A Just Recovery in a Changing World: Event Recording and Future Opportunities for Training & Strategy
Best Starts for Kids Community Engagement Survey! Best Starts for Kids is community driven which means your input, as community voice, is critical. Best Starts strong commitment to equity requires participation by community members to achieve the kind of community we want to build together. Let us know your thoughts on BSK and the work for greater equity and healthier communities in King County!
The COVID-19 pandemic brings unprecedented challenges to many Best Starts partners. Some have had to discontinue, limit or substantially modify their community services. To address some these challenges, our capacity builders are producing a series of webinars to be released over the coming weeks.
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Latest news from the Food Innovation Network (week of April 3, 2020)
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New partnerships funded by King County and Seattle Foundation will help address inequities in housing, health and economic opportunity. The 17 nonprofits that successfully competed for $4.15 million in funding will focus on policy and systems change efforts towards increased health and wellness.
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Alongside the People’s Economy Lab, COO brought Aaron Tanaka, founder of the Boston Ujima Project and Director of the Center for Economic Democracy, to a dialogue with local grassroots organizations, philanthropy, small businesses, and government about developing economic models that are rooted within our communities for greater well-being.
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The August 2019 SCOOP newsletter is now available. Read about the work of our partners, how community-driven approaches are taking hold, and new funding opportunities.
Read the latest SCOOP here.
You can sign up for future SCOOP newsletters here.
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In 2018, COO launched a participatory evaluation to assess existing conditions and early partner efforts toward creating racial, economic and health equity. Over 46 partners shared their perspectives through surveys, focus groups, interviews and a community workshop. Read the findings here.
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Moving into the next phase of COO, a Policy and Systems Cohort was envisioned to ensure community experts inform and guide a set of systems and policy recommendations at the intersection of community connection, economic development, health and housing.
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