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Low-Income Students by School District

This resource provides data on the percentage of low-income students enrolled in public K-12 schools across various school districts in Washington State for the...

Social Impact Film Screening

We are partnering with some of the most amazing filmmakers in our region, in order to uplift the stories, experiences, and impact of our partners, as well as su...

Embracing an Ecosystem of Complexity

North Sound ACH staff created this poster for the Othering & Belonging Conference, held in Oakland, CA from April 11-13, 2024. The poster visualizes a commu...

Triumph Teen Life Center

This center provides a range of services aimed at empowering teens and fostering community well-being through various supportive programs.

MV Mariachi

This program celebrates the cultural heritage and musical traditions of Mariachi, offering education and performance opportunities.

Picture This | Alcatraz

This collection features photographs of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island, documenting a pivotal moment in Indigenous activism.

Interactive Aids Quilt

This interactive platform allows users to explore the AIDS Memorial Quilt, honoring the lives lost to AIDS through personalized quilt panels.

Green Schoolyards America

This is an organization with a mission to increase tree canopy on K-12 school grounds, manage schoolyard forests, and promote outdoor education.

Say This, Not That!

In this resource you will find 30 popular phrases and their shockingly racist historical meanings.

Distressed Communities Index (DCI)

“The Distressed Communities Index (DCI) brings attention to the deep disparities in economic well-being that separate U.S. communities. The latest Census ...

Discover Passes | Free Checkout Program

In this Resource, you will find the Check Out Washington is a program. Which allows users to check out a special Discover Pass at their local library. Library c...

Keynote Talk by Matika Wilbur

Visual storyteller Matika Wilbur gave a compelling, joyous, heartfelt, illuminating keynote presentation at the January 2024 Partner Convening. She spoke about ...

Fridie Outdoors | Website

“Fridie Outdoors is a Portland-based startup that educates and helps to get people comfortable with hiking and camping.” In this resource you will f...

Glacier Peak Institute | Website

This is Glacier Peak Institute’s website. This organization connects rural youth with their environment through outdoor adventures, hands-on projects, and...

Open Arms Perinatal Services

Open Arms Perinatal Services is an organization that provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, including doula care, childb...

Project Girl Mentoring Program

“Project Girl Mentoring Program is a non profit organization providing mentoring, educational and social activities to young women throughout Snohomish Co...

Shades of Divinity

Shades of Divinity, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “promote reproductive justice and equity in Washington state by uplifting BIPOC families. ...

Black Coalition For Safe Motherhood

The Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood (BCFSM™) is an organization focused on healthcare advocacy education in the Black community. BCFSM™ empowers Black b...

Global Perinatal Services

Global Perinatal is a an organization working to provide support for perinatal and postpartum birthers, their partners. They provide education and connect famil...

Report: 2021 March of Dimes Report Card

This resource discusses the March of Dimes Report Card, providing insights into the current state of maternal and infant health across the U.S., including state...

The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)

“The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mamas and birthing people to advocate, drive resea...

Website: Roots of Empathy

An inclusive community building that supports children’s well being and breaks intergenerational cycles of violence and neglect. Roots of Empathy can be b...

Matika Wilbur | Website

“Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) is one of the nation’s leading photographers, based in the Pacific Northwest. She earned her BFA from Brooks Inst...

First Step Act Annual Report

“The First Step Act (FSA or the Act), passed into law in December 2018, was heralded as the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice...

CHART Showing Success in Everett

“CHART (CHronic-Utilizer Alternative Response Team) is a program where people who have been identified as chronic users of emergency services get intensiv...

Grace Program – Whatcom County

“The Whatcom Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program is a community-based effort to find solutions for individuals who are high u...

Ear Hustle (Podcast)

“Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s S...

CDC: Policy Evidence Assessment Report

The Policy Evidence Assessment Reports summarize the evidence bases for components of chronic disease policy.  In these reports 14 CHW policy components to ass...

The Endangered Languages Project

Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost....

Targeted Universalism

This video introduces the targeted universalism framework, a way to make transformational changes in society. It explains the difference between targeted univer...

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course...

Sex, Race, and Politics in the U.S.

This publication was conceptualized and written in collaboration between the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN) – an online-based, collective organ...

Relevant Engagement

Relevant Engagement, LLC is a consulting firm based in the state of Washington. The mission is to engage youth, adults, institutions, and community organization...

Center for Guided Pathways

The Center for Guided Pathways works with student leaders & student affairs professionals at all levels. The Center believes that closing demographic dispar...

Anti-racist Resources: Google Doc

This is a working document for scaffolding anti-racism resources. The goal is to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies, and eventually accomplices ...

National Research Center

This website houses the National Research Center (NRC) at Polco, which gives local governments and other public sector organizations the data they need to make ...

Nonprofit Impact Measurement

This article explores how nonprofits can better measure impact, not just with spreadsheets but with more powerful analytic and story-telling tools. It provides ...

Racial Equity and Belonging

This publication shares information on the #BelongingPledge and encourages readers to commit to the discussion about racial equity no matter how uncomfortable i...

5 Ways to Be an Ally During COVID-19

This article outlines 5 steps to being more of an ally to people and students during COVID-19 and beyond, from acknowledging privilege to sharing power and oppo...

A Great Divide: LA Equity Index

This resource highlights equity (or the lack thereof) in Los Angeles and maps out important factors that contribute to this challenge, including socioeconomic, ...

Coronavirus and Latino Health Equity

This website contains a curated collection by Salud America! of culturally relevant stories, infographics, webinars, and other resources on the COVID-19 pandemi...

Achieving Equitable Outcomes for All

This article provides an explanation, with examples and additional resources, about what is Targeted Universalism. Targeted Universalism sets universal goals fo...

Targeted Universalism: Policy & Practice

This primer explains the framework of targeted universalism, discusses its advantages, and provides a process and step-by-step framework for deriving targeted u...

Targeted Universalism

Targeted policies and universal policies have been used to develop responses to resolve problems in our society. However, both of these approaches have limitati...

National Equity Atlas

This tool provides data to track, measure, and make the case for racial equity and inclusive prosperity in America’s regions, and states, and nationwide. ...
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