If you have an event you'd like to share on our calendar, please email us at info@COOpartnerships.org.
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
Cooperative & Community Ownership Models – a 2026 COO Learning Series
Join the COO Learning Community and Seattle Co-Operators Meetup group as we hear from Shevanthi Daniel, the Deputy Director at the Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI), a sister organization to the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives. Shevanthi will share:
About the Federation and DAWI - what they do and how they work together
Highlights and stories from recent research, policy changes, and models from the national co-op ecosystem
What attendees can anticipate at this year’s upcoming USFWC Conference and the benefits of attending.
We will also hear from guest speaker Spencer, who will talk about his experience attending last year’s Worker Co-op Conference as a first-time attendee and his experience meeting other worker co-operators.
Finally, attendees will hear briefly about the opportunity to apply for a COO Learning Community scholarship to attend the upcoming 2026 USFWC Worker Co-op Conference, this September 25-26 in Boston, MA. COO will run a scholarship to send 3-5 folks to the conference. The conference is hosted by the U.S Federation of Worker Cooperatives and is a great opportunity to learn from and connect with others building, working in and moving forward the cooperative ecosystem in the U.S. and internationally.
Learn More and Register: Connecting with the national cooperative ecosystem: DAWI and the USFWC Tickets, Thursday, July 16 • 5:50 PM - 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
Event description: At People’s Economy Lab, we envision an economy where everyone has an affordable place to live. We’re also working toward a future where there is no racial wealth gap. But what’s the best way to reach both of those goals?
In our current economy, privately owning a home is one of the clearest paths toward financial stability and building wealth for generations. And yet, public, social, and cooperatively owned housing offer the potential for permanent affordability and wealth that accrues to the whole community.
As leaders in building a more just economy, and as people taking care of ourselves and our families, what should we put our resources behind? How do we navigate the contradictions of private asset building to close the racial wealth gap now and our long-term vision of an economy where housing is secure for everyone?
Join us on Zoom on July 17, 12-1pm, for a Lunch Lab exploring this topic. You'll hear from guest speakers Tiffani McCoy, the Interim CEO of Seattle Social Housing Developer, and Pearl Nelson, a housing associate at Homestead Community Land Trust.
RSVP at the link here: Meeting Registration - Zoom
This event is centered on building pathways to stable housing, livable wages, affirming healthcare, and political representation for our communities. Through facilitated conversations, workshops, and direct connections, we aim to empower individuals with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate systems, assert their rights, and take collective action.
Join Look2Justice and ACLU WA for our Community Barbecue! Come celebrate us being in community together! Bring your family, friends, and community! There will be food and entertainment provided by: Common Sence Studios, Sandy's Food for the Soul, Fearless Dance Team as well as games, activities, cake and more!
More Information and RSVP: ⛱️ Community Barbecue 🍔 | Partiful
This is the August primary for Congressional seats, judgeships, state legislative positions, County Council candidates, and more. Watch for you ballot to arrive mid-July and be sure to return it on time, or early. What does “on time” mean? What if you’re not yet registered to vote? Where should you return your ballot?
For information about all that and more, visit the King County Elections website.
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
Celebrate South End arts, music and culture at this second annual festival in Columbia Park – free and open to everyone. More information: 98118 Fest - SouthEast Effective Development
From the organizers, Alimentando al Pueblo and partners:
Join us for a day of free backpacks, food, resources, & community joy with Burien Community organizations!
🗓️8/28/26
⏰5-7PM
📍Burien, WA
Registration will open later in July.
From the organizer, New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research:
Nonprofits and social impact organizations are operating in one of the most complex risk environments we’ve seen in years – one where regulatory scrutiny, political pressure, and economic volatility directly impact funding strategies and mission-driven work. Now more than ever, organizations need a strong, flexible, and proactive approach to risk management. This interactive workshop with Slalom Consulting will introduce participants to a risk management framework, how to adopt the framework for your organization, and reduce the likelihood or impact of a risk
This year’s convenings will focus on those organizations and partnerships currently funded by COO and our Best Starts’ policy and systems change partner, the Healthy & Safe Environments (HSE) strategy.
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
Join the latest Co-Op learning series event, this time a tour and deep dive on the Crow Woods Co-Housing community. Attendees will be able to tour the nine-unit co-housing community in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, and hear about the architecture and development process, financing and co-housing community organization
Come hang out and discover local resources to help you and your community thrive!
Join on June 30, 2026, at 4:00 PM to connect with variety of available resources, meet new people, explore different organizations, and get involved in initiatives that make a difference.
Location: Federal Way Performing Arts (31510 Pete Von Reichbauer Way S, Federal Way, WA 98003)
Date: June 30, 2026 4-7pm
Questions: Please reach out to SCOPE Outreach Team: (outreach4access@kingcounty.gov) or (206) 809-7115 ext. 73224 (REACH)
Supportive-Community-Outreach-Programs and Engagement (SCOPE)
The SCOPE is a multifunctional customer service team within the Department of Community and Human Services that provides centralized information and resource referrals, making it easier for residents of King County to access the services they need. The team aims to help residents connect to resources, navigate services, or bridge short-term financial gaps.
Pride Parade participants
The 51st annual Pride Parade, now the largest parade in the state. More Information: Seattle Pride Parade | Events | Seattle Pride
Every workplace will inevitably encounter conflict, and engaging it proactively is essential to building a resilient and healthy workplace culture. Learn conflict engagement tools from cooperatives and democratic workplaces that can help strengthen your workplace culture. Join us for this online training happening on Wednesday June 24th from 12pm - 3pm PST
Seattle’s biggest and longest-standing Juneteenth festival returns to the Central District with more vendors, more performers, and more community!
Get ready to enjoy a full day of local and national talent while celebrating the triumphs of our history and connecting to current actions you can take to build a stronger Black Seattle.
Presented by King County Equity Now in partnership with Africatown Community Land Trust
[Note: Times are approximate until schedules are announced.]
The Port’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is a +6,000 page document that most of us were never meant to read.
We’ll break it down in plain language, talk about what’s at stake for you and our neighborhoods, and equip you with knowledge to act.
No need to be an expert to come—just bring your questions and your voice.
There wil be banh mi & beverages + Door prizes
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
This series will guide finance and non-finance staff through real-world nonprofit financial issues, challenges and topics in a peer learning setting. Free coaching available to Learning Circle participants to support organizational practices & systems improvement and change.
LISC Build: Housing & Community Development Learning Series is a structured learning platform designed to support organizations across Washington state at every stage of engagement with affordable housing and community development.
Our differences are actually critical to our success. Now more than ever, we cannot afford to only work with people in our movements who agree with us. Our movements for collective liberation need to skill up in our ability to handle disagreement inside of our strategy and planning meetings so we turn towards each other, instead of turning on each other. This Crash Course on Facilitating Disagreement from AORTA is a 2 hour online training that offers practical meeting tools to surface differences early, cut through the tension, and carve out a path forward.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to: • Orient themselves to the major phases of a capital project and where their organization currently stands • Identify the key consulting roles involved in a capital project and when to engage each • Recognize the most common risks and causes of delay - and how early preparation reduces or prevents them • Understand the primary compliance responsibilities associated with publicly funded capital projects • Leave with a concrete, prioritized action plan for their organization's next step
This series will guide finance and non-finance staff through real-world nonprofit financial issues, challenges and topics in a peer learning setting. Free coaching available to Learning Circle participants to support organizational practices & systems improvement and change.
A community care peer support space for disabled and chronically ill people. There is a particular reality around what it means to be disabled and engaged in movement and social justice work. This will be a co-created peer-supported space grounded in restoration and action.
Our Fourth Annual
Pride Picnic
Sun, June 7th • 11am-3pm
at Tolt Commons in Carnation, WA
We are thrilled to invite you to our fourth annual Pride Picnic in Carnation on Sunday, June 7th from 11am-3pm. Join us at Tolt Commons in Carnation for a day of love, community, and celebration as we make this year the biggest one yet! Enjoy free live music, free food, and free art-making stations in a welcoming space where everyone belongs. Bring your friends, bring your family, and let’s celebrate Pride together in the heart of the Snoqualmie Valley!
Bring your blanket, picnic basket, and camp chairs, and join us for the sweetest picnic in the Valley!
More Information: Pride Picnic 2026 - Snovalley Pride
The event will feature the annual PNTH Job Fair running alongside a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, creating a unique environment where local youth can pursue career opportunities and community recreation simultaneously.
Registration is now open for this June’s COO All-Partner Convening! This year’s convening is designed to bring together organizations, coalitions and partnership groups working to build power and create greater equity through policy, systems, and environmental changes (PSE change) across the COO partner network.
As in years past, these convenings are an opportunity for partners from across the COO network to:
Share space, stories, wisdom, and expertise;
Build connections that support an ecosystem of systems & policy change work and community power building;
And, strengthen collective capacity to uplift our stories of impact and meaningful change.
This year we will come together to strengthen the capacity and infrastructure for sharing stories of collective impact – and the many ways that you all have built community power and impacted communities across King County for greater health, economic opportunity, affordable housing, and civic leadership. This year’s convening sessions will build upon the connections and knowledge shared at the cohort gatherings.
Our funded partners will get an invitation and registration link from their Program Managers. Please contact us at info@coopartnerships.org if you have questions.
From Best Starts for Kids:
Save the date for King County's Youth Leadership Summit on May 30! This is a conference to unite young leaders and aspiring change makers from across all regions of King County.
We will have a full day of networking and peer-to-peer learning while championing the mission of Articles I-X of the King County Youth Bill of Rights. Stay tuned for more information!
Hear from speakers from Shared Capital Col, Salish Sea Co-Operative, and Washingtonians for Public Banking on models of cooperative finance – including models of member-owner collective finance and models of investment and financing of cooperative housing and enterprise. How can we cooperatively scale community lending and debt relief? What are current financial products that support cooperative ownership of land, property and businesses to scale and thrive?
The Community Collaborative Career Fair is happening! Employers attending include Evergreen Treatment Services, Smart Talent, Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), Community Roots Housing, Neighborhood House, Bellwether Housing, Seattle Housing Authority, and more!
A Cascade of Cooperation: Building Community Power in a Time of Change
CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) is the national annual conference for food cooperative directors, management, staff, and sector allies. The CCMA conference is organized by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives with assistance from a planning committee comprised of co-op managers and board members, representatives from cooperative associations, development organizations, financial partners and other various allies.
Local Hosts: University of Washington Center for Cooperatives, in partnership with Central Co-op and Washington’s co-op community
We are in a moment of transition—one that calls for creativity and collaboration. Economic shifts, social change, and environmental challenges invite us to imagine new ways of working together. A Cascade of Cooperation celebrates how cooperatives, grounded in democratic ownership, spark positive change and strengthen communities through the ripple effects of collective action.
When cooperatives join forces, their impact grows—supporting resilient food systems, keeping wealth rooted locally, and advancing community well-being. As relationships deepen and leadership is shared, communities gain the ability to keep resources close to home, amplify diverse voices, and create solutions informed by lived experience.
CCMA 2026 invites food co-op leaders to come together to explore how cooperation creates lasting, cascading impact. Through learning, connection, and collaboration, we’ll share strategies for turning shared values into collective power—so that in times of change, communities don’t just adapt, they thrive.
More Information: Consumer Cooperative Management Association – Presented by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives – UW–Madison
Together, participants will cover:
• Your housing rights
• What to do and who to turn to when issues arise
• How change becomes possible when we organize together
From the organizer, BHI:
BHI is "charting the future" of housing equity through an innovative network model that is producing tangible policy outcomes. At this Happy Hour we'll celebrate our policy achievements and welcome those who are curious about the policy work of BHI to join us in making change together. We'll have social and networking time and explore some new technical innovations in housing and construction. Walk life-size floor plans, learn about the WA State Starter Home Plan, AI-driven permitting, and how other innovations are helping cut housing costs and time. Join us and raise your glass in celebration of innovation! This will be an event you don't want to miss.
More information: BHI Policy Group Happy Hour: Celebrating Innovation
What’s the role of gossip and the rumor mill in our communities?
From the organizer, Housing Development Consortium:
The BelRed neighborhood in Bellevue represents one of the biggest opportunities for housing in King County over the coming decades. With access to two new light rail stops and a robust existing arts and business community, the City of Bellevue is working to update the existing land use code to reflect changing conditions, remove development barriers, and add robust capacity for new housing and jobs. The growth in BelRed is expected to result in 23% of total housing target and 20% of the total job target for entire City of Bellevue in the current planning cycle. We want this land use code update to succeed and realize the Comprehensive Plan vision for this dynamic up-and-coming neighborhood.
Join HDC and our host, Charlie Bauman of GT Capital LLC, for an in-person walking tour on Thursday, 5/21 @ 9 AM to learn hands on about the many issues impacting housing and affordable housing development in the BelRed code. As the city continues to work on early code drafts and the update process gets started in the Planning Commission, we want to equip affordable housing supporters to understand the many elements of this dynamic new neighborhood, including: street grid networks, streams and critical areas, updates building heights and densities, the amenity incentive and affordable housing programs, and more.
Parking is available at the D'Angelo's of Bellevue. For questions, please reach out to Brady Nordstrom. More information: BelRed Walking Tour: Exploring Code Opportunities for Housing
Note: Please verify the meeting time with HDC.
See the full list of 20+ events at Affordable Housing Week - Housing Development Consortium
From the organizer:
The Eastside Housing Equity Coalition invites you to join us for our event “Eastside Conversations: Inclusive Budgeting for Affordable Housing” on Wednesday, 5/20 at 11:30 AM to discuss the upcoming biennial budgets and how we, together, can truly prioritize affordable housing and community needs throughout this process. This event is targeted at city staff that work on budgets and housing policies, local elected and appointed leaders, and policymakers as well as affordable housing providers, community members, advocates, and community-based organizations.
At this event, we will:
Set the table with broad context about what biennial budgets are and why they are important. Include an outline of how people can share their voice in budget processes happening in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond.
Dialogue around how decision-makers can be more effective in engaging their communities to understand the need and priorities in the community especially as those relate to funding affordable housing capital, human services; operations, maintenance, & services (OMS); and community-based organization capacity and partnerships.
Co-create inclusive budget processes and strategies to deepen understanding between decision-makers, affordable housing providers, and community members.
More Information: Eastside Conversations: Inclusive Budgeting for Affordable Housing
n this RadSession, RadComms will share about our recently published narrative research magazine, Rising Narratives for Radical Futures: Talking Across Difference for a Multiracial Democracy. Drawing on research analyzing how distinct audience segments consume stories, and what that means for building a movement that reaches beyond our already engaged base, RadComms created a practical toolkit for telling strategic stories that move people across the political spectrum on the issues we care about most.
Join the Complete Communities Coalition and the Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) for this exciting workshop on the future of zoning in Seattle!
A lot is going on in Seattle land policy, with some major changes afoot to allow more homes in all neighborhoods, implement the new Comprehensive Plan, and Mayor Katie Wilson's new Denser, Taller, Faster initiative. Learn more about where things stand during this interactive workshop with city planning officials and representatives from the Complete Communities Coalition. This in-person event will take place at the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Clubhouse, running from 3:30pm to 5pm.
More Information: Complete Communities Coalition Comp Plan Workshop
From the organizer, Housing Development Consortium:
Join us for the kickoff to HDC's 2026 Affordable Housing Week! This event will bring together attendees from across the affordable housing, policy, philanthropic, and community sectors to launch a week of advocacy and education centered on the themes of “Charting the Future.” We will be gathering in the Wyncote room at Town Hall Seattle. Doors open at 9:30 for a 30-minute networking opportunity, and the program will run from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Light refreshments will be served during the networking period before and after.
The kickoff will feature a keynote presentation by Gregg Colburn, founder and academic director of the Housing Futures Center at the University of Washington, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem, and Associate Professor at the University of Washington, College of Built Environments; legislative panels featuring participants such as King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, and a presentation of awards.
More details will be shared as we near the event. Register today! Affordable Housing Week Kickoff & Legislative Roundtable
This event is part of Affordable Housing Week 2026!
