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9th & 10th Horse Calvalry Buffalo Soldiers Musuem

Tacoma,

Community Focus: Black American, Veteran

As a former soldier who spoke very little about his time as a prisoner of war in the Korean War, William Jones’ request to preserve the memory of his time as a Buffalo Soldier is something his family took to heart. Following his death in 2009, his daughter, Jackie Jones-Hook, began formalizing a museum in honor of the all-black regiment of the United States military. In 2012, the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Tacoma opened its doors as a haven for students and members of the community to learn about a piece of history that took place between 1866 and 1944 – and is all-too-often forgotten in the textbooks. The museum is one of only two of its kind in the country dedicated to honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, the other being the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston. Formally called the 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Museum, this nonprofit group educates the public through its vast collection of military artifacts, books, articles and DVDs from Jones’ time in the military.

Abundance of Hope Center

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American, Gender, Houseless/Homeless
LGBTQ2S+

Adelante Mujeres

Forest Grove,

Community Focus: Gender, Latina/e/o/x
Women

Adelante Mujeres is working to build a more just society by empowering Latinas to lead.

Advocates for Victims of Violence

Valdez,

Community Focus: For All, Multicultural, Survivor

Advocates for Victims of Violence is committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by providing confidential services to victims/survivors and their families, offering educational programs, primary prevention, and committed to effecting social, political, and legal

African Community Housing and Development

SeaTac,

Community Focus: African, Houseless/Homeless

To provide opportunities for African Diaspora immigrant and refugee communities, families, and individuals in South King County to attain health and housing stability, economic development, high-quality education, and referrals to legal services.

Alaska Native Justice Center

Anchorage,

Community Focus: For All, Indigenous American, Survivor
Alaska Native

The Alaska Native Justice Center is dedicated to helping Native people navigate the justice system. We support survivors of crime and partner with Tribes to improve child welfare and local justice systems across Alaska.

Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center (AKNWRC)

Fairbanks,

Community Focus: Gender, Indigenous American, Survivor
Alaska Native, Women

The Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center envisions our Tribal women, communities and families free from violence, healing the trauma and utilizing the wisdom of our ancestors to create effective community/Tribal responses to domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trafficking, sexual assault, and related injustices.

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American, Gender
Women

Ida L. Jackson brought the presence of Alpha Kappa Alpha to the American West Coast in 1921, chartering Rho Chapter at the University of California Berkley. On August 1, 1933, Beta Theta Chapter was chartered in Seattle, Washington at the Tacoma, Washington home of Sadie McIver. Beta Theta consisted of both undergraduate and graduate members. By 1948, there were enough members in Beta Theta Chapter to form a second chapter, which would be named Delta Upsilon Omega – the first graduate chapter in Washington State.

Alphabet Alliance of Color (AAoC)

Seattle,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Gender, Pacific Islanders
Femme, LGBTQ2S+, Queer, Trans, Two Spirit

Alphabet Alliance of Color (AAoC) is an organizing alliance of all our letters: two spirit, black, brown, disabled, femme, gender non-conforming, indigenous, pasifika, queer, trans, people of color who are healers, caretakers, dreamers, organizers, and community leaders. We center people like you who share our identities, and we serve our intersectional community — meaning ourselves, our intersectional community, and all of our letters above who are experiencing racism, violence, transphobia, and economic violence.

America-Vietnamese War Memorial Alliance

Tumwater,

Community Focus: Americas, North American, Southeastern Asia, Veteran
Vietnamese

We are an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Alliance brings together American veterans and their families and the South Vietnamese refugee community. We formed in spring of 2013, primarily to support construction of a joint American and South Vietnamese Vietnam War memorial in Auburn Washington. We also organize and participate in other events and activities to honor Vietnam War war dead and veterans.

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