News, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated March 2022
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Join COO in a 6-week series on Somatics as a methodology to account for and work through the impact of trauma and oppression in our bodies.
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New Toolkits & Capacity Building resources for community organizations — learn more about supports available through the COO Learning Community
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News, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated March 2022
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To support continuous improvement and learning for equitable contracting work COO sought to document where and how COO has been successful in creating more equitable procurement processes, particularly in the area of contracting, and what gaps continue to exist. The Equitable Contracting Report here, summarized a review of King County COO Community Service Agreements and Consultant Contract processes, best practices from the field, and themes from key informant interviews with COO community partners.
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Share your thoughts for a Native Neighborhood! The Indigenous Seattle Working Group and Na'ah Illahee Fund have been collaborating on a community survey that is made by and for Native and Indigenous Peoples who live, work, visit, or get services in Seattle. This survey is the first step toward building a Native Neighborhood that can be anything from a single building to multiple blocks.
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News, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated March 2022
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Financial Oversight is an important part of leading an organization – we need good financial information and tools to make sound strategic decisions about our work. In this workshop, Amy Michael and Sarah Tran discuss how organization leaders approach financial oversight. They share some tools and practices you can use at your own organization to check in on your own financial oversight. Recorded March 8, 2022
Read MoreThe Asian American Solidarity Economies Project presented a five-part webinar series in 2018 on solidarity and cooperative economics targeted to the assets and needs of Asian American immigrant and refugee communities. For the full series: http://solidarityresearch.org/webinars/
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News, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated February 2022
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In this session, Jéhan Òsanyìn (they/them), a somatic abolitionist and futurist facilitator will guide participants through practices for healing, reflection, and resilience in racial justice work.
Session not recorded.
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Artist Natasha Marin will present her conceptual art exhibition BLACK IMAGINATION, a community-based, ongoing exhibit that seeks to amplify, center, and hold sacred a diverse sample of Black voices.
Session not recorded.
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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
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COO Community Partner News, Opportunities, Awards and Acknowledgements - updated January 2022
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This 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.
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2021 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.
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Best 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!
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Videos and recap from COO’s September 2021 Meeting the Moment gathering, Community Conversations on Healing, Advocacy and Building the Future We Want.
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In 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.
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Panelists 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.
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