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Street Art Generates Funding for Sacramento Racial Justice Groups Listen
First, the plywood boards went up on downtown Sacramento storefronts.
Then, racial justice-themed murals were painted over them.
Now, the art is generating money to give back to the causes that inspired them more money than originally anticipated.
Lina Washington, founder of Boards for Change didn’t know ahead of time that the plywood art would generate $20,000 for charitable causes when she helped start the initiative this summer.
In partnership with local downtown businesses, the ABC 10 sports anchor asked artists to paint images and messages inspired by racial justice protests this summer on the plywood boards store owners put up to protect businesses from possible looting or property destruction.