CHOOSE 180
2022 Collective Grantee
Law, Justice, and Incarceration: School to Prison Pipeline
Location: Burien
CHOOSE 180 transform systems of injustice and support the young people who are too often impacted by these systems. They envision a future where youthful behavior is decriminalized and young people are offered restorative practices in lieu of traditional prosecution. In place of the school-to-prison pipeline, a community will exist to help young people realize their potential and provide them with the tools necessary to achieve their goals.
Firelands Workers United/Trabajadores Unidos
2022 Collective Grantee
Housing & Hunger: Mental Health & Housing
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Firelands builds multiracial working-class power in rural disinvested counties in WA State to organize for a just, green economy that serves people and the land. Through bilingual base-building, outreach, workshops, leadership development, storytelling and cultural resilience, members fight for transformative policies and programs for the timber country region: living-wage green jobs, affordable healthy housing, tenant and worker rights, healthcare, childcare, and healthy ecosystems.
Salish School of Spokane
2022 Collective Grantee
Arts & Community Culture: Community Cultural Preservation
Location: Spokane
Salish School of Spokane is a Salish immersion school offering childcare and elementary school for families in the City of Spokane and surrounding areas. They are a grassroots community-based organization working to preserve and revitalize Southern Interior Salish languages, the first languages of the Spokane region. Their mission is dynamic Salish Language Revitalization powering cultural renewal and building a stronger, healthier community.