Author: team

17 Jun

Posted at 14:54h in Frontpage News, Statements

For Immediate Release Thurs, 06/17/2021 Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits www.seattleurbannatives.org Contact: sunn.outreach@gmail.com   SEATTLE — Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits (SUNN) members stand together in support of our Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives, especially our youth, in light of recent disparaging and damaging comments made by a highly visible Native influencer. The significance of these comments arising during Pride Month is not lost on us. At a time when we come together to celebrate the visibility, diversity and endurance of the 2S/LGBTQ+ community, we are reminded that we still have a long way to go to achieve true equity and justice for our 2S/LGBTQ+ friends, family and community members. SUNN’s core values are respect and leadership rooted in love, compassion, courage, accountability and humility. We ask our cis-straight Native friends, relatives and allies to call out attitudes and behaviors that continue to cause harm to the 2S/LGBTQ+ community and to hold those around us...

06 May

Posted at 11:45h in Frontpage News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 6, 2021 The strength and resilience of Native values: Seattle’s urban Native community confronts COVID-19 and looks to the future SEATTLE, Thursday, May 6, 2021 – It’s been a little more than a year since COVID-19 upended the world. Now, members of Seattle’s urban Native community are speaking out about how their organizations and communities coped with COVID by affirming and practicing traditional Native values, as well as what they see for the future. The public is invited to join Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits (SUNN) collaborative on Wednesday, May 12, from 1 – 2:30 p.m. to celebrate the return of light and warmth, healing and renewal, as local Native leaders share traditions, songs, reflections and insights from a year of upheaval and change. The event will be held on Zoom, and registration is free: https://bit.ly/3xSStYX See the event information here: https://fb.me/e/564VmxIK5 The SUNN collaborative currently includes 12 Native-led and...