Past Social Justice Programs
We looked at race and social justice issues with communities that are most affected by them, along with legal advocates and the general public. Past topics include homelessness, criminal justice, environmental equity, food justice and public health.
2020 Vision: BIPOC Engagement
In 2019, we partnered with the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture and the Seattle Office for Civil Rights on an intensive community listening project with BIPOC communities. With additional support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation, we worked to gather insights from BIPOC community members through an Emergent Strategy workshop with activist and visionary Adrienne Maree Brown, as well as online surveys and engagement with local BIPOC community members and community partners.
Through this research, we identified insights and best practices on creating dynamic spaces for communities most affected by racism to explore common ground around decolonizing, racial justice, and social justice. This included frameworks that allow BIPOC communities to leverage equity and inclusion resources to build power and unity.
You can find the insights and best practices from this research summarized in the 2020 Vision report. The report includes insights on preferred frameworks, engagement strategies, issues and approaches for affinity building across communities of color.
Past Programs
Our past programs have explored complex and multilayered issues and big questions facing our communities. These include partnering with Clear Sky Native Youth Council to create a video and social media campaign centering center Indigenous voices in environmental equity; partnering with Black Farmers Collective, EarthCorps, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Wa Na Wari and Yes Farm to explore food justice and food sovereignty with emerging civic leaders; and a series to respond to the disparities of COVID.
Photos from Social Justice Programs
