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Meet the Candidates: Fall 2025 Candidate Forums in King County
Meet the Candidates: Fall 2025 Candidate Forums in King County

A list of community forums being hosted by our community partners around King County this fall, to connect voters with candidates.

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BloginfoSeptember 9, 2025community forum, COO news
Community News! August 2025
Community News! August 2025

News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for August 2025.

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BloginfoAugust 13, 2025SCOOP
Curated Resources and Information for Partners

How King County is organizing with other local entities and fighting back against the federal administration directives that affect our communities

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Blog, ResourcesinfoAugust 7, 2025resources
Community News! June/July 2025
Community News! June/July 2025

News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for June/July 2025.

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BloginfoJuly 31, 2025SCOOP
“A Restorative and Replicable Effort” – Communities of Opportunity and St. Joseph Fund Enter New Partnership
“A Restorative and Replicable Effort” – Communities of Opportunity and St. Joseph Fund Enter New Partnership

A new pilot partnership between COO and St. Joseph Fund will support more community power-building opportunities in King County.

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BloginfoJuly 18, 2025COO news, public-private partnership
Charity & Security Network (C&SN) nonprofit defensive resources

In the wake of and in anticipation of Congressional investigations, expansion of the counter-terrorism framework through administrative measures, and attacks on nonprofits, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN) has developed and updated resources for the non-profit sector linked here.

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ResourcesinfoJune 25, 2025capacity building, resources
Digital Security Resources for Partners
Digital Security Resources for Partners

We’ve compiled a list of opportunities for you to strengthen your knowledge of digital security and how to protect community data and your organizational infrastructure. You may also be able to get financial support for the sessions that charge a fee. Learn how!

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Blog, Learning CommunityinfoMay 23, 2025digital security, capacity building, COO news
“Making Real, Sustainable Change NOW”: Join COO’s Governance Group
“Making Real, Sustainable Change NOW”: Join COO’s Governance Group

COO is recruiting for up to 6 positions on our Governance Group. Learn why you might want to apply, and how. The due date for this round is May 28.

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BloginfoMay 19, 2025COO news
Communities Rise - Nonprofit Legal Checklist webinar and tool
Communities Rise - Nonprofit Legal Checklist webinar and tool

The Washington Nonprofit Legal Checklist is intended to help nonprofits in Washington State avoid common legal risks and achieve better legal health. This is not legal advice, though the materials were created by the lawyers at Communities Rise.

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ResourcesinfoMay 16, 2025resources, capacity building, legal, learning, organizational operations
Shareable toolkit: Mutual Aid 101
Shareable toolkit: Mutual Aid 101

An introductory toolkit for mutual aid organizing—from starting a group to sustaining it for the long haul

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ResourcesinfoMay 16, 2025capacity building, learning, mutual aid, resources
PeoplesHub - Building a Disability Politic & Access-Centered Cultures workshop series
PeoplesHub - Building a Disability Politic & Access-Centered Cultures workshop series

This program is ideal for: Anyone that is a part of movement work (activists, organizers, staff, etc.) that is ready to develop a stronger politic and take up practices of access and disability justice. General alignment with the 10 principles of Disability Justice. 

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ResourcesinfoMay 16, 2025resources, capacity building, culture
15 Sustainability and Wellness Grants for Power Building Awarded
15 Sustainability and Wellness Grants for Power Building Awarded

A new pilot partnership between Communities of Opportunity (COO) and BIPOC ED Coalition of Washington State is bringing wellness and sustainability resources to 15 local organizations.

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BloginfoMay 16, 2025COO news
Community News! April/May 2025
Community News! April/May 2025

News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for April/May 2025.

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BloginfoMay 9, 2025SCOOP
Applications Now Open for the 2025 ReFrame Academy!
Applications Now Open for the 2025 ReFrame Academy!

What do you do when a story about your community feels all wrong?
When others, detached from your struggle, reinforce messages that completely miss your dreams and reality? When your community is under attack and the truth is being flattened and replaced by disinformation? ‍You change the narrative and we fight back!

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ResourcesinfoApril 25, 2025resources, narrative, communications, community power
Ongoing Capacity Building and Coaching resources 
Ongoing Capacity Building and Coaching resources 

Capacity building support is available to COO & Best Starts for Kids contracted/funded organizations - AND - support is available via the COO Learning Community for groups working in alignment with COO’s mission, vision and values who are not currently funded.

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Learning CommunityinfoApril 25, 2025Learning Community, organizational operations
Best Starts for Kids Prenatal-5 Innovation Fund
Best Starts for Kids Prenatal-5 Innovation Fund

P-5 Innovation Funds aim to build up the power of community-driven Innovation to meet the emergent needs of families in King County. Apply by September 11, 2026 by 2 pm Pacific (round 3).

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Funding opportunitiesinfoApril 24, 2025
Community News! March 2025
Community News! March 2025

News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for March 2025.

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BloginfoApril 14, 2025SCOOP
“An Everybody Thing”: COO Learning Community Co-Op Learning Series Explores a Thriving Movement
“An Everybody Thing”: COO Learning Community Co-Op Learning Series Explores a Thriving Movement

For the past six months, the COO Learning Community has been exploring cooperatives, or co-ops, as an alternative and innovative economic development strategy.

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Blog, Learning CommunityinfoMarch 28, 2025COO news, co-ops, cooperatives
How Local Black-Led Organizations Are Driving Health Care Systems Change
How Local Black-Led Organizations Are Driving Health Care Systems Change

A recap of the recent Black Providers Network gathering, featuring several of our funded partners.

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Blog, Systems & Policies, Place-Based & CulturalinfoMarch 26, 2025Black health, Build 2 Lead, SURGE Reproductive Justice, Doulas For All Coalition, BLKBRY, COO news
Community News! February/March 2025

News, stories, and recent articles from and about COO partners in community for February/March 2025.

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BloginfoMarch 12, 2025SCOOP
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