While the local economy is booming, Seattle is struggling with a homelessness crisis and a shortage of affordable housing. But is the situation starting to improve? How does it compare to five or 10 years ago? As one data point goes up, does the other drop? And are there bright points in the data capturing the region’s livability?
Read MoreI don’t normally consider industrial waste zones to be community gathering spaces, but in early August I joined a community boat tour of the Duwamish River to learn about the river’s history and each other.
Read MoreThe Crossroads community team host a connection-building game night, where everyone could focus on socializing while learning about each other in a nontraditional way.
Read MoreThe Young American Leaders Program was a crash course in cross-sector collaboration, equity, and negotiation, featuring speakers on the front line of civic engagement.
Read MoreSimply put, belonging is a recognition that we are connected to people who we know, and also to who we don’t. We’re connected to people similar to us, and different from us. Their concerns are our concerns, and vice versa. Belonging can help us counter our growing anxiety, because it establishes the right conditions for changing the ways we work together to confront our greatest challenges.
Read MoreSeattle Foundation senior executive Michael Brown will spearhead design of a new regional civic infrastructure to unite more community voices in decision-making, announced Seattle Foundation President and CEO, Tony Mestres. Known as Civic Commons, this undertaking builds on the Foundation’s longstanding work to advance racial and economic equity by increasing the voice and power of communities.
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