Our Thoughts on Charlottesville
Dear Friends, The battle between the better angels of our nature and our worst impulses has been waged since our nation’s founding. We have aspired to the prospect that all people are created [...]
Action Alert: Oppose the RAISE Act
Act now to stop S. 354, the RAISE Act! Senators Tom Cotton of Georgia and David Perdue of Arkansas have introduced the RAISE Act to cut legal immigration by half, reduce green cards to family [...]
What is Culturally Competent Mental Health Care?
By Helen Hammer, Development Intern Earlier this summer, Governor Jay Inslee declared that July 2017 would be recognized as Mental Health Awareness in Communities of Color Month. It’s another [...]
Action Alert: Oppose the Senate Healthcare Bill
Thank you to everyone who contacted our senators, and friends in key states, to urge their opposition to the Senate healthcare bill or “Better Care Reconciliation Act” (BRCA), the heartless [...]
Celebrating All Colors of the Rainbow
By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide Throughout the month of June, hundreds of thousands of people pack the streets of major cities across the country (and the world) [...]
Putting the American Dream Within Reach
By Caitlin Foster, Americorps Citizenship Aide Le Troung Cao calls the United States “The Freedom Country.” After years of dreaming of a nation where, as he says, “you have freedom of speech, [...]
Walk for Rice — So Thousands Won’t Go Hungry
Nearly 27 years ago, Herb and Bertha Tsuchiya, and Sam Mitsui organized the first Walk for Rice to fight hunger in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. It was their vision to [...]
Celebrating the Contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
By Andria Keirn, Americorps Employment and Self Sufficiency Aide May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. It is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that Asian Pacific Americans [...]
