Community Directory

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE)

Seattle,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Disabilities, For All, Gender, Immigrant/Refugee, Multicultural
Asian / Pacific Islander (API), Femme, Hispanic, LGBTQ2S+, Low Income, Queer, Trans, Women

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) is a nonprofit that serves young women, trans, and non-binary people ages 13-26.

Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

Seattle,

Community Focus: For All

An inclusive contemporary multi-arts hub in the Delridge Neighborhood of Southwest Seattle

Youth in Focus provides after-school, summer, and partner programs of Digital and Darkroom photography for teens aged 13-19 furthest from educational justice. Our program focuses on Social and Emotional Learning, 21st-century skill development, and courage and risk-taking through art. We offer free or donation-optional tuition and free bus passes to make our program accessible to all.

Youth Speaks Seattle

Seattle,

Community Focus: For All

Youth Speaks Seattle is a creative organization that serves youth and uses spoken word poetry to teach empowerment through storytelling. We organize events that encourage young creatives in the greater Seattle area to write boldly, speak loudly, and listen with compassion.

YouthForce

Seattle,

Community Focus: For All

YouthForce is the teen employment program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County, located in Seattle, Washington.

Youthnet

Mt Vernon,

Community Focus: For All, Foster Youth

Youthnet is a nonprofit agency committed to serving children, youth and families. The majority of our programs revolve around foster care services for children and youth, but we are also partner with and support families in need. Ultimately we are working together to create opportunities for healing from the past and promoting hope for the future.

Yukiyo Kawano

Portland,

Community Focus: Eastern Asian
Japanese

Yukiyo Kawano is a third-generation hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) who grew up decades after the bombing of Hiroshima. Her work is personal, reflecting lasting attitudes toward the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kawano received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2012. Since then, Kawano’s work has been seen in U.S., Japan and Australia. Kawano has also given lectures at Aspen Institute in Tokyo, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Main, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, Louisiana among many others and also appeared in radio shows, such as OPB Radio, Portland, Oregon and 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne, Australia. Kawano has received numerous grants, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant in 2012 and Project Grant in 2015; a Regional Arts and Culture Council grant in 2016, 2018 & 2019; The Oregon Arts Commission in 2017 & 2019; and The Andy Warhol Foundation, Precipice Fund, 2019. Since 2016, Kawano’s project Suspended Moment has been selected by New York Foundation of the Arts’ fiscal sponsorship program. She teaches through VCFA studio mentorship program (AT) and is an Advisory Board Member of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon PSR). Kawano currently lives in Portland, OR.

Yupiit Piciryarait Museum

Atmautluak,

Community Focus: Indigenous American
Alaska Native, Cup'ik, Dene, Yup'ik

The Museum offers proper curation, culturally appropriate outreach events, and knowledge sharing. Through expertise, research, and community-based programs the Museum utilizes the collections to deliver workshops, seminars, and provide research opportunities. Local Elders also contribute by serving as teachers and mentors to Native youth, community members, and visitors. Collections are available for study by qualified researchers and Native culture-bearers.

Z-Twins Radio

Seattle,

Community Focus: Black American

Washington State’s only African American owned and operated radio stations serving the Northwest communities since 1984.

Zenger Farm

Portland,

Community Focus: For All

We are an urban educational farm promoting equitable food access and community health in Portland, OR. Learn about our programs in our highlights!

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