You have likely noticed that Seattle Works talks a lot about dismantling racism. Evolving a historically and predominantly white organization into one that is actively antiracist has been a challenging and invigorating journey
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Update! RVC is in the middle of a leadership transition AND an organizational transition
As you may have heard, our wonderful founding Executive Director, Vu Le, has retired from RVC, closing out his time at the hilarious Vu’s Vegan Roast event on February 22nd
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Vu’s Vegan Roast a success!
On Saturday, Feb. 22, RVC sent off its founding Executive Director, Vu Le, in style. Vu’s Vegan Roast took place at the Seattle Aquarium and featured guest speakers, Vu’s good friends who shed some light on who the real Vu is, as well as a dessert dash and raffle drawings
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A Community Impact Fellow looks to develop as a leader and combat reproductive oppression through community organizing
“I didn’t really like going to school growing up,” states E.N. West (they/E), who goes by “E” to those that know them. “Here, I felt like what I was learning was all relevant.”
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Somali Parent Education Board continues its pursuit to close the education gap by roadmapping its growth
“With the support of RVC, we’ve started mapping out our overarching work and documenting the process. We’re now thinking about what our organization and our work is going to look like three years from now, and then five years from now,”
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WA-BLOC refines supervisor skills to empower organization and its mission
Working for a grassroots nonprofit organization is no easy task. You need a broad range of unique skill sets
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Green Pathways, winter update: Lessons learned from brand new fellowship program so far!
On Nov. 7, RVC hosted a gathering at Element 79 in Seattle. This gathering brought together community members with RVC staff so that everyone could get an update from Green Pathways Program Manager Florence Sum about the outcomes and lessons learned from this new pilot program so far!
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Mujer al Volante encourages women to get behind the wheel and be the driver of their lives
Mujer al Volante, Superacion Constante (MAV), which translates to “Women Driving, Women Advancing,” is the first program within Seattle’s Latinx community that encourages and supports women to learn how to drive. The aim, effectively, is two-fold.
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RVC’s Community Impact Fellows look to shake up the nonprofit sector after completing CI Leadership Institute
RVC is currently learning a lot about and working with our third cohort of our Community Impact Fellowship Program! This is our longest-running program, and we can’t believe we’re on our third cohort!
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Annual health fair addresses Somali community’s concerns through culturally competent preventative care
By RVC “I talked to a lot of elders at the health fair. They understandably have trust issues, and there’s a lot of confusion that is
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