“Listen and be ready to shift”. These were the words of now Communities of Opportunity (COO) Governance Group member and Executive Director of the White Center Community Development Association (WCCDA) at the nascent stages of the formation of COO. Read more about the beginnings of COO and how community partners pushed the initiative to do things differently.
Read MoreWho tells your story? Who maps your community? Who owns the data? What knowledge is valid?
This 3-Part introductory series on Participatory Action Research hosted by the Highlander Research and Education Center, Southwest Folklife Alliance and the Othering & Belonging Institute focuses on how Participatory Action Research can be used by artists and organizers to advance racial justice.
Read MoreThrough the Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits Collaborative (SUNN), 14 organizations are working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of the urban Native community across King County. Read more about the work and vision of the Collaborative…
Read MoreThe White Center Community Development Association (WCCDA) has deep roots in the community, embodied in their ability to organize and implement community vision.
Read MoreCommunities of Opportunity (COO) announces commitments to five organizations to document impacts, uplift stories of resilience in communities significantly impacted by COVID-19.
Read MoreThe Learning Community supports engagement in shared learning and practice and to create community-driven solutions, especially for smaller organizations grassroots and community-based organizations accountable to King County communities of color.
Read MoreFrom an analysis of healthcare related administrative records, the data visualization below shows how patterns of residential movement (moving from one place to another) change over time, location, and by type of insurance coverage
Read MoreResources and tips to support inclusive and equitable online meetings and online meeting facilitation.
Read MoreCommunities of Opportunity (COO) seeks to create a culture grounded in community-informed evaluation throughout our partnerships. The COO Evaluation Advisory Group (EAG), composed of representatives from COO’s community organizations and partnerships, was originally assembled in 2018 to support baseline evaluation and since then, has continued to meet to provide feedback on that plan, as well as guidance on partners’ evaluation needs.
Read MoreThe Best Starts for Kids (BSK) 2019 Annual Report is here! BSK supports Communities of Opportunity to build safe, healthy, thriving places for children, youth and families with $6.9M invested in 2019
