In this series, Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next), presents four interactive workshops designed for people working in mutual aid groups. Each workshop provides tools for addressing common obstacles and growth areas for people doing sustained work together to meet basic survival needs in their communities. Sponsored by BCRW, Fireweed Collective, and Survived & Punished NY
Read MoreCOO Community Partner News, Opportunities, Awards and Acknowledgements - updated January 2022
Read MoreThis virtual showcase highlighted the work of five rooted community groups who worked to uplift the experiences of communities most impacted by COVID-19 and the culmination of their community-led data collection and storytelling projects conducted over 2021.
Read More2021 Community Development Lunch & Learns series’ recordings are now viewable. These alternating deep dives on specific topics and issues of equitable community development, offered opportunities for participants to ask questions and discuss their projects with peers and community development experts.
Read MoreBest Starts for Kids and COO is in the midst of planning for our work in 2022 and beyond — currently our 2022 budget and the implementation plan guiding our work in the next phase of the Best Starts levy is within the King County council process - want to understand more about what we’re doing and how this impacts you as a community partner? Watch our November 5th informational session for partners here!
Read MoreVideos and recap from COO’s September 2021 Meeting the Moment gathering, Community Conversations on Healing, Advocacy and Building the Future We Want.
Read MoreIn this workshop trainers do a deep dive into capital campaign readiness and the importance of organizational capacity for effective capital campaign fundraising. Regardless of where you are on your campaign journey, if you know a capital campaign is on the horizon, taking steps now to build out your fundraising capacity is critical to your organization’s long-term success.
Read MorePanelists discuss transformative economic models and financial and investment approaches that shift power to Black, Indigenous and People of Color and move away from an extractive economy.
Read MoreThis session explores different scales of collective ownership, anti-displacement, and cultural preservation models from yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, Wa Na Wari, and Africatown. Panelists discuss community ownership of arts spaces, economic opportunity, and housing.
Read MorePanelists from Community2Community, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Puget Sound Sage, and the City of Kent will discuss how they work towards climate justice and how we build towards a just transition.
Read MoreIn this session, Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits (SUNN) and Against the Current Consulting discuss their work to build community power and develop an indigenous policy framework, while engaging with participants on issues of policy and power.
Read More(Re) Inventando una Transición Colectiva: Antes, Durante y Después de COVID-19 Esta sesión destacará historias de algunas mujeres y organizaciones que están respondiendo activamente a sus comunidades y reinventando una transición colectiva basada en las fortalezas, la autodeterminación y el bienestar de todas y todos. Representantes de WA Dream Coalition, Alimentando al Pueblo y Pueblos Originarios (ñuu savi) nos contaran acerca de los impactos que la pandemia ha tenido en sus comunidades y de sus esfuerzos para construir un futuro equitativo y justo en el que todos hacemos parte.
Read MoreParticipatory and democratic organizing examples from local and regional democratic and membership-based organizations. What does it mean to represent and center community within organizational structures, including governance, shared leadership and decision-making?
Read MoreSean Goode (CHOOSE 180) in conversation with Leonie Smith (East Point Peace Academy), exploring our how movement actions can support healing and what grace looks like in the context of restorative justice work and healing from the trauma of systemic racism. This session was facilitated by Jackie St. Louis.
Partnerships, Connections, and Relationships - Local Examples of Solidarity: how can we continue to hold relationships, bring new connections and relationships, and support each other's work? Local examples of solidarity. In this panel, hear from community leaders on how we can continue to hold relationships and build new connections to support each other's work. Panelists include Rebecca Berry from Skyway Coalition, Alejandra Tres from Comunidad Latina de Vashon, and Helen Shor-Wong from White Center Community Development Association. The panel is moderated by Yasmeen Perez.
Read MoreWhat does it look like to build the new economy - new ways of being in relationship to money, work, land, and one another? There are communities re-envisioning and shifting how they work and building new models and innovations that answer these questions. As part of our July speaker series event, Cultivating Community Imagination: The New Economy, we heard from three community leaders re-imagining what land ownership and our local economies can look like - and creating space for these different ways and models to emerge.
Read MoreAnnouncing COO Communications Capacity Building Workshop series! Headwater People will be providing technical assistance and a year-long series of workshops focused on building the communication capacities of community members and inviting community expertise and connection building into the shared spaces of the series.
Read MoreCommunity Partner News, Accolades, Awards and Acknowledgements - August 2021
Read MoreThis workshop provides a high-level overview of capital campaign fundraising concepts and terms including campaign feasibility study, prospect research, gift pyramids, and other fundraising activities within the context of a capital campaign. Also included is a review typical capital campaign timelines and using a community-centric fundraising lens, an exploration of fundraising strategies that can leverage broader support for an organization’s vision and mission by centering on a shared vision for the future.
Read MoreCommunity Passageways’ mission is to “create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults by rebuilding our communities through committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency.”
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