Posts in Place-Based and Cultural Communities
SeaTac Airport Community Coalition for Justice (STACC 4 Justice)

STACC4J will work towards launching their Community Policy Labs where residents and organizations co-create and test community driven policy solutions. This will be advanced by facilitating and implementing “accountability scorecards” that will enable residents to measure progress on issues that have been raised by airport impacted communities.

Partnership Members: Defenders of Highline Forest, El Centro De La Raza, and KC International Airport Community Coalition. Fiscal Sponsor: Seattle Parks Foundation. Former members: Beacon Hill Council, Equity in Education Coalition, Quiet Skies Puget Sound and 350 Aviation.

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Snoqualmie Valley Human Services Coalition

The Coalition will continue to grow and operate the shared Referral & Navigation program to improve access to key resources in the Snoqualmie Valley and to address the systemic inequities that hinder the effectiveness of a coordinated nonprofit ecosystem, and to support more residents in accessing the services they need and help shift the culture of participating organizations to increase equity and reduce staff burnout.

Partnership members: A Supportive Community for All, Acres of Diamonds, CarePoint, Eastside Legal Assistance Program, Empower Youth Network, Encompass NW, Holy Innocents Food Pantry, Hopelink, Mt. Si Senior Center, Mamma’s Hands, Reclaim (formerly Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services), Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, and Tolt Congregational UCC Community Connections Program. Former members: Helping Hands, Huntington Learning Center, and Sno-Valley Senior Center.

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Refugee Immigrant Community Health (R.I.C.H.) Program

The RICH Program Partnership will expand its policy advocacy and systems change work while sustaining existing intergenerational programs focused on culturally-relevant mental health supports and youth leadership. The Partnership will develop community power-building strategies to implement a community-led policy advocacy campaign that trains community advocates, conducts community listening sessions to document lived experiences with housing discrimination, connects with local elected officials, and brings community voice into policy conversations to advance solutions that address root causes of inequities affecting Cham, Somali, and Oromo communities.

Partnership members: Cham Refugees Community, Omar Bin Al-Khattab Islamic Center, and Somali Cultural Center

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LGBTQ+ South King County Collaborative

LGBTQ+SKCC's goals will work towards establishing a cross-sector Civic Engagement Cohort, linking community partners to local ordinances and resolutions related to housing, economic opportunity, and public health that will address the lived experiences of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Pacific Islanders, Asian, and Immigrant LGBTQIA+ communities.

Partnership members: Queer Power Alliance (formerly LGBTQ Allyship), Entre Hermanos, and PNW Black Pride. Formerly: POCAAN.

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KCDC Community Healthcare Navigation Initiative

The Initiative will address the healthcare disparities faced by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities in Kent through education reform, stakeholder/community mobilization, and advocacy.

Partnership members: Kent Community Development Collaborative (KCDC), Community Network Council, and Communities in Schools of South King County (formerly Communities In Schools of Kent). Former members: Communities of Rooted Brilliance, Mother Africa, Being Empowered Through Supportive Transitions (BEST).

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Chinatown-International District Worker and Organizing Center

CID Worker and Organizing Center’s goals will work towards a community and worker led housing initiative for safer alternatives to employer-controlled housing in the CID, along with a two-year campaign focused on creating a certification and industry standards for Washington state immigrant workers in the massage industry.

Partnership members: Massage Parlor Outreach Project, Chinatown International District Coalition, Puget Sound Sage

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Burien Collaborative

Burien Collaborative’s goals will focus on social service providers in the Burien-Highline area, developing a stronger network of systems coordination and access to resources, bridging the gaps between community need and resource allocation; and work towards a shift in public narrative focused on Undocumented Immigrants, unhoused populations, and BIPOC folks.

Partnership members: Southwest Youth and Family Services, Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, YES! Foundation, and Alimentando al Pueblo. Formerly: BLKBRY

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Build 2 Lead - POWER Council

The Legacy POWER Council will focus on addressing inequities and disparities in the healthcare field. They will work towards developing a 5-year strategic plan and their Policy Development Program, as well as continue to advance their Youth/Young Adult Healthcare Career Education and Mentorship pipeline.

Partnership members: Build 2 Lead, Momentum Belonging Group, King County Public Health Department, Livia Behavioral Health Services, UW Medicine Physicians Clinic, Morehouse School and Medicine, Leadership Tomorrow and Federal Way Public Schools

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King County Equitable Development Initiative Coalition

With this grant funding, KCEDI will deepen its internal coalition infrastructure, by creating leadership development pathways for coalition members to take on additional responsibilities, revisit and strengthen shared agreements around conflict resolution and decision-making, and create intentional space for joy, celebration, and relationship-building - recognizing that these practices are central to sustaining the work to end displacement.

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The Common Acre

Through this grant, The Common Acre aims to amplify the impact of their existing work to advance land stewardship and cultural revitalization in South Seattle. They do this by engaging local communities of color in Indigenous, land-based practices and how they intersect with Black and Indigenous traditions in agriculture and collective efforts fighting for land and water justice.

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Together We Heal: Addressing Root Causes of Inequity through Community-Centered Healing

Using a community-centered and culturally informed framework, Together We Heal will grow their capacity to build an alternative to the carceral system and disrupt cycles of incarceration by deepening capacity to provide intensive restorative justice training and skill building, and provide healing spaces for the healers within organizations, while providing material resources including housing for communities impacted by violence and incarceration.

Partners: Freedom Project and Collective Justice

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