I first wanted to thank you all of our incredible community partner organizations for all of the amazing work your organizations do to support our communities across the Northwest. I wanted to let you know we have opened our Community Grants application and to highlight a few significant changes we have made. The application will
Mayor Durkan, As you know, June 1st marked the beginning of Pride month, a time to recognize the Stonewall uprising against police brutality and harassment that launched our modern LGBTQ movement. The actions at Stonewall, led by Black and brown trans people like Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, are the reason we can stand
Dear Mayor Durkan, We are angry and appalled at the actions of your office and the Seattle Police Department during the protests that have taken place downtown, in Capitol Hill, and across the city this past week. These protests are calling out the brutality of both our local police and police departments across the country
We are so grateful to everyone that was planning to attend our Virtual Scholarship Celebration this Thursday. I’m writing today to share that we have decided to postpone this virtual event. I also wanted to share why we decided to postpone this event. As uprisings against the brutal violence of the police against Black people
Artwork (left to right): Breonna Taylor – @shirien.creates; Ahmaud Arbery – @shirien.creates; Nina Pop – @colorofchange; George Floyd – @shirien.creates; Tony McDade – @vientoxsol Tomorrow is the first day of Pride month and today I’m holding, honoring, and celebrating the truth that what we commemorate every June was an uprising—days of passionate resistance to the brutal violence of the police against
Today, I’m so excited to announce some much-needed good news: we’ve awarded our 2020 Pride Foundation Scholarships! This year, we are awarding $546,550 to 127 LGBTQ+ and allied student leaders—leaders whose stories, ambition, and resilience unequivocally show that our community is changing the world. But don’t take my word for it. Hear it from a
Perhaps like you, I have been spending my days and nights focused on the current moment—responding, reacting, holding, breathing all the horrors we are witness to. But I am fighting the tendency to direct my attention only on the trees in front of me and instead continually bring the forest into focus too. When I
This is not our community’s first health crisis. What we learned during the AIDS crisis—and have proven time and time again ever since—is that when our communities need us, we show up to support one another even when no one else will. This value and practice is at the heart of Pride Foundation’s Crisis
After a long hiatus from volunteering and realizing that I missed the joy of community service, I decided to volunteer with the Pride Foundation as a scholarship reviewer for 2020. This realization happened during a dinner conversation over homemade lasagna and sparkling wine where I was talking to Chance Wilcox, the Alaska Regional Officer for
In a time where we crave human connection and sink deeper into quarantine, some organizations have been able to bring people together in spectacular ways. Story Works, a Pride Foundation Community Grant recipient in Alaska, continuously works to bring youth together, build human connections, and unleash the storyteller in everyone. More than ever, connection is