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The CoastArts Association operates both the national professional touring company Two Planks and a Passion and the multidisciplinary arts education and creation centre, the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, in Nova Scotia. The association is dedicated to promoting new Canadian art of all disciplines and to creating the next generation of Canadian leaders through arts education. Donors can choose to contribute to the work of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts and/or the Capital project to finish construction of a major facility on the East Coast for cultural exchange and education.

The Los Angeles River is the birthplace of our region and was once the thriving, unifying water source for the people and wildlife of Los Angeles. But that connection and our collective history was severed when the River was encased in concrete and fenced in 1938. In an act of civil disobedience, poet activist Lewis MacAdams took the first steps to repair that severed connection in 1986 when he cut a hole in the chain link fence that obstructed Angelenos from their rightful River. He declared the River open to the people and swore to serve as its voice. And so, Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) and the River Movement were born. FoLAR has endeavored for over 30 years to restore community connection and natural ecology as the single largest unifying force on the River – educating, empowering, and mobilizing over 70,000 Angelenos to repair habitat and fight for the policies that will reclaim our collective right to a healthy, thriving, and equitably accessible Los Angeles River. Our mission is to build capacity for communities, students, and future leaders to advocate for nature, climate, and equity on the Los Angeles River.