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We are SO excited to share our newest storytelling video project, Solidarity Toward Liberation: Three Grantee Stories!

Featuring the brilliance of SJF grantees Wa Na Wari, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), and Freedom Project, this video explores the roots of these organizers’ work, how the pandemic has affected them, and the worlds they seek to build, all tied together by the power of solidarity in the fight for liberation.

We had a blast working on this with filmmaker Sara McCaslin on this one, and hope you get as much out of it as we have.

The 2024 Environmental Justice Giving Project Grant

Thank you all for your tremendous patience and support as we've officially launched this grant! While the grant was originally intended to open in 2023, by delaying this Giving Project and grant we were truly able to center abundance and wellness in our team and in our community. Details Grant Awards: 2-year grants of $50,000…

February 16, 2024

Saying good-bye to long-time Development Director

(SJF staff photo from 2023, with Burke Stansbury & Alison Cheung) After 7 and a half years working at Social Justice Fund NW, February 22 will be my last day on staff. I can’t tell you how honored I’ve been to serve in this role. I was deeply committed to SJF when I came on…

December 15, 2023

SJF is on pause!

It's that time of year again—SJF is going on our month-long pause! Our staff are out of office starting today, Monday, December 18th and will return the week of January 15, 2024. During this time, expect delayed responses from our entire team as we prioritize rest and healing as part of our Black Liberation and…

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