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Category: Advocacy and Insights

A Call to Mourn and to Love — For Tyre Nichols

January 27, 2023 (January 27, 2023) by Byrd Barr Place
Advocacy and Insights, Announcements

Though justice is being sought, it will never be enough. For now, we say Tyre Nichols’ name as we mourn and collect ourselves for the continued work of creating a world where systems that oppress and harm us are replaced by systems that heal…. Read Full Article >

Manifesting Black Well-being: A new report by the Black Future Co-op Fund

December 6, 2022 (January 19, 2023) by Kate
Advocacy and Insights

Black Well-being: Moving Toward Solutions Together elevates community identified approaches to tackling the structural barriers prohibiting Black well-being and highlights the changes needed to create the world Black people envision…. Read Full Article >

Universal Basic Income: The future of social assistance

October 17, 2022 (October 17, 2022) by Kate
Advocacy and Insights

The weight of the evidence suggests that basic income measurably and meaningfully improves the social and economic well-being of recipients. The stabilizing effects of direct cash assistance are also observed with recipients spending the majority of resources on basic needs…. Read Full Article >

Supreme Court Abortion Decision

June 29, 2022 (June 29, 2022) by Jill Becker
Advocacy and Insights

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, takes reproductive rights back over 50 years. Millions have been thrust into a reality in which where they live now determines their access life-saving and deeply personal healthcare services…. Read Full Article >

We are Transitioning to a Four-Day Work Week!

June 2, 2022 (June 2, 2022) by Kate
Advocacy and Insights

As an organization grounded in racial and social justice work, we put our community first – which also includes our staff. That’s why we’re moving to a four-day work week, creating time and space for us to reset and put our best selves forward when serving our community…. Read Full Article >

Money Matters | Online Workshop

May 19, 2022 (June 2, 2022) by Kate
Advocacy and Insights

Budgeting. Savings. Credit. If these sound like topics you want to learn more about, join us for an online workshop “Money Matters” on Saturday, June 11 at 10 a.m. … Read Full Article >

Unrestricted Funding from Amazon Is Helping Power Our Building Renovation

August 19, 2021 (April 25, 2022) by Meredith Sibley
Advocacy and Insights

We have something to celebrate! Amazon has donated $100,000 of unrestricted funding to Byrd Barr Place in a major show of support for the Central District and broader Seattle community…. Read Full Article >

Juneteenth Flag

Realizing the promise of Juneteenth

June 18, 2021 (June 18, 2021) by Dalin Earls
Advocacy and Insights

Juneteenth is an opportunity for all of us to reflect on our nation’s history and acknowledge the profound impact of slavery…. Read Full Article >

Investing in Black-led Organizations

October 2, 2020 (February 27, 2021) by centerstone_admin
Advocacy and Insights

The Case for Investing in King County’s Black-led Organizations report is a call to do better – philanthropy has a role to play in these moments of crisis, using its funding, influence and networks to support community-led solutions, address structural and systemic issues and fill the gaps left by an unresponsive government…. Read Full Article >

Environmental Justice

August 6, 2020 (February 27, 2021) by centerstone_admin
Advocacy and Insights

Communities of color bear the brunt of environmental damage of an extractive economy that disregards our wellbeing because we have not historically been at the tables to set environmental policy. By centering the experiences of those most impacted, we can reverse these effects and build a resilient economy…. Read Full Article >

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We’re back in our firehouse home at 722 18th Ave in the Central District, and are open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The hours of our new food bank, “The Market," are Tuesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday 12 to 4 p.m, and Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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