{"id":7108,"date":"2022-07-06T12:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T19:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/?page_id=7108"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:30:25","slug":"special-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/es\/special-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7108\" class=\"elementor elementor-7108\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcff0fa elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"bcff0fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-551fcde\" data-id=\"551fcde\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8b5f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8b5f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">South Metro <span>Racial Justice and Equity <\/span> Project<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-193759c\" data-id=\"193759c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-052e28b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"052e28b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae120fd\" data-id=\"ae120fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c19dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45c19dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Seeding Justice is a nonprofit organization funding grassroots social and racial justice focused organizations that work to dismantle injustices in our communities.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Seeding Justice has received American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to build the capacity of small, community-based organizations that are working toward a racially just community in the South Metro region, specifically in Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tualatin, Southwest Portland, Rivergrove, and Durham.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">The South Metro Racial Justice and Equity Project (SMRJ) will provide up to ten selected organizations with both financial resources and capacity building support in the areas of:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Anti-Racism and Cross Cultural Engagement<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Operations and Finance<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Governance<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Movement Building and Community Organizing<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Care and Healing<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Fundraising and Communications<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">(For more on what these areas encompass, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SMRJ-Glossary.pdf\">please check out this document<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">The SMRJ will utilize a cohort model that over a two-year period, will provide selected organizations with:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Annual operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year ($60,000 total over two years);<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Opportunities for networking, learning, and convening with other like-minded organizations in their region; and<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">No-cost technical assistance and consulting in areas of need the organization identifies.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff041b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff041b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db58620\" data-id=\"db58620\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d124c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d124c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eligibility<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a910d96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a910d96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dacd76\" data-id=\"6dacd76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f451de6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f451de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">To be eligible to apply, an organization must:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Have their 501(c)(3) status or be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization. (If you need more information, <\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice; color: #e26a38;\"><a href=\"mailto:violeta@seedingjustice.org\"><span style=\"color: #e26a38;\">please contact us<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"> with any questions about 501(c)(3) or fiscal sponsorship status);<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Be led by and\/or work in close partnership with Black, Indigenous, other people of color, and\/or communities impacted by systemic oppression, especially those who were and continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Have a current annual budget of $500,000 or less; and<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Work toward benefiting communities in Lake Oswego, West Linn, Tualatin, Southwest Portland, Rivergrove, and Durham.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d11f68b elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"d11f68b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-acd9f40\" data-id=\"acd9f40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68b88d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68b88d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cac17bf\" data-id=\"cac17bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-533f95e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"533f95e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Priorities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-862eb94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"862eb94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a11c58a\" data-id=\"a11c58a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1270be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1270be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">In selecting organizations to participate in the SMRJ, we will be prioritizing those that:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"><b>Are committed to anti-racist work<\/b>, i.e. the active engagement in organizing that seeks to name and dismantle white supremacy, and individual, institutional, and systemic racist practices;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"><b>Are engaged in community organizing<\/b> or other work that builds power for those most impacted by racial injustice;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"><b>Are in need of capacity building<\/b> in order to expand, grow, or provide better services\/programs;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"><b>Have dedicated staff or volunteers who can commit at least 10 hours<\/b> per week to the cohort&#8217;s work, and are ready and in a position to actively participate in the process; and<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"><b>Are open to cross learning and cross sector collaboration<\/b>, and see the benefit of shared learning spaces.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa65daf elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fa65daf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8086745\" data-id=\"8086745\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc00be elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8bc00be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73dc72c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73dc72c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e770ee1\" data-id=\"e770ee1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13513f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13513f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Decision Making + Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-550a969 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"550a969\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-084406a\" data-id=\"084406a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec6000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ec6000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">All funding decisions will be made by the SMRJ&#8217;s grant review committee, which will be composed of a diverse group of folks who are often excluded from decision-making spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">Grant reviewers will live and\/or work in the South Metro region, and bring to the table their lived experience and professional expertise around racial and social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\">The timeline for this opportunity is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Beatrice Medium';\">Monday, August 1<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"> \u2013 Cohort applications open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Beatrice Medium';\">Friday, September 2<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"> \u2013 Deadline to apply. <b>Applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. PST.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Beatrice Medium';\">By late September<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"> \u2013 Grant Review Committee makes decisions, organizations are notified, and selected participants\/grantees receive materials to prepare for their first convening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; text-indent: -0.25in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Beatrice; color: #333333;\">\u25cf<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: 'Beatrice Medium';\">Mid October<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice;\"> \u2013 First cohort convening!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16744d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16744d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-717ce4f\" data-id=\"717ce4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cad9e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cad9e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Work Sans'; color: #000000; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">If you have any questions,<\/span> <span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice; color: #e26a38;\"><a href=\"mailto:violeta@seedingjustice.org\"><span style=\"color: #e26a38; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">please send us an email<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-family: Beatrice; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"> and we\u2019ll get back to you within 48 hours.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-831f6be elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"831f6be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b2251c\" data-id=\"4b2251c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c80938 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c80938\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d06b92\" data-id=\"1d06b92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f0be45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f0be45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Apply<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-508b569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"508b569\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4be6b41\" data-id=\"4be6b41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe88af7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe88af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The online application form can be found in Submittable, our online platform. If you&#8217;d like to preview the application, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SMRJ-Submittable-Cohort-Overview-and-Application.docx\">you can download a Word version here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6fcb74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6fcb74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-262620f\" data-id=\"262620f\" 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Learn more, below, and apply to be a grant reviewer!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f89837 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f89837\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de9e562\" data-id=\"de9e562\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd4f6d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cdd4f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/seedingjustice.submittable.com\/submit\/7f7bc6ef-ab8e-4fb8-8350-e12bcefd760e\/south-metro-racial-justice-grant-review-committee-application\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to Submittable<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section 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data-id=\"bfd13e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Cohort Facilitators<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6032d40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6032d40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65077a9\" data-id=\"65077a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6ef00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba6ef00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7174 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Katie-Sawicki-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Katie-Sawicki-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Katie-Sawicki-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Katie-Sawicki.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Katie Sawicki (She\/They)<\/b><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katie helps projects cross the finish line from the vision to the plan to action. She provides facilitation and individualized support to organizations, coalitions, and community groups seeking to advance racial and social justice work. This includes strategic planning; convenings; policy platform and campaign development; policy advocacy; building organizing capacity; and organizational development that centers on communities most impacted by social, economic, and health inequities. Her work draws on a decade at the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services in New York City and eight years with the Advocacy and Civic Engagement Department at the Urban League of Portland. They provide support to a wide array of movement building organizations, including Unite Oregon, Rogue Climate, Oregon Justice Transition Alliance, Social Justice Fund, Oregon Health Equity Alliance, and other inspiring movement building organizations.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-226b545\" data-id=\"226b545\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc882f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc882f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7175 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zeenia-Junkeer-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zeenia-Junkeer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zeenia-Junkeer-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zeenia-Junkeer.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Dr. Zeenia Junkeer, ND (She\/Her)<\/b><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zeenia was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised on Atfalati land (Beaverton, Oregon). A connector, healer, and community organizer at heart, Zeenia has combined her work in social and racial justice advocacy with her training as a Naturopathic physician to work towards equitable health outcomes that center on healing and liberation through traditional ways of knowing. Zeenia is an experienced organizer, facilitator, advocate, systems thinker, strategist, and health care professional who believes in community-led and driven approaches.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Metro Racial Justice and Equity Project Seeding Justice is a nonprofit organization funding grassroots social and racial justice focused organizations that work to dismantle injustices in our communities. 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