minoosh Zomorodinia
Visual artist
MK Chavez
Writer
Muzae Sesay
Painter and visual artist
Nomadic Press
Publisher
O.M. France Viana
Visual artist and mythologist
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
Music education and cultural preservation institution
Oakland Youth Chorus
Youth choral organization
Paul Steward
Musical artist and producer
Pendarvis Harshaw (OGPenn)
Journalist
People’s Programs
Community service organization
Preston Justice
Curator of community and cultural events
René y Familia
Family band playing bilingual children’s music
Rich City Rides
Cycling advocacy organization
Rocky Rivera
Journalist, emcee and author
Samara Atkins
Choreographer
Sharaya Souza
Executive Director, American Indian Cultural District
Sketchboard Co
Figure drawing collective
South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
Nonprofit advocacy organization
Stella Lochman
Arts professional and community organizer
SWAP FILM
Community film photography lab
The People’s Conservatory
Youth arts and empowerment organization
The Roxie Theater
Non-profit cinema
Tossie Long
Artistic director and vocalist
Vivian Sming
Artist and publisher
Wanda Johnson
Reverend
Xandra Ibarra
Multi-disciplinary artist
Xiaowei R. Wang
Artist and writer