As the Executive Director of Arts, Wellness, and Education I’ve been actively pursuing funding, cultivating relationships, & fellowships (25–26 cycle) that align with our mission and supporting projects like the Posi Pos Media Lab: Trans Joy & Black Queer Survivor Storytelling Hub.
These opportunities strengthen infrastructure for survivor-led, disability-justice-centered storytelling, training, and digital accessibility — creating space for community-led narratives to thrive.
✨ Current applications and pending announcements include:
• ViiV Healthcare – “HIV Is Not a Crime” Mini-Grant (25–26): Supporting accessible HIV 101 & 102 workshops and storytelling around HIV disclosure laws + Posi Pos Media Lab.
• Gender Reveal – Trans POC Grant (2025): Funding the Lab’s compensation for trans and BIPOC collaborators.
• UMI Fund Youth Micro-Grant: Centering climate justice through arts-based healing.
• Queer | Art Illuminations Grant + City of Literature + City of Bellevue Project Grant: Supporting creative labor, editing, and Lab Publications.
• Echoing Green, Voqal Partners, AAPD Hearne Award, and Rising Leaders with Justice Outside (26 cohort): Scaling social-impact storytelling and sustainable media entrepreneurship.
• Visual AIDS Artist Grant + Fierce & Free Fund – Transgender Law Center: Supporting HIV-positive & trans storytelling, participant wellness, and outreach.
• Digital Sales Access Program (DSAP) + ICF Level 1 Coaching Scholarship: Strengthening digital infrastructure and coaching systems.
• Artist Publishing Cohort (Louis Place) + WD2026 Media & Content Creators Scholarship: Expanding publishing reach and media literacy.
• Above the Line Education Forum + Mentorship (2025): A 15-week program for underrepresented WA filmmakers, building business & production skills.
• AICA-USA Art Critic Fellowship (2026): Mentorship supporting emerging critics and uplifting BIPOC, queer, and disabled voices in arts writing.
• Rotary Club Scholarship + UofW Cert. in Editing (2025–2026): Strengthening authorship, storytelling, and communication to amplify Posi Pos Music’s impact.
• Princeton Arts Fellowship (2026–2028) – Polysecure: What About Us? Survivorship Stories Beyond Romance: Exploring Queer HIV+ narratives of attachment and survival.
Announcements are expected between Nov 2025 and Mar 2026. Even partial awards will expand the Lab’s reach and strengthen Posi Pos Music’s long-term sustainability.
Every application represents a story, a risk, and a vision — one that believes Black, queer, trans, disabled, BIPOC, and HIV+ creators deserve not only visibility but viability.
🌀 Thank you to every funder, collaborator, and community member making this work possible.
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