Our office is closed this week 4/11-4/15 to support staff in taking paid time off to rest, relax, & recharge. Showing up to work our best selves means investing in our staff's work-life balance and overall mental health. See y'all next week!💚
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Join BIPOC Link-Up next Wednesday 11/17 11a-1p for a session with Jaime Escarpeta on Healing & Affirming Arts. Are y'all ready for a BIPOC-only space centered around healing and creativity?? (we're not 😍) Register here: shorturl.at/htEWX
BIPOC Link-Up self-care sesh tomorrow focused on navigating relationships with white friends, partners, coworkers, etc. 💚 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
We are in absolute AWE of our incredible, powerhouse board of directors from varied fields, lived experiences, and places #dreamboard Read more here: seattleworks.org/board
We are in constant AWE of our amazing Education Director, Cassie Whitebread!! Such a powerhouse, authentic community builder and educator. Read more about Cassie below! 😍👏
Common(s) Questions is back!
👋🏾 Meet Cassie Whitebread, education director at @SeattleWorks and the brainchild behind Agents of Change, the org's anti-racist cohort learning program: bit.ly/3CVhlRN
Link in bio to participate in this important conversation at White Caucus next Tuesday🌈
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Many people will turn George Floyd into a martyr today. We must fight to remember that he did not *give* his life for justice, for our movement, for an uprising. He wanted to live. He fought to live.
ALT “In 2020, the Seattle Police Department’s $407 million budget will exceed the city’s entire combined spending on affordable housing ($69.1 million), health and human services ($195.9 million), affordable child care ($6.1 million), libraries ($86 million), the arts ($14.7 million) and parks, zoos and aquariums ($31.8 million).”