In a time of wide-sweeping health crisis, anxiety rises and both belonging and othering have the opportunity to increase. So how do we tip the scale towards belonging? The COVID-19 virus demonstrates that we all impact each other and the only way we can really make an impact is together.
Read MoreHere’s a conversation between Frank Nam, the project director for Civic Commons’ We Belong Here program and Julie Pham, the head of WTIA’s Ion Collaborators program. In 2019, they partnered in building a special “belonging” cohort of Ion Collaborators.
Read MoreThe recent release of the Scorecard for Shared Prosperity, a new framework developed by Civic Commons to evaluate the Greater Seattle region’s economic well-being, ushers in a new way to consider what it means for a region to be prosperous.
Read MoreDuring summer and fall of 2019, Michael Brown, Civic Commons Civic Architect, hosted five dinner gatherings with over forty King County leaders representing several different sectors including government, education, non-profits, business, unions, faith communities, and more. The purpose behind these dinners …
Read MoreHollis was a contributor to the Civic Commons launch, performing a special spoken-word piece created specifically for the event. Click to read her piece & watch her performance at the Civic Commons event.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to live in an “unincorporated” place? In our region, Bryn Mawr-Skyway is one of these unincorporated islands of land. The community that locals affectionately call Skyway relies on King County for city services, which has meant historically that Skyway has remained underserved.
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