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  • 2023
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Aatish Bhatia

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Adisa Banjoko

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Adrian L. Burrell

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Adrianne Ramsey

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Afro Urban Society (Nkeiruka Oruche)

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Alex J. Bledsoe

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Amy Kisch

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Antoine Hunter

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

April Verrett

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Arteivia Muaava

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

ArtPlace America

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ashley Smiley

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Aureen B. Almario 

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ayodele Nzinga

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ayudando Latinos A Soñar

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Beatrice Thomas

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Benjamin “BJ” McBride

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Binta Ayofemi

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Black Voters Matter

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Caleb Duarte

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Canal Alliance

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cara Page

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Carlton Turner

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Carolina Rubio MacWright

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cat Brooks

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cece Carpio

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Chanell Stone

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cheryl Derricotte

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Christine Wong Yap

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Chun Yu

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Colette Pichon Battle

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Constance Hockaday

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Corrina Gould

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Darryl Ratcliff

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

David Olawuyi Fakunle, Ph.D.

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Deana Haggag

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Deanna Van Buren

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Destiny Muhammad

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dorothy R. Santos

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Eesuu Orundide

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Emily Silverman, MD

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Feed the Second Line

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hasain Rasheed

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ijeoma Oluo

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Indira Allegra

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

James Q. Chan

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jazz Hudson

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jeffrey Yip

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jessie Little Doe Baird

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jessica Maria Recinos

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jonathan Garcia

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Joy Buolamwini

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

kai lumumba barrow

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kamal Sinclair

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Karen Seneferu

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Keba Konte

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kev Choice

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kinetic Light (Alice Sheppard, Laurel Lawson, Michael Maag & Jerron Herman)

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kultivate Labs

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lara Kiswani

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lava Thomas

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Leticia Hernández-Linares

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Leroy F. Moore Jr.

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Loira Limbal

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

mak-‘amham/Cafe Ohlone

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Margo Hall

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mo Burnham

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

My-Linh Le

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Naina Khanna

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dr. Naomi Helena Quiñonez

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Natalie Diaz

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nick Tilsen

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nikiko Masumoto

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Oladosu Adenike Titilope

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nikole Hannah-Jones

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

PG Watkins

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Pedro Noguera

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Postcommodity

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Prubechu

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Queen Muhammad Ali

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ramon Ramirez

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Rhiannon Giddens

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

RyanNicole Austin

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Sazon Libre

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Shayla Avery

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Soleil Ho

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

SOMA Pilipinas

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Studio Pathways (Mariah Rankine-Landers and Jessa Brie Moreno)

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Tahirah Rasheed

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Telice Summerfield

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Thao Nguyen

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Thi Bui

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Tosha Stimage

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Walter Hood

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Wenqing Yan

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

You

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Youth Versus Apocalypse

2020 YBCA 100 Honoree

Abby Wambach

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

ABD Productions / Skywatchers

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Adam Savage

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Adrienne Maree Brown

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Alex Bernadotte

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ali Wong

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Alonzo King

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Alphabet Rockers

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Amanda Nguyen

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Anicka Yi

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Anna Sergeeva

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Axis Dance Company

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Baratunde Thurston

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Beneficial State Bank

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Billy Porter

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Breaktide Productions

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Brett Cook

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cannupa Hanska Luger

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Captain Moira McGuire

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Carolyn Lazard

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Casey Caldwell

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Chinatown Pretty

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Clair Farley

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Climate Woke Campaign

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Conrad and Willis Meyers

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Creativity Explored

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Daryn Dodson

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Deana Lawson

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dena Beard

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

DJ Brown Amy

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dohee Lee

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Dr. Noha Aboelata

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Emmanuel Pratt

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Eric Ting

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Francesca Vietor

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Generation Citizen

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Girls Garage

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Greta Thunberg

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hasan Minhaj

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hospitality House

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

iLe

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Instituto Familiar de la Raza

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jaboukie Young-White

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Joan Jonas

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Joan Osato

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Joe Talbot

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jon Jang

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Juliana Huxtable

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

June Grant

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

La Cocina

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Laura Zabel

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lizzo

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Loco Bloco

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

mak-’amham, Ohlone cafe

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Marcus Shelby

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mari Copeny

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Maria Jenson

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Marvin K. White

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Meklit

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mica Sigourney

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Michael W. Twitty

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mindy Fullilove

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nicholas Galanin

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nigel Poor & Ear Hustle

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Pati Navalta Poblete

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Pedro Reyes

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Power California

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Project DrawDown

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Queens of the Castro

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Queer Appalachia

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

RADAR Productions

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Raquel Willis

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Rita Moreno

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Robert Liu-Trujillo

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ronald Rael & Virginia San Fratello

2019 YBCA 100 Honorees

Ruby Ibarra

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Salinas LatinX LGBTQ Film Festival

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Samuel Getachew

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

SF Urban Film Fest

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

She the People

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Shonda Rhimes

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

St. James Infirmary

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Stephanie Ybarra

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Suzanne Lacy

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Terisa Siagatonu

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Bigger Picture, Youth Speaks

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Trinidad Escobar

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Tyra Fennell

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ultraviolet Action

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

United Playaz

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Vania Luna Gutierrez

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Viet Thanh Nguyen

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Wanda Dalla Costa

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Way to Win

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Wolfman Books

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Womxn* Art Handlers

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Youth V. Gov

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

YR Media

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Zendaya

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

2019 YBCA 100 Honoree

Action for Nature

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Adventure Zone

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Agnes Gund

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Amanda Gorman

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Andrea Bowers

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Angela Rye

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Angelique Power

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Anxy Magazine

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ashley Sinn

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ashton Applewhite

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Becca McCharen-Tran

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Blinky Bill

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Brightstar Ohlson

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Brittani Sensabaugh

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

BUFU Collective

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Chani Nicholas

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Chinaka Hodge

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Christopher Myers

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Cindy Gallop

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Civilla

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Connie Nielsen

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Design Studio for Social Intervention

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Eric Liu

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Erica Joy Baker

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Firuzeh Mahmoudi

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Glenn Close & Pamela Harrington

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Glynn Washington

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Grace Cathedral

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hadi Al Khatib

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hamilton Families

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Hari Kondabolu

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Honey Mahogany

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jamarria Hall

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Janelle Monáe

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jennifer Hofmann

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Janet Mock

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Jo Kreiter

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

John Holiday

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Josh Begley

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kat Gordon

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Katie Gilmartin

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Keisha Howard

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kevin Jerome Everson

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Kian Alavi

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Know Your Rights Camp

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Leila Janah

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lena Waithe

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lesbians Who Tech

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Logic

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Madeleine Albright

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Luna Malbroux

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mamacitas Café

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Maria Alvarez

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Marley Dias

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Marlon Bundo (the gay one)

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Martha Ryan

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mary Lou Jepsen

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Max Schrems

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

‘me too.’

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Michael Berkowitz

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Michael Sorrell

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mino’ Yanci’

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Morgan DeBaun

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Naomi Klein

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Naomi Wadler

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Naudika Williams

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Nnedi Okorafor

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Noname

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Pamela Munster

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Patty Berne

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Rafael Casal

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Pod Save America

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Red Bay Coffee

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Rujeko Hockley

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Sean San José

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Shannon Watts

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Simone Eccleston

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Skateistan

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Sky Hopinka

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Stacy Smith

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Stephen DeBerry

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Steve Kerr

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Tarana Burke

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Teju Cole

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Terra Lopez

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Titus Kaphar

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Tongo Eisen-Martin

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Toshi Reagon

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Village of Art & Humanities

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Vocal Rush

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

The Wellbeing Project

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Willie Jackson

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Yetunde Olagbaju

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

Young Gifted and Black

2018 YBCA 100 Honoree

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