Social Justice Salon: Minding the Gap

If you missed our last Salon exploring how our community navigates the intersections of poverty, race, wellbeing, behavioral health, and homelessness, it's not too late to view the conversation.

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At Solid Ground, we believe poverty is solvable. We work to meet basic needs, nurture success, and promote change to create a community beyond poverty and oppression where all people have equitable opportunity to thrive.

Members of the Duwamish tribe paddle a traditional red-and-black canoe through the waters of Elliot Bay with condos and at Alki and the Space Needle in the background.

Living into Solid Ground’s Land Acknowledgement

Two women in bright purple T-shirts pose back-to-back in front of a a photobooth step-and-repeat with purple Statewide Poverty Action Network logos on it. One looks through an empty picture frame in the shape of Washington state; the other holds a giant megaphone.

Solid Ground History: This is how you make change 

A Black woman with pink braids and glasses hugs her young son as he plays on a jungle gym. Behind them is a street lamp and an apartment building.

A chance to write her own next chapter

Black woman with curly hair piled on top of her head and wearing a colorful, striped top sits in a cubicle in front of a computer monitor. She's smiling and gesturing with both hands.

Seattle’s mayor wants to pull back on homelessness prevention. Here’s why we can’t let that happen. 

50 Years Cultivating Leadership

 

Our Land & Labor Acknowledgements with Resources for Deeper Learning