Best Starts for Kids and COO is in the midst of planning for our work in 2022 and beyond — currently our 2022 budget and the implementation plan guiding our work in the next phase of the Best Starts levy is within the King County council process - want to understand more about what we’re doing and how this impacts you as a community partner? Watch our November 5th informational session for partners here!
Read MoreVideos and recap from COO’s September 2021 Meeting the Moment gathering, Community Conversations on Healing, Advocacy and Building the Future We Want.
Read MoreIn this workshop trainers do a deep dive into capital campaign readiness and the importance of organizational capacity for effective capital campaign fundraising. Regardless of where you are on your campaign journey, if you know a capital campaign is on the horizon, taking steps now to build out your fundraising capacity is critical to your organization’s long-term success.
Read MorePanelists discuss transformative economic models and financial and investment approaches that shift power to Black, Indigenous and People of Color and move away from an extractive economy.
Read MoreThis session explores different scales of collective ownership, anti-displacement, and cultural preservation models from yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, Wa Na Wari, and Africatown. Panelists discuss community ownership of arts spaces, economic opportunity, and housing.
Read MorePanelists from Community2Community, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Puget Sound Sage, and the City of Kent will discuss how they work towards climate justice and how we build towards a just transition.
Read MoreIn this session, Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits (SUNN) and Against the Current Consulting discuss their work to build community power and develop an indigenous policy framework, while engaging with participants on issues of policy and power.
Read More(Re) Inventando una Transición Colectiva: Antes, Durante y Después de COVID-19 Esta sesión destacará historias de algunas mujeres y organizaciones que están respondiendo activamente a sus comunidades y reinventando una transición colectiva basada en las fortalezas, la autodeterminación y el bienestar de todas y todos. Representantes de WA Dream Coalition, Alimentando al Pueblo y Pueblos Originarios (ñuu savi) nos contaran acerca de los impactos que la pandemia ha tenido en sus comunidades y de sus esfuerzos para construir un futuro equitativo y justo en el que todos hacemos parte.
Read MoreParticipatory and democratic organizing examples from local and regional democratic and membership-based organizations. What does it mean to represent and center community within organizational structures, including governance, shared leadership and decision-making?
Read MoreSean Goode (CHOOSE 180) in conversation with Leonie Smith (East Point Peace Academy), exploring our how movement actions can support healing and what grace looks like in the context of restorative justice work and healing from the trauma of systemic racism. This session was facilitated by Jackie St. Louis.
