This has been a hard week as we grapple with how to communicate with you. We have not centered our work on the experience of Black folks in tech — nor in the community — in the past and do not want to be disingenuous claiming solidarity with the movement for Black lives. We want to avoid the cycle of private outrage → public statement → donation → silence + inaction while also knowing that Black Lives Matter.
In our third installment of the Roadmap to Recovery Series, we were joined by Walter Washington, Senior Director of Housing Services at Wellspring Family Services. Wellspring’s services are concentrated in four areas: mental health, family homelessness, early learning, and basic needs. Each year, Wellspring helps thousands of children and families break the debilitating cycles of instability, homelessness, and adversity to achieve positive, permanent change in their lives. The organization is focused on building trusting relationships and long-term solutions in the communities it serves.
For our second Roadmap to Recovery event, we were joined by Alex Hudson, executive director of Transportation Choices Coalition (TCC). Founded in 1993, TCC is a policy and advocacy nonprofit dedicated to making transportation accessible to all in Washington State. Focused on structural reform, TCC works upstream to influence legislation and policies that affect funding for departments of transportation and transit agencies.
Kristi England, Executive Director of Earth Day NW 2020 at Forterra joined us at our first Virtual Lunch & Learn. For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Earth Day Northwest 2020 celebrates the #NEXT5 decades of Earth Day by asking organizations and individuals across the spectrum to make a public commitment to do something big, tangible and extra that preserves and protects the environment and our communities.
At sea.citi, we’ve prided ourselves on bringing compelling events and campaigns to tech campuses. From in-depth conversations with experts about regional homelessness to voter outreach, our programming centers around helping tech workers understand local issues and meaningfully participate in our communities. Read more
We all know social distancing measures are necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19, but they are not without consequence. The measures have already raised questions about if and how many in our community will recover. Read more