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GRIT Collaborative is an evolving platform with the goal to nourish systemic change. Currently in theseurgent times GRIT Collaborative is taking a moment to pause and listen. While in the past GRIT Collaborative was founded as an interdisciplinary arts organization that presentscurates we now feel that GRIT Collaborative could best be utilized as an open space whether virtual in an arts gallery or garden that amplifies marginalized voices builds community and supports creative expression. While GRIT Collaborative is a 501c3 organization our nonprofit status has been a wakeup call to the harsh realities of arts in the United Statesso much opportunity relies on capitalist donations or purchasesand ultimately these tactics are built on systems of oppression that compromise our values.