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Faith, Middle East Location
Kirkland, WA Kol Ami: A Center for Jewish Life is a welcoming, egalitarian community dedicated to promoting Jewish life in the Pacific Northwest. They love Jewish history and tradition, and we are carrying on the 4000-year-old story of the Jewish people by building tradition and history of our own. By cultivating awe and gratitude for the bounteous planet we call home, and reverence for the bonds we share with the creatures who share it with us. They passionately affirm the dignity and rights of all human beings. We view it as our sacred obligation to pursue justice and repair the world.
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Faith, Middle East Location
Mercer Island, WA Together we create outstanding programs, partnerships, and spaces that welcome everyone to learn, grow, and celebrate Jewish life and culture.
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Polynesia Location
Seattle, WA The Tongan Community Resource Center of Washington, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was created to specifically meet the needs of the Tongan community in the state of Washington. We strive to provide resources, referrals, information and support. We also assist individuals and families in accessing resources in their community by providing information and referrals for basic needs such as food, clothing, housing, employment, and transportation.
We are looking to engage with our local Tongan community in a variety of ways including socializing, participating in recreational or educational activities, gaining information and seeking counseling or support services.
We are looking to engage with our local Tongan community in a variety of ways including socializing, participating in recreational or educational activities, gaining information and seeking counseling or support services.
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Eastern Asia Location
Portland, OR Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association (NWTCA) is a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, established in 1993 to create a spiritual and cultural home for the Tibetans living in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our main objective is to preserve and promote the rich ancient culture and tradition of Tibet.
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Indigenous Location
Skokomish, WA The Community Center Staff is committed to providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our entire Twana Community. Our Mission is to build healthier families and a stronger community through programs and events related to Culture, Traditions, Education, Fitness, Recreation, Celebration, and Ceremonies. Through our Journeys we will strive for tribal unity, and we will always encourage positive living and community involvement.
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Indigenous Location
Port Angeles, WA The Heritage Center opened in 2010, and was created to be a training center and temporary office space for tribal programs.
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Houseless/Homeless Location
Pullman, WA Since 1988, Community Action Center (CAC) has been a primary resource for thousands of people and families experiencing poverty in Whitman County, and we operate as a private nonprofit in Whitman County, Washington.
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Southeastern Asia Location
Renton, WA Lao Community Service Center (LCSC) is a non-profit community organization that assists refugees and immigrants with social, cultural, and educational services. LCSC’s mission is to unite and strengthen the Lao Community in the Pacific Northwest.
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Eastern Asia, North America Location
Seattle, WA The JCCCW vision is "A lively, intergenerational gathering place and destination in the Pacific Northwest, where people of all backgrounds learn Japanese language and traditional arts, celebrate Japanese and Japanese American history and culture, and build intercultural understanding."
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Alaska Native, Indigenous Location
Utqiagvik, AK The Iñupiat Heritage Center (IHC) brings people together to promote and perpetuate Iñupiat history, language and culture. This dynamic interaction between the Iñupiat and their environment fosters the awareness, understanding and appreciation of the Iñupiat way of life from generation to generation.
The Heritage Center promotes tourism and supports Iñupiat artists by providing a place in which to work on and showcase arts and crafts. It also serves to support the whaling traditions of the Iñupiat by making available the Traditional Room for construction or repair of traditional whaling boats and other subsistence tools.
The Heritage Center provides a place for cultural revitalization efforts as well as serving the departments of the borough through its services and by providing meeting space for public events. Our multi-purpose room and classroom are available to rent for hosting events from outreach classes to department meetings.
The Heritage Center promotes tourism and supports Iñupiat artists by providing a place in which to work on and showcase arts and crafts. It also serves to support the whaling traditions of the Iñupiat by making available the Traditional Room for construction or repair of traditional whaling boats and other subsistence tools.
The Heritage Center provides a place for cultural revitalization efforts as well as serving the departments of the borough through its services and by providing meeting space for public events. Our multi-purpose room and classroom are available to rent for hosting events from outreach classes to department meetings.
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Southern Asia Location
Sammamish, WA The Vedic cultural center practices respect of all people regardless of race or any other material designation because of the divine presence of God in everyone. Education for making enlightened choices in life is the primary goal of the VCC for spreading light and peace in the world.
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Immigrant/Refugee, Southeastern Asia Location
Portland, OR We unite Filipinos in Oregon to build community through programming that addresses and advocates for the needs of marginalized Filipinos living in Oregon - including Filipino workers, new migrants, immigrants, youth, elders, women, LGBTQ+, people of faith, and many more of our kababayan.
We serve our community by providing resources, education, and information that will empower Filipinos to make healthy, informed choices, and support one another.
We believe that those most impacted by socio-economic injustices should lead in the development of long-term solutions. Using a community organizing framework, we will elevate community stories toward needs-based programs, campaigns, and advocacy. Our center’s aim is to connect community members to essential resources, while building capacity to engage with the issues we face as a community towards change.
The work of the Center aims to create a space where Filipinos can find a home amongst each other and create opportunities to connect with, and to advocate for, our motherland and fellow kababayan.
We serve our community by providing resources, education, and information that will empower Filipinos to make healthy, informed choices, and support one another.
We believe that those most impacted by socio-economic injustices should lead in the development of long-term solutions. Using a community organizing framework, we will elevate community stories toward needs-based programs, campaigns, and advocacy. Our center’s aim is to connect community members to essential resources, while building capacity to engage with the issues we face as a community towards change.
The work of the Center aims to create a space where Filipinos can find a home amongst each other and create opportunities to connect with, and to advocate for, our motherland and fellow kababayan.
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Southeastern Asia Location
Seattle, WA Founded in 1935 as a social organization, the Filipino Community of Seattle (FCS) has evolved into a not-for-profit social service charitable organization serving the Filipino and other communities in Greater Seattle and beyond. FCS is a 501(c)3 organization.
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Indigenous Location
Seattle, WA Through the collective collaboration of tribal members and the community, today, we seek to reclaim a space to revitalize our culture and preserve our living heritage. Together with our allied partners, we have built the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (DLCC) overlooking the Duwamish River Valley, near the village called hah-AH-poos, a major archeological site known as Duwamish Site No. 1.
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Northern Europe Location
Portland, OR To highlight, honor, educate, communicate, promote and celebrate Nordic culture and traditions, ancestral, modern and contemporary and to Provide value and serve members by developing and making available and accessible Nordic cultural and educational programming that is rich, authentic and forward looking.
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Central Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe Location
Portland, OR Our fundamental goal – help members of this community become fully functional, well-integrated part of the society in every aspect of their life in this country: education, employment, health and wellness, social services, business development, career growth, legal assistance, etc. while preserving their cultural heritage.
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Eastern Europe Location
Bellevue, WA BCHCS organizes traditional annual events such as a Christmas celebration, the Zlaten Orfei talent show in March, and the picnic at Lake Sammamish to celebrate Bulgarian Culture and Literacy Day in May. The Center organizes concerts, workshops, and visits of local and guest musicians, artists, and writers from the US and Bulgaria.
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Southern Europe Location
Meridian, ID Mladi Behar uses traditional dance as a means of sharing culture with the people of Idaho
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Western Europe Location
Boise, ID Boise’s Euzkaldunak is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote Basque culture in the Boise area as well as the state of Idaho. Built in 1949 as a social club and gathering place, the Basque Center has played an important role in the history of the Basques here. The Basque Center helps maintain the Basque heritage by supporting Basque dancing, events, and gatherings.