OUR APPROACH
UNITED BY
INDIGENOUS VALUES
Grounded in community-centered values, inclusion, inter-tribal history, and inter-generational perspectives.
SEVEN GENERATIONS
We approach this important work with a deep understanding of our interdependence and responsibility to seven generations: the three that preceded us, our own, and the three that will follow us. For their benefit and well-being, we will join hands to address the complex, entrenched, and painful injustices caused by institutional and structural racism.
OUR APPROACH
We Will Build a Better Future, Together
We honor those who came before us. In the Coast Salish tradition we raise our hands to our elders and ancestors, who showed us the way. Because of them, we have access to the cultural wisdom and expertise needed to galvanize resilient, community centered approaches to address challenges and build collective power. We undertake this work while acknowledging the historical and intergenerational trauma in our organizations and communities. Our approach is resilient and strengths based, recognizing that culture and tradition are the practice-based evidence models that will heal the impacts of historical trauma in Native communities.
SHARED VALUES
Respect: Leadership rooted in love, compassion, courage, accountability and humility.
Relationality: As a collective service we have the responsibility to share power, care for and support our relationships.
Reciprocity: We are all connected and dedicated to the well-being of our relatives, as we strive to achieve balance, dignity and respect.
Redistribution: Sharing of knowledge and resources between parties in the collective and the broader community.
Unity: United in trust, respective traditions, collective power, and a community culture grounded in inclusion, inter-tribal history, and inter-generational perspectives.
OUR COMMITTEES
Policy Committee: Creates and oversees public policy, advocacy campaigns, and systems changes that advance the collective advocacy priorities of the SUNN Collaborative.
Leadership Committee: Prioritizes the leadership development of people across the urban Native community to ensure that generational leadership is rooted in Indigenous knowledge and community values.
Sustainability Committee: Fosters long-term sustainability, empowering the SUNN Collaborative to engage in advocacy efforts to improve the health and well-being of the urban Native community in Seattle-King County.
Communications Committee: Enhances and expands SUNN’s communication and outreach in the Native community by developing a central clearinghouse of information to inform, engage, educate, and advocate within the Native community as well as to external audiences.