African

Urban League of Portland

Portland,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Oregon

Empowering Communities. Changing Lives.

Village Spirit Center

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American, Indigenous American, Latina/e/o/x, Pacific Islanders
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Chicana/e/o/x

The Village Spirit Center for Community Change and Healing is a housing, services, and community economic development initiative focused on the Black community in Western Washington. Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services have implemented initiatives that focus on what we call “Communities of Concern.” They are the poor and low-wage earners in the Black, urban Native American and Latino/Chicano communities. These segments of our society have suffered greatly from years of marginalization and being excluded in large part from the economic opportunities of this nation and; thereby, unable to break the debilitating cycle of poverty that ensnares them. In these initiatives, we will focus on creating community economic opportunities through the development of affordable housing, transformative services and the authentic promotion of asset acquisition.

Vivid Matter Collective (VMC)

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

We are a group of individuals who came together to spread truth through art. In that effort we created a space for ourselves that provides support, opportunity and amplifiaction of our individuality. We are every intersection converged. We are every color of the palette and every tool in the box. We are fresh and seasoned. We are trained and talented. We are you. We are VMC.

Voices of Tomorrow

Burien,

Community Focus: African
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

WA Black-Owned Business Excellence

Tukwila,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

Black-Owned Business Excellence is a collaboration of different organizations and individuals coming together to support, educate, inspire and elevate businesses that are owned by underserved business owners in Washington State.

Wa Na Wari

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

Sited in a fifth-generation, Black-owned home, Wa Na Wari is an immersive community art project that reclaims Black cultural space and makes a statement about the importance of Black land ownership in gentrified communities. Our mission is to create space for Black ownership, possibility, and belonging through art, historic preservation, and connection. Referred to as a “container for Black joy,” Wa Na Wari incubates and amplifies Black art and belonging while providing a safe space for organizing and movement building. By renting a house from a vulnerable Black homeowner, and giving that space back to the Black community, Wa Na Wari is an active model for how Black art and culture can combat gentrification and displacement.

Wakulima

Kent,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Black American, Immigrant/Refugee
Geographic Region: North Puget Sound

Wakulima USA is a farming and food business cooperative that advances small business development and food sovereignty for low income immigrants and people of color in the Puget Sound region. Wakulima means “Farmers” in Kiswahili the most widely spoken language in Africa

Washington African Media Association (WAMA)

Seattle,

Community Focus: African

Washington for Black Lives

Statewide,

Community Focus: Black American

We are a unified Black-led coalition that includes community-based organizations, nonprofits, and faith communities across Washington State. We’re organizing together to demand economic, political, and social justice.

Washington Hall

Seattle,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

Washington Hall has been a welcoming place where people gather, create, entertain, and celebrate since it was built in 1908. The Hall has been a cultural home to many communities and art forms, and for a long time embodied the soul of Seattle’s Central Area. Washington Hall Anchor Organizations Washington Hall is a project of Historic Seattle with major support from 4Culture. The Hall has consistently functioned as a performance space since its opening in 1908, but had fallen into disrepair in the last few decades and was in danger of demolition before Historic Seattle negotiated a purchase. The long term vision for the Hall is full rehabilitation and a permanent home for Central Area organizations with a focus on arts, media and social justice.

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