Your input is critical to the overall success of the Crisis Care Center Initiative approach so you are being invited to virtual planning meetings so the CCC Implementation Team can listen to your feedback. Below are five ways to get involved now:
Read MoreThe Business Community Ownership (BCO) Fund is a new investment model that addresses the rising cost of commercial rent in Seattle, which often affects neighborhoods and businesses owned by people of color, immigrants, women, and LGBTQ+ people. These communities continue to have less access to capital due to systemic inequities, racism, and related barriers.
Read MoreImprove your home’s heating and cooling system and save money on your energy bills with a heat pump! King County’s Energize! program is offering heat pump installations in Skyway & White Center with up to 100% cost-coverage for income-qualified households.
Read MoreThe Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) is proud to launch the Zoning Reform Tracker and share information on municipal zoning reform efforts across the United States. The Zoning Reform Tracker is meant to serve as a hub for documenting zoning reform efforts in the country. It is OBI’s belief that anti-density zoning ordinances play a powerful role not only in propagating race- and class-based exclusion, but in shaping life outcomes for children in communities, and therefore in furthering patterns of negative intergenerational stratification. Restrictive zoning is a powerful mechanism for hoarding resources, with great implications for racial residential segregation, and the former will not fundamentally change without reforming or overriding zoning regulation.
Read MoreThe distinct belonging framework developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) includes a set of principles and practices that can root out structural inequality and exclusion of all kinds while helping us turn toward, rather than against, each other. Beyond a call for inclusion into pre-existing structures built to serve only some of us, belonging asks each of us to commit to co-creating new structures built for everyone.
Read MoreWhat is the Rethinking Econ101 course? It's a 10-session long online course starting in September, which will:
Guide you through the intellectual foundations of mainstream economics
Expose the myths that mainstream economics espouses
Introduce new approaches to understanding the economy
Equip you with the tools to take action at your school and join the campaign to rethink economics
Communities of Opportunity (COO) is thrilled to announce our new Director! Elsa Batres-Boni is a passionate leader for community-driven change and has extensive experience in fostering equity and systems change in her personal and professional experience.
Read MoreDid you know that there is a centralized access point for many of the human service organizations serving the Snoqualmie Valley? If you or someone you know needs support with food, transitional housing, employment, financial assistance, or services for youth or seniors, give them a call: 425-470-5921
Read MoreA roundup of community partner news and stories of impact in the media for July 2023! Queer the Land, Front & Centered, Rainier Beach Action Coalition (RBAC), Restaurant 2 Garden, People’s Economy Lab (PEL), Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services, UTOPIA WA, and more…
Read MoreCrafting a Solidarity Statement? The Building Movement Project & SolidarityIs created a new tool w/considerations to help your org with the process! Download to: Reflect on vision & intended impact; identify audiences & core messages; build relationships & assess capacity
Get ready for our virtual Introductory Trainings in Story-based Strategy coming up this fall! There has been an impressive interest in these trainings and the Center for Story-based Strategy wants to make sure to create more spaces to build with powerful organizers, cultural creators, and movement people and keep transforming narrative power and radical imagination for liberation and justice.
Read MoreNeighbor to Neighbor supports grassroots efforts that increase engagement, power and influence of community members affected by poverty and racial disparities.
Read MoreCOO in the 2022 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report - highlighting just some of the accomplishments of COO community partners in 2022 across all strategies and the findings from the Commercial Affordability Pilot Project evaluation report.
Read MoreCommunities of Opportunity (COO) is excited to share some of the highlights from the COO All-Partner Convening held on May 10, 2023 with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer. This event brought together individuals and organizations driven by a shared commitment to equity, justice, collaboration and positive change.
Read MoreBelonging: a Weekly Practice Space (BaWPS) is a free, weekly, drop-in space from the Othering & Belonging Institute. In form and content, it responds to some of the most consistent questions we get about belonging: Is belonging a destination, a practice, or both?
Read MoreThis 90 minute workshop offers modules on the topics of Othering, Breaking, Bridging and Belonging. The workshop allows for an interactive discussion using dynamic case studies of real world examples of bridging.
Read MoreNews, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated June 2023
Read MoreThrough hands-on experiential learning and 1:1 networking opportunities, participants in the program gain industry-level training and employment via a 3-month paid internship. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling! Students may apply at any time.
Read MoreThis learning session, geared towards others working on collective impact projects, discussed key community-centered capacity building activities, impacts, learnings and contributions to community power building and systems and policy change outcomes and progress.
Read More🏠 Worried about losing your home? You’re not alone. ☎️ The state of Washington has set up a free homeownership hotline to answer your questions and provide support. Whether you need help with home repairs or legal aid, the Homeownership Hotline is here to assist.
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