How to use this directory of resources

Click on Browse/Filter to narrow your search by checking specific communities and services included in the EchoX community listings.

EchoX includes a steadily growing searchable database of organizations, groups, writers, artists and others organized by ethnicity, cultural focus, type of heritage work and/or type of community action. Check back often to see newly added listings!

Want to add yourself or a group to the EchoX community listing?
Community resource listings will grow organically as you and others are added! If you’re involved with community work related to EchoX themes – ethnic cultural heritage and social action – click ‘Sign Up’ in the upper right corner and add your own page to the Directory for free!

After clicking ‘Sign Up’ you will be taken to a form to fill out to create your account. Once you open your account, you’ll have ongoing access to an EchoX backend template where you may provide any information you want others to see. You can also add your own events to the calendar with details and artwork.

Send the EchoX link to your own supporters. Site visitors will learn more about you, your work and your events!

Directory

Browse using the links below, or Filter on any combination of Community Focus and Resources.

Community Focus

Culture

Experiences

Faith

Gender & Sexuality

People with Disabilities

State

Resources

Advocacy

Community

Education

Expression

Food

Health & Wellness

Language

Media

Essential Services

Business & Nonprofit Resources

Organization
Community Focus
Location
Community Focus
African American, WA
Location
Seattle, WA
Formed in 1984, Earshot Jazz supports the growing community of jazz artists and audiences in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Community Focus
Middle Eastern, WA, British, French
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Chicana/e/o/x, Mexican, Mexican American
Location
Seattle, WA
1st Generation Chicana Owned Gallery & Art Studio
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Renton, WA
Our organization has been fostering art and culture in our community for over fifty years – sponsoring events including the Chalk Art Contest, the Fall Family Concert, and volunteering at and supporting the Annual Art Show.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Duvall, WA
From humble beginnings over a decade ago, DFA has grown to become one of the largest supporter of the arts in the area. With an all volunteer board made up of local artists and art enthusiasts we are committed to strengthening the arts in our community.
Community Focus
WA, Irish
Location
Edmonds, WA
Grafton Street Academy offers Irish Step Dance lessons for children and adults. Serving beginning dancers through championship levels in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Seattle, Everett, Bothell, Shoreline, and throughout Seattle and the Eastside.
Community Focus
African American, WA, Black
Location
Seattle, WA
The African-American Writers' Alliance, a diverse and dynamic collective of Seattle-area writers of African descent, provides an informal and supportive forum for new and published writers.

We help one another polish our skills, provide peer review, and create opportunities for public readings and other media venues. Ultimately the group encourages members to publish individually and collectively.

Our stories—triumphs, tragedies, and whatever is within and between the two—are the history of African Americans. We must tell our stories in our words and encourage others to do the same.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Fall City, WA
Fall City Arts is a non profit organization dedicated to bringing culture and awareness of the arts to a diverse and growing community in unincorporated King County. Working in collaboration with other cities, organizations, businesses, farmers and schools, we seek to provide access to events, promote local artists, and encourage individuals to become more involved in their community.
Community Focus
WA, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
Since 1972, Northwest Folklife has been deeply committed to celebrating the diversity of our Northwest communities and demystifying our differences together, under one roof. Our work centers on preserving cultural arts, bridging connections to heritage and identity, and cultivating the ever-evolving traditions of the Pacific Northwest.
Community Focus
WA, Black
Location
Seattle, WA
The Black Embodiments Studio is an arts writing incubator and public programming initiative dedicated to building discourse around contemporary black art.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Programs include the Center for Washington Cultural Traditions, Grants, Speakers Bureau, Think & Drink, and Prime Time Family Reading. The Center for Washington Cultural Traditions is Washington State’s folklife and traditional arts program, developed and run as a partnership between Humanities Washington and ArtsWA/the Washington State Arts Commission.
Community Focus
Drag, WA, Two Spirit, Native American
Location
, WA
Weaving Spirits Festival of Two-Spirit Performance features local and national Native American Artists whose offerings range from traditional music to experimental performance and drag.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle , WA
We are an education program in King County that ignites joy and justice in classrooms and communities using arts-based learning, anti-racist education, and activism.
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Japanese
Location
Mercer Island, WA
At Cascade Kendo Kai we aim to build an inclusive yet rigorous environment of learning and self reflection.

We share our present understanding of kendo through a unique Japanese-American perspective while paying homage to the values and spirit of the pioneering kendo sensei who came before us.
Community Focus
African American, WA, Jewish, Black, Japanese, Latina/e/o/x, Native American, Settler
Location
Seattle, WA
Living Voices is a nationally touring educational theatre bringing life to history through the power of live theatre, video, and personal discussion
Community Focus
WA, Southeast Asian, Asian, Vietnamese
Location
Seattle, WA
Little Saigon is the social, economic, and cultural hub of the Vietnamese community in the Puget Sound region. In the 40 years since the first group of Vietnamese businesses took root in this area, Little Saigon has become a vibrant and vital part of the Vietnamese community as well as the Chinatown International District.

Friends of Little Saigon was established in 2011, at the start of massive redevelopment in Little Saigon. Our mission is to preserve and enhance Little Saigon’s cultural, economic, and historic vitality.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
, WA
Sharing Japan's Tradition in Today's Lifestyle.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Maple Valley, WA
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Pullman, WA
Pullman Arts Foundation organizes and supports public murals, exhibitions, and cultural events in the city of Pullman, WA, on the homelands of the Nimiipuu Tribe and Palus people. We connect local, regional, national, and international artists with community members to create unique public murals and cultural events.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
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.