In this podcast, GIA program manager Jaime Sharp spoke with Metro Arts Nashville Executive Director Daniel Singh, and two grantees, Lydia Yousief, Elmahaba Center, Director, and Sangeetha Ekambaram, Multidisciplinary artist and Western classical singer. We explore how public funding can continue to center artists of color following the barring of affirmative action practices or considerations in university admissions, the importance of speaking up for your community and acknowledging artist labor, and how funders can hold themselves accountable and maintain awareness of their complicity.