The Kelly ECC is an inclusive and affirming space that cultivates a transformative student experience. We serve and empower historically marginalized and underrepresented students by providing educational and cultural opportunities for holistic development. Read more...

Since 2000, the Simpson Center has funded UW faculty members with 170 Society of Scholars Fellowships, 30 Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships, and 19 Mellon Summer Fellowships for Reaching New Publics. Graduate students have been awarded 72 Society of Scholars Fellowships, 30 Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships, and 24 Mellon Fellowships for Reaching New Publics. This has supported scholars from 49 campus units across the the Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses, in Read more...

USAFV operates a shelter and 24-hour crisis line to address the needs of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child or elder abuse, stalking, and others in crisis. USAFV provides crisis intervention, safe shelter, safety planning, personal support, systems advocacy, information, referrals, emergency food assistance, and other services, as well as education and outreach. Read more...

Servas provides opportunities for personal connections among people of diverse cultures toward the goal of promoting world peace, goodwill and understanding. Servas is a peacebuilding family with over 15,000 members in over 120 countries. We all united by the goal of breaking down cultural barriers and building peace. Through local community events, gatherings and projects, members of Servas are not just travelers and hosts but are Read more...

Thistle Theatre, based in Seattle, is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating unique and diverse puppet theatre productions for the entire family. Founded in 1991, by Jean Enticknap, Thistle Theatre is the only puppet theatre in the Pacific Northwest that specializes in a distinctive variation of Bunraku, an ancient style of puppetry from Japan. Beautifully hand-crafted puppets come to life Read more...

The Mash-Up Americans is what America looks like: a wedding with mehndi and a chuppah, a kitchen where heirloom chopsticks and grandma’s cornbread recipe sit side-by-side, a meeting of parents who don’t speak the same language, a baby whose name contains multitudes, a date where you find yourself explaining that what you look like is only part of who you Read more...

Imagine being pulled over for snow on your license plate after dropping your children off at school and then never coming home again. Imagine being held in a detention center for months due to a clerical error in your asylum application but not having the financial resources to hire a lawyer to plead your case. Imagine having an immigration attorney Read more...