Social Justice
September 6, 2024
Meet this year’s fantastic team of Campaign Assistants!
Every year, the UWCFD welcomes a tiny but terrific team of campaign assistants who provide the support our volunteers need to make your annual workplace giving campaign happen. Join us in welcoming this year’s team! Betsy Mugavero Betsy is thrilled to be back on the UWCFD campaign assistant team! Last year she happily connected with…
September 4, 2024
Where do you get information from?
Many sources compete for attention online and in our social media feeds, including partisan blogs and bogus sites posting as legitimate news organizations. It can be tough to know what to trust. Follow these five steps from the News Literacy Project to cut through the noise and learn how to evaluate sources for signs of…
August 29, 2024
Suicide prevention: know the warning signs to save lives
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide prevention is important every day of the year, but for the many organizations doing crucial and often unsung work all year long, September provides unique opportunities to raise awareness of risk factors, provide help for those who are struggling, and give support to those affected by the suicide…
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 —…
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