August 2021 Newsletter

Aug 4

Written By Families of Color Seattle FOCS

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Learn about becoming a FOCS Parent Educator!
Join us for a virtual informational session to learn more about facilitating our peer-led parent support groups

Do you love making meaningful community connections? Creating safer places for families and parents of color to share experiences and be themselves? Cultivating spaces for dialogue on anti-racist parenting? Building deeper relationships with affinity groups? Come learn more about becoming a FOCS Parent Educator! Sign up at bit.ly/focsinfo
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If you've ever wanted to learn more about working with us, please join us on Wednesday, August 11 from 12-1pm for a virtual info session! This will give you the information you need to know before applying to join our amazing trained and paid community of FOCS Parent Educators.
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Please note: From Newborns to Waddlers, to our affinity groups for Black Moms, Single Moms of Color, Queer & Trans Families of Color, Native Families + more -- our peer-support groups are always facilitated by BIPOC parents with lived experience. We also want our Parent Educators to have participated in FOCS Parent Groups so they can bring that experience into their practice.

Now hiring
We are so excited to announce two full-time job opportunities for people looking to further FOCS’ mission and support families of color in the Seattle area.

Parent Group Manager
FOCS Parent Groups are the heart of our work! As the Parent Group Manager, you will play a crucial role in coordination and planning. Parent groups are facilitated gatherings to increase parenting skills and provide a space to discuss identity and race. Gatherings are eight to ten weekly, two-hour sessions. FOCS curriculum includes dialogue on racism, identity, and the tools to best support raising strong and compassionate children of color. Facilitators are parents themselves with lived experience specific to the group.

Position: Parent Group Manager
Reports to: Program Director
Location: Greater Seattle, office located in South Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood (all staff are currently working remotely until further notice)
Position type: Full-time, Exempt
Salary range: $54,000 – $59,000 DOE
Start date: September 2021, negotiable
Application due: Open until filled; priority given to applications received by August 15

Operations Manager
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable working across different areas of the organization, and wants to further FOCS’ missions and support families of color in the Seattle area!

Position: Operations Manager
Reports to: Executive Director
Location: Greater Seattle, office located in South Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood (all staff are currently working remotely until further notice)
Position type: Full-time, Exempt
Salary range: $54,000 – $59,000 DOE
Start date: September 2021, negotiable
Application due: Open until filled; priority given to applications received by August 15

Learn more and apply

Welcome, Asiya!
Join us in welcoming our newest addition to our Board of Directors! Interested in serving families of color in the Seattle area? Visit focseattle.org/board to learn more about joining

Asiya (she/her) has lived in Illinois, Michigan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and, since 2014, Washington – a place she wishes she had discovered earlier in life. She joined FOCS (something else she wishes she had discovered earlier) as a board member in April, 2021. Drawn to FOCS’ vision of economic and racial justice, its elevation of mothers of color, and its commitment to building diverse and supportive communities, Asiya humbly hopes to further the tremendous strides this organization has made in providing safe spaces for families of color and the community at large to talk, feel, listen, learn, and receive and provide the type of support that promotes understanding, compassion, and love. Asiya has over a decade of experience as a management consultant and marketer. She completed her undergraduate degree in economics and psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and is currently in the executive MBA program at the University of Washington. Asiya lives with her husband and two young children in a suburb of Seattle, where she enjoys hiking, cooking, swimming, reading, solving puzzles (jigsaw and crossword), writing, learning, and thinking

Learn about joining our board

Resources

Vaccinations required for school entry will be available at free vaccination events beginning Tuesday, August 3 in Federal Way, Renton, Kent, and Tukwila.

In Federal Way, visit the HealthPoint TAF@Saghalie, at 33914 19th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA, on Tuesday, August 3, from 3 – 7 PM.
In Kent, visit the Latinos Promoviendo La Buena Salud health fair at the Kent YMCA, at 10828 SE 248th St, Kent, WA, on Saturday, August 7, from 10 AM – 2 PM.
In Renton, visit the Renton High School Health Center, at 400 S 2nd St, Renton, WA, on Wednesday, August 11, from 3 – 7 PM.
In Tukwila, visit Showalter Middle School, at 4640 144th St, Tukwila, WA, on Wednesday, August 18, from 3 – 7 PM.

Parenting for Liberation | Black August 2021
Join us in deliberate celebration! Honoring the legacy of Black resistance & revolution in August, this month-long virtual learning & practice will connect Black parents & families with tools and practices that center & build our healing, resiliency, and liberation.

South Seattle Emerald | Watch Black Cinema Under the Stars Every Saturday Night With Sankofa Film Society