Communities of Opportunity (COO) is thrilled to announce our new Director! Elsa Batres-Boni is a passionate leader for community-driven change and has extensive experience in fostering equity and systems change in her personal and professional experience.
Read MoreA roundup of community partner news and stories of impact in the media for July 2023! Queer the Land, Front & Centered, Rainier Beach Action Coalition (RBAC), Restaurant 2 Garden, People’s Economy Lab (PEL), Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services, UTOPIA WA, and more…
Read MoreCOO in the 2022 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report - highlighting just some of the accomplishments of COO community partners in 2022 across all strategies and the findings from the Commercial Affordability Pilot Project evaluation report.
Read MoreCommunities of Opportunity (COO) is excited to share some of the highlights from the COO All-Partner Convening held on May 10, 2023 with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer. This event brought together individuals and organizations driven by a shared commitment to equity, justice, collaboration and positive change.
Read MoreNews, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated June 2023
Read MoreThis learning session, geared towards others working on collective impact projects, discussed key community-centered capacity building activities, impacts, learnings and contributions to community power building and systems and policy change outcomes and progress.
Read MoreRegularly updated news and happenings from COO community and aligned partners.
Read MoreSeattle Foundation and King County recently awarded grants to 18 community partners to advance systems and policy change to improve health, social, and economic outcomes in the region. This $2.8 million in funding is made through Communities of Opportunity’s Systems and Policy Change strategy.
Read MoreNews, Stories, Resources and Updates from COO community partners - updated May 2023
Read MoreCommunities of Opportunity is seeking individuals interested in serving on the Governance Group (GG)/Advisory Board beginning in early 2022. The Communities of Opportunity GG/Advisory Board will guide the implementation of the COO activities and serve in an advisory role for the COO elements of the Best Starts for Kids levy. Learn more..
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