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A Letter to Our Community & Four Tenets to Guide and Ground Us
Dear Community Members, We wanted to take a moment to reach out to you and express our deepest gratitude for the work you have done in...
Mar 10, 20253 min read


Join the 24Hr Economic Blackout on February 28th
If you have been feeling overwhelmed with the attack on our communities and DEI and want to take action, The People's Union is...
Feb 19, 20251 min read


Black History Month and Fugitive Pedagogy: Strategic Resistance to Oppression
“We say, hold on to the real facts of history as they are, but complete such knowledge by studying also the history of races and nations which have been purposely ignored.” ― Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro, 1933 In 1926, Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) launched the first Negro History Week. These celebrations were collaborations with community groups, schools, colleges, and churches that highlighted
Jan 28, 20252 min read


Ask us a question!
Do you have questions about racial justice work? Email us and we'll do our best thinking to answer your question.
Apr 17, 20241 min read


Take Action and Advocate to include AANHPI History in WA K-12 Curriculum
Make Us Visible, a nationwide effort to include Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in school...
Feb 21, 20241 min read


Centering the Margins: An Art Show about Marginalization
Our Support & Projects Manager Judy Lee is an artist focused on social justice. She is also a community care advocate supporting the...
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Learning Black History inspires me to be a Good Ancestor by Kyle Mylius
This is a guest post by Kyle Mylius, co-founder of Humanize Wealth and was originally written for their blog which can be found here . A...
Feb 13, 20248 min read


On Gaza and Israel
As we’ve been following the news of Gaza and Israel, our hearts ache for the people living in this region and their friends and families...
Oct 25, 20233 min read


We Support the Seattle Solidarity Budget
We support the 2024 Seattle Solidarity Budget which demands the City of Seattle provide its residents with basic guarantees that provide...
Sep 8, 20232 min read


Affirmative Action & The Model Minority
The Supreme Court is currently debating two cases about affirmative action in college admissions. This is the latest test of affirmative...
Nov 3, 20223 min read


Organization Highlight: World Trust
It gives both Ilsa Govan and Tilman Smith a great deal of joy to uplift the work of World Trust and be in partnership with Shakti Butler....
Dec 15, 20213 min read


Facing Race: A Television Series on Race
Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of working with King 5 staff providing DEI training and will continue to do so into 2021. T
Oct 2, 20202 min read


Challenging White Supremacy Culture in 2020
When we speak boldly and challenge White supremacy, White supremacy pushes back. We’ve seen this most recently in the federal...
Sep 27, 20202 min read


What Will You Risk for Justice?
Photo courtesy of Highline.edu As I watch people debate whether Nike should have used Colin Kaepernick in their campaign and whether...
Oct 3, 20182 min read


I’m Not the Bad One
"I was totally disgusted by those racist images. I would never laugh at them!” “I never would have thought of Native Americans being...
Mar 8, 20142 min read


Cultures Connecting Foundational Beliefs
In December 2013, I had the opportunity to attend the Social Justice Training Institute. This week-long intensive was, well, intense. In...
Feb 24, 20142 min read


Support Equity in Seattle Public Schools
Update: The Seattle School Board Passed the Ensuring Educational and Racial Equity Policy on August 15th! Below is the letter I sent to...
Jul 7, 20123 min read


Dreaded Identity: Reconciling with our Past
I was born in a commune. Between the ages of 18 and 22 I lived part of a summer in a Volkswagen bus and another summer in a school bus....
May 31, 20124 min read
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