Artists + Practitioners + Organizations

Environmental Health Coalition (EHC)  is a nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving environmental and social justice. The organization believes that justice is accomplished by empowered communities acting together to make social change. EHC organizes and advocates to protect public health and the environment that is threatened by toxic pollution. EHC supports broad efforts to create a just society and foster a healthy and sustainable quality of life.

Playwrights Project empowers people of all ages and backgrounds to voice stories through theatre, inspiring individual growth and creating meaningful community connections. Its vision is to sustain an inclusive, compassionate community that broadens minds through the power of creativity and theatre. It champions individual voices, with a focus on uplifting underserved communities through equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist practices that raise BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and similarly marginalized individuals. Programs serve youth in San Diego schools and individuals of all ages who have experienced poverty, homelessness, foster care, immigration, substance use disorder, the justice system, and the military. 

Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD) promotes access to media arts in marginalized communities and supports the professional development of media artists through outreach education. The organization's mission is to provide new media tools and channels to create equitable and engaged communities where underserved voices are heard. MACSD endorses the involvement of diverse voices in media arts the portrayal of accurate images of these communities by mainstream media, and promotes community access to and use of media technology.