For Us, By Us fellow Deepa Nair was awarded a 2025 Community Engagement Artists and Creatives Grant. This grant provides financial support to independent creatives making or presenting creative work relating to or encouraging community engagement.
Deepa’s current project is Claire’s Crunch Cake, a documentary short film featuring Claire Mack, a beloved 88-year-old local baker, former public television broadcaster, social justice activist, and the first Black mayor of San Mateo.