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Children’s Hospital fails Black people

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Black Wall Street | Commemorating 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre

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Watch | State of Black Community in COVID-19

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Demand | $100M in City COVID Relief Funding to Black Community

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Black Community Receives No Federal COVID-19 Aid

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Seattle Black Communities Turns to Land Ownership as Tool for Racial Equity

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Pro-Black Stance on Participatory Budgeting

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The Petah Village

The Petah Village project pilots an outdoor preschool located on 1.4 acres of green space, and a 2700 square-foot facility to serve 81 children. The expansion of Petah Villages serves as a pro-Black programmatic service within a continuum of care to address systemic inequitable barriers for Black, Brown and Indigenous communities toward accessible, high-quality early childhood education, housing stability, and economic, workforce development services. Click to learn more and support.

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