Category: 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 >

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 >

A sound and equitable approach to educational funding includes protecting K-12 funding, integrating trauma-informed care, supporting our teachers, and investing in postsecondary education for those with the least access…. Read Full Article >

In a single generation, the African American population in the Central District has decreased from 70% to less than 20%, driving a cultural “diaspora” from Seattle’s historically Black area for over 130 years. … Read Full Article >