We have always been data gatherers. We have always been the scientists who analyze the data and we have always been the community that participated in the analysis to ensure the well-being of our future generations.Abigail Echo-Hawk How do we gather data in a good way? This week, Abigail Echo-Hawk, the Chief Research Officer at … Continue reading Flash Forward Podcast: Dollars for Data
For Immediate Release—July 8, 2020 SEATTLE—In a letter sent to Mayor Jenny Durkan, four urban Indian organizations called for the removal of Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers from the City of Seattle’s Navigation Team—a group comprised of outreach workers and SPD personnel, whose goal is to connect unsheltered people to housing and critical resources, while … Continue reading Urban Indian organizations demand removal of Seattle police officers from outreach team supporting homeless
https://youtu.be/iM708oNixes Amid the Black Lives Matter movement and renewed calls for police reform, we hosted a discussion between Esther Lucero, our CEO, and Brandy Grant, Director of Programming at the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, on police brutality, reform, and allyship among communities of color. Brandy Grant was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved … Continue reading Black X Indigenous Solidarity: a Discussion with Brandy Grant and Esther Lucero
We at Seattle Indian Health Board are here to kneel in solidarity with our black brothers and sisters against the long-standing police violence and the continued oppression against black and brown lives. This is a public health crisis and should be given the attention of such. – Dr. Socia Love-Thurman (Cherokee, Delaware, Yuchi) Last Friday, … Continue reading White Coats for Black Lives
As an Indigenous organization, Seattle Indian Health Board condemns systemic and overt racism, and the unjust killings of George Floyd, Manuel Ellis, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others who have been the victims of anti-Blackness and police brutality. As Indigenous people, we stand in solidarity with the movement toward Black Liberation. We send … Continue reading Seattle Indian Health Board stands in solidarity with our Black relatives.
Seattle, WA, June 3, 2020 — On behalf of the organizations that make up Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits, we express our resolute support for the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors (MUID), and the communities you serve, in the pursuit of justice for George Floyd, and all people of color, who have been victims of the Minneapolis … Continue reading Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits: Statement of Solidarity and Support for All Our Relations and Allies in Minneapolis
We want to thank our community here in Seattle and nationwide for all the support they have shown during this pandemic and in connection with the recent incident where we received supplies we were not expecting. While waiting for more COVID-19 tests and personal protective equipment (PPE), we received a box of body bags. … Continue reading Affirming our gratitude and clarifying our request for supplies
With the COVID-19 pandemic, Seattle Indian Health Board has had to make changes in our daily operations, but we have been able to continue to put our relatives first by providing services to our community and helping to ensure they remain healthy and educated about COVID-19. However, we are not alone in our efforts to … Continue reading Native Organizations Lifted Up, Lifting Up Others During COVID-19
For Immediate Release—April 3, 2020 Seattle, Wash.—Eighth Generation, a small business based at Seattle’s Pike Place Market, donated 4,000 N95 respirator masks, 6,000 surgical masks, and 300 face shields to Seattle Indian Health Board amid a world-wide shortage. The Native-owned company was able to expedite the process to acquire supplies by leveraging its relationships with … Continue reading Eighth Generation donates much-needed medical supplies to Seattle Indian Health Board during COVID-19 response
“If we think about the dollars that we’re allocated in response to this crisis, right off the bat the focus has been on hospitals,” said the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Lucero. “But we can really mitigate the impact on hospitals.” In general, in the American medical system, “our people do not receive quality care,” said … Continue reading Coronavirus spells financial trouble for health clinics serving low-income communities
