With support from the California Arts Council, R.A.C.E. Matters will fund our “Untold Coastal Stories” project. Through this project, we will amplify Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who live, work and recreate on the Central Coast of California, including but not limited to African American surfers and fisherfolk, Latino farmworkers, and the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini (YTT) Northern Chumash Tribe. Through this artistic rendering of physical, place-based, culturally-significant benches that are installed along coastal, high-trafficked locations coupled with an auditory, storytelling experience, we intend to create awareness and space for marginalized people. This grant will help support the purchasing of the benches, compensation for artists and storytellers, engineering the audio experience, and creating a landing page to engage visitors.