Black American

Loren Miller Bar Association

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

The Loren Miller Bar Association (LMBA) is a Washington statewide organization and the local affiliate of the National Bar Association (NBA), which is the oldest minority bar and the largest organization of African-American attorneys in the United States.

Made Space

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

Made Space {formerly The Liink Project} is an Art, Culture, and Business Hub activated in early 2021. It is about connecting emerging Black creatives and entrepreneurs with resources, space, knowledge, and visibility. Beyond a space, Made Space is a concept. Its about partnership, knowledge and cooperative economics and THRIVING TOGETHER.

Makatas Dancers

Boise,

Community Focus: African, Black American
Geographic Region: Idaho

Best traditional African dance group in Boise. Promotes cultural diversity through music and arts.

Malawi Seattle Association (MSA)

Bellevue,

Community Focus: Black American, Southern African
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Malawian

The Malawi Seattle Association (MSA) comprises people of Malawian origin as well as those that are Malawian at heart who have come to make their home in the State of Washington. The Association serves to promote the welfare of its members so that they can reach their full potential in their endeavors.

Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Association

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization was first established as the Mary Mahoney Registered Nurse Club in 1949. Anne Foy Baker invited 12 other registered nurses to a meeting in her home to meet one another and discuss the idea of establishing a professional organization. Under her leadership, the organization was created with a two-fold mission: to provide information and support to one another, and to provide scholarship support to students pursuing education and careers in nursing.

Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center

Joseph,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Oregon
Settler

The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center seeks to gather, catalog, preserve, and interpret the history of Oregon’s early logging community of Maxville, Oregon and similar communities in the greater Pacific Northwest.

Mudbone Grown

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American, Gender
Geographic Region: Oregon
Women

We are in the business of growing food, community health, business, and community culture around delivery of the triple bottom line to historically absent or barriered communities.

National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

College Park,

Community Focus: Black American

NABJ is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of Black journalists worldwide.

Northwest African American Museum (NAAM)

Seattle,

Community Focus: African, Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area
Historical Society

The Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) is housed in the historic Colman School building (built in 1909) which overlooks a beautiful, sprawling green park, named after rock legend, Jimi Hendrix, in the heart of Seattle’s Central District. See ongoing virtual series: Historians on Hope. Each week, NAAM features words of hope from notable African American historians in our #HistoriansOnHope virtual series. We invite you to share these graphics on your favorite social media platforms. Be sure to tag us at @naamnw!

Northwest Tap Connection

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American
Geographic Region: Seattle Area

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