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SpanishLast summer we were getting ready to launch our first communities of practice, and had several conversations that retrenchment was just around the corner for investments in equity-focused work. A lot of organizations added DEI staff after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. By early 2023, many of those organizations were already walking back […]
Embracing Our Multifaceted Identities
There are more than a few voices whose words I turn back to time and time again, especially when things feel harder than on other days: Our team is definitely being called upon to practice. Like many of you, we are learning into anti-racism, anti-blackness, antisemitism, Asian hate, islamophobia, homophobia, xenophobia, and more. And trying […]
May 2024 CEO Update
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as we see the month end, you don’t need a reminder that the need to transform our care and service systems is not limited to any one month – it is ongoing. Kevin Riley, pastor of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church (and a North Sound ACH Board member) offered […]
Spring is here
We are welcoming the longer days of light, and even some warmth sneaking in! A group of staff and board members just returned from the Othering and Belonging Conference in Oakland, CA: three days of steeping ourselves into what is possible when we intentionally focus on belonging and the heavy work it takes to make […]
March Musings
You are probably tired of reading that two of my favorite days in the year fall on the spring and fall equinox – each of them marking the turn of a season. March 19 was the first day of Spring, and it also marks a day when we have equal hours of sunlight and darkness, […]
