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Promoting Truthful Black Narratives
Truthful Black narratives hold and celebrate the multiplicities of Blackness. Centering the depth of our soulfulness and the expansiveness of our humanity, truthful Black stories actively rewrite the narratives of the past as we imagine radically free futures.


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We see you: Mentoring Urban Students and Teens (M.U.S.T)
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: Mentoring Urban Students and Teens (MUST).

Solidarity is power, and fellowship supports all our freedom
This Latinx Heritage Month, we name and celebrate the ways Black and Latinx-led groups have personified solidarity in Washington state, merging fights and genius to bring forth spaces and solutions that help us thrive.

Love in action in Southwest Washington: A conversation with Karen Morrison & Vanessa Gaston
To celebrate the deep roots of Black giving, we are featuring truthful conversations between Black grantees and Black funders. These conversations shed light on the relationships at the heart of philanthropy and showcase new ways of giving.

A Panel on Black Philanthropy: Describing Love In Action
For Black Philanthropy Month, Dr. Nekya Johnson facilitated a virtual conversation with Olympia Edwards, CEO and founder of Project Girl Mentoring Program; Jesse D. Hayes IV, president of Red Tailed Hawks Flying Club; and Kristina Jorgensen, executive director of Participatory Justice about what love in action looks like and what it means for philanthropy in the future.

Love in action in Northeast Washington: A conversation with Lu Hill & Kerra Bower
To celebrate the deep roots of Black giving, we are featuring truthful conversations between Black grantees and Black funders. These conversations shed light on the relationships at the heart of philanthropy and showcase new ways of giving.

We see you: Global Perinatal Services (GPS)
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: Global Perinatal Services (GPS).

Black love in action is why we’re alive
Our shared history as a people reflects the truth that love breathes bravery down our backbones and nourishes us to continue shaping, bringing forth, and sustaining solutions that make joy and shared abundance real for all of us.

Love in action in the Puget Sound: A conversation with Liahann Bannerman & Dr. Kendrick Glover
To celebrate the deep roots of Black giving, we are featuring truthful conversations between Black grantees and Black funders. These conversations shed light on the relationships at the heart of philanthropy and showcase new ways of giving.

Through Them, Through Us, Through You
Our power is activated in community. The spaces Black people have curated, built, and shared across time and distance have enabled that activation.The love cultivated in each of those hubs has supported our people’s perseverance and our self-preservation.

We see you: TeamWrk Foundation
As part of the Fund’s commitment to elevating truthful Black narratives and connecting communities for collective power, we are excited to highlight We See You grantee: TeamWrk Foundation.