Category: 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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

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 >

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 >

Mr. Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral…. Read Full Article >