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First Nations - Building Partnerships for Collaborative Action

Posted on Key Areas by Sarah Strausbaugh · April 18, 2022 11:36 AM

Partnerships was developed with the long-term goal of eliminating systemic barriers and creating conditions that protect and expand Indigenous sovereignty and self-governance while creating racial equity for all. We focus on creating durable relational ties between Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations, developed at the speed of trust to form long term commitments that lead to an equitable future. 

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Initiative: Health Equity Organizing

Posted on Key Areas by Laura Belson · April 17, 2022 11:39 AM

IAF Northwest Health Equity Organizing initiative addresses the the social determinants of health, the non-medical factors that influence our health and wellbeing in the acknowledgement that there is more to health than medical care. Health inequities that are influenced by race, age and more create systemic barriers for people who deserve just and adequate care. To achieve Health Equity, we work with health clinics, residency programs, and students to use community organizing tools and practices to address the social determinants of health in our communities. 


 

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Organizer Training & Support

Posted on Key Areas by Joe Chrastil · August 11, 2021 1:00 PM

Our Community Organizing practices and principles stem from the founding organization, Industrial Areas Foundation. The organization was developed in 1940, and it has since become the nation's largest and longest-standing network of local labor, faith and community-based organizations.

The central goal is equipping our affiliate organizations to develop their own alliance of organizers and leaders who have skills or want to develop those skills of being relational and strategic to take action that then brings about meaningful change for the common good.


 

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