On December 3 Got Green received a Small and Simple Projects Fund Matching Grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to launch the Young Workers in the Green Economy Project. At the heart of this endeavor is a simple idea: young adults from low-income backgrounds and communities of color should have a voice in the…
Exactly one year ago Got Green’s “Access to Healthy Foods Campaign,” organized through our Women in the Green Economy Project, was invited to join three other grassroots groups in Washington State to help build the Strong Families Movement. Grassroots leaders from Community to Community in Bellingham, the Seattle Young People’s Project, Catalyst for Kids, and…
Months of community organizing and negotiations paid off Tuesday night May 15 as a community coalition led by Got Green reached agreement with Mayor Mike McGinn on next steps towards making the city’s hiring process for construction jobs more equitable for low income communities of color in our city. The Construction Jobs Equity Coalition (CJEC),…
