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S1 EP10: Census with Susan Balbas and Kamau Chege
In this podcast we are excited to launch our second episode of our four-part series with The Gates Discovery Center's "In Community We Flourish" events. Each event will highlight young people who are local changemakers in our community!
Today's podcast resolves the importance of being counted in the current census. We are grateful to be joined by Kamau Chege, Manager at the Washington Census Alliance and Susan Balbas, Executive Director of the Na’ah Illahee Fund.
Our guests share stories around immigration, historical trauma, the importance of being counted, and collective action.
Both shared personal and professional projects towards the end.
Kamau talked about how they are taking the multi-racial coalition built around the census to tackle more issues with collective power. Two examples of their efforts are securing $40 million for unrepresented community members who did not qualify for federal COVID-19 relief funds and a Black-led launch of theWashington for Black Livescampaign.
Susan talked about launching theirNative Community Crisis Response Fundwith support from bothAll in WashingtonandSeattle Foundation. With these funds, they’ve been mainly support domestic violence and food security programs.
The Na’ah Illahee Fund is also launching a climate justice cohort starting this month to increase skill-sharing and to explore how to stop polluting and to start regenerating with community leaders.
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In this podcast we are excited to launch our second episode of our four-part series with The Gates Discovery Center's "In Community We Flourish" events. Each event will highlight young people who are local changemakers in our community!
Today's podcast resolves the importance of being counted in the current census. We are grateful to be joined by Kamau Chege, Manager at the Washington Census Alliance and Susan Balbas, Executive Director of the Na’ah Illahee Fund.
Our guests share stories around immigration, historical trauma, the importance of being counted, and collective action.
Both shared personal and professional projects towards the end.
Kamau talked about how they are taking the multi-racial coalition built around the census to tackle more issues with collective power. Two examples of their efforts are securing $40 million for unrepresented community members who did not qualify for federal COVID-19 relief funds and a Black-led launch of theWashington for Black Livescampaign.
Susan talked about launching theirNative Community Crisis Response Fundwith support from bothAll in WashingtonandSeattle Foundation. With these funds, they’ve been mainly support domestic violence and food security programs.
The Na’ah Illahee Fund is also launching a climate justice cohort starting this month to increase skill-sharing and to explore how to stop polluting and to start regenerating with community leaders.