Press Release

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...

28 Feb

Posted at 18:23h in Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2021 SEATTLE, March 1, 2021 – The Seattle Urban Native Nonprofit collaborative announces the launch of its new website at www.seattleurbannatives.org. The purpose of SUNN is to convene and strengthen Native-led organizations throughout Seattle-King County to build collective power through dialog, education, action, and advocacy. The region is home to a thriving a vibrant Native community encompassing a rich blend of Tribal cultures, multi-generational families, and individuals with myriad talents and professions. “Our website will be just one of the public faces of our organization,” said Cleora Hill-Scott, Potlatch Fund's executive director.  “As such, it will be an important resource for both the Native population in Seattle as well as a way for the public to get to know us, and we’re very excited to share it with the community.” Currently, twelve member organizations comprise SUNN. They include Chief Seattle Club, Duwamish Tribal Services, Indigenous...