I am often asked the rationale behind the common agreements that we have asked all partners to commit to. For those who aren’t familiar with them they are linked here. Since 2014, when leaders from across five counties and eight tribal nations formed what is now North Sound ACH, the underlying focus on advancing equity has […]
Equity
Enter the Year of Radical Imagination
The end of 2021 was something you just can’t prepare for. One hundred year floods and record breaking windstorms, on top of a new COVID variant was not how anyone in the region wanted to slide into 2022. On November 15, disastrous floods and storms hit our region with such force it toppled most emergency […]
Agricultores Latinx Devuelven a la Comunidad
Desde el comienzo de la pandemia de COVID-19, muchas familias e individuos han necesitado alimentos frescos y saludables. Los bancos de alimentos han visto una mayor necesidad de alimentos en las comunidades de los Estados Unidos y Canadá. El departamento de salud de Washington ha incluido cajas de alimentos en sus kit de cuarentena y […]
Migrant Youth Photo Project
A photography project featuring migrant farmworker youth in Skagit Valley has been shown in galleries in New York, Portland, and Seattle, and will be featured in the Mexican Consulate’s virtual MEXAM NW Festival during Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15). North Sound ACH Project Manager Marco Morales was one of the organizers of the project, […]
Launch of Tribal and Equity Series: Afterthoughts
Sometimes we get feedback after an event that shows the work ahead of us. As we embark on this journey of tribal and equity learning we are not looking for ‘pats on the back’, as much as we are looking for others who see the road ahead and its importance. This was one of those […]