Social Justice
August 28, 2024
Support WA kids this back-to-school season
Thousands of kids across our state face barriers to success this back-to-school season. Your donation of supplies, money or time will help ensure these kids have what they need to realize their potential this year. For many children in our communities, there are any number of obstacles to getting an education: unmet basic needs, homelessness,…
August 2, 2024
Lunch & Learn: Nonprofits in your Neighborhood
There are thousands of nonprofit organizations affiliated with the UW Combined Fund Drive. Some great examples are serving the community in and around Seattle’s U District. Join the UW Combined Fund Drive at noon on August 20 for an inspiring, virtual lunch & learn highlighting the incredible work of nonprofit organizations right in our backyard —…
July 5, 2024
Celebrate parks & recreation this summer
Since 1985, the United States has officially designated July as Park and Recreation Month. Not that Northwesterners have ever needed a reason to celebrate our great outdoors… But July certainly kicks off prime season to get outside and enjoy the magnificent natural lands around us, liberated for a few fleeting weeks from school schedules, cold…
July 18, 2024
Bridge Shelter tiny house village fire: how you can help
A fire tore through the Bridge Shelter tiny house village in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood early Thursday morning, destroying or damaging 25 homes and forcing the evacuation of the entire property site. The fire also spread through an adjacent housing facility, which also had to be evacuated. KOMO News reported that a King County Metro bus…
July 1, 2024
Learn and engage this Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July to honor the history, achievements, experiences and struggles of the disability community in recognition of the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark legislation that broke down barriers to inclusion in society. Disability Pride Month was officially established in July 2015, on the 25th anniversary of…
June 29, 2024
Solving summer hunger: keeping kids nourished when schools are closed
More than 250,000 children in Washington state associate summer with being hungry, according to Feeding America. That’s the scale of food insecurity that emerges when the academic year wraps up and schools stop serving free or subsidized breakfasts and lunches to qualifying students. Nutritious meals are essential to helping kids remain healthy and active during…
June 5, 2024
Juneteenth: A celebration of freedom, a call to action
Juneteenth, variously known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Jubilee day or Liberation Day, is a holiday commemorating the June 19, 1865, announcement in Galveston, Texas of the emancipation of all chattel slaves following the end of the Civil War. The oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth —…
June 1, 2024
Happy Pride Month! How to get involved, get support or give support
This June, Seattle Pride celebrates a massive milestone: the 50th anniversary of Pride festivities in Seattle, established in 1974 as a rallying cry for gay rights and queer visibility after the Stonewall uprising of 1969. At the University of Washington, organized support and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community goes back even further. In 1967, UW…
May 1, 2023
This foster care awareness month, support families in Washington’s foster system
Like all families, kids and families involved with the foster care system need support from their communities to thrive and succeed. Whether through fostering, advocating, volunteering or donating, everyone can help children who are experiencing foster care. When a foster care placement is made, children must adjust to new everything: home, caregivers, school, rules and…
February 29, 2024
This Women’s History Month, celebrate champions of equity and inclusion
The roots of Women’s* History Month as a national commemoration run all the way back to March 8, 1857, when women from various New York City factories staged a protest over poor working conditions. The first Women’s Day celebration in the United States was in 1909, also in NYC. In 1911, March 8 was designated…
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