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  • Is an innovative consortium of partners - including nonprofit art organizations, private businesses, municipal government, and creative workers - to empower artists and communities of color most affected by our triple crises we now face: Covid-19, economic downturn, and racial injustice.

  • Recognizes this moment as a movement, creating a legacy of art-making with lasting impact.

  • Can grow to include performing arts and broader collaborations, building on the metaphorical power of plywood.

  • Models public-private collaboration to inspire other cities around the country and the world, deploying art and culture in a journey towards rebirth and renewal.

  • Asks all of us to transform this crisis into an opportunity to offer cultural justice as part of the imperative of social justice.