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Please read and honor the requests of the QTBIPOC organizers of this community space:
“TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE" is about lifting the voices, narratives, and contributions of black queer and trans voices. It’s about centering who we are and what we need to feel empowered, joyful, and heard.
All are free to attend HOWEVER this is a BLACK AND BROWN QUEER TRANS CENTERED, PRIORITIZED, VALUED, EVENT. White allies and accomplices are welcome to attend but will be charged a $10 to $50 reparations fee that will be used to keep this event free of cost for BLACK AND BROWN Trans and Queer COMMUNITY.
Come join us for food, movies in the park, performances and open speak spaces, art healing spaces, music, and, dancing in a social distancing friendly park! We will also have a COCID-19 vaccine clinic.
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2020 Annual Report: FOCS at Home
What a year! As we continue to build our strong FOCS community in this next phase of the pandemic, we invite to reflect with us. Visit our website to read our 2020 Annual Report.
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Thank you!
We're sending off our wonderful MSW practicum interns (and now, graduates!) Victoria and Emma. We're also thanking and saying a bittersweet goodbye to Kristina, our brilliant Family Programs Manager 🤧
Please show these amazing folks some love as we wish them all the best in their future journeys Here's a message from each of them
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“I have a right to my feelings and emotions
Black people have a right to heal
We have a right to exist and must be
Our families deserve freedom to play, to laugh, and to love
We can and we must love and support one another
Healing is essential to Black liberation
Let’s get free y’all!”
- Mattice Haynes + Trina Greene Browne, Parenting for Liberation Podcast, Episode 23: Healing & Mental Health in Parenting
Families of Color Seattle: connect, create, love, thrive and heal. Families of Color Seattle: a home, a sanctuary, a sacred space to exist whole, together, free, moving toward liberation, for our children, ourselves, for the child within us reaching out to be held with safety, dignity, respect, belonging. Families of Color Seattle: a practice in vulnerability, solidarity, trust, community, growth and transformation. I express my deepest thanks to my FOCS family for receiving me, and my children, in the fullness of our complex selves, for offering the room to grow in creativity, in my advocacy for Black families to experience ever greater dignity and belonging. For being responsive in creating more room for queer parents & caregivers, single + solo moms, survivor parents, to be met in the fullness of our humanity and the truth of our worthiness.
What a joy and a gift to know FOCS as my home for over two years! Thank you for your trust and collaboration, for evolving to become more inclusive and dynamic in serving our communities. Blessings + gratitude fam!
Kristina
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Working alongside the team at FOCS was nothing short of inspiring & life giving. Everyone holds such warmth, depth, thoughtfulness, passion & wisdom that allows them to cultivate spaces that are safe, intentional and healing. I have so much love and respect for FOCS as they consistently choose to devote their time and energy to being a supportive resource to our local BIPOC families. I can’t wait to see how the positive effects continue to help families flourish.
I’ll be continuing my work at Seattle Children’s doing quality of life research with families of children who have chronic illness. In the fall, I will join UW Medical Center’s heart transplant team with hopes of becoming a medical social worker one day. Thank you FOCS for helping to shape me and my practice along the way!
Victoria
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My experience at FOCS has been more than what I could've asked for. I was welcomed with open arms from beginning to end and was able to ask questions, express myself, make mistakes and learn and grow. It really has been a huge honor to learn from and work alongside this BIPOC community who fiercely advocate for families of color.
Post grad, I will be a housing case manager at Refugee Women's Alliance (ReWA) where I will work with women and their families to find stable housing and employment.
Emma
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Did you know we hold newborns and waddlers groups each quarter? Use our registration form to:
- sign up for any currently scheduled groups
- indicate interest in future groups so we can notify you when other groups are open for registration
Questions? Reach out to our staff at parentgroups@focseattle.org.
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We’re looking for a few talented and conscientious volunteer board members who can contribute time, thoughtfulness, and leadership skills!
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The Maternal Coalition | Pregnancy and the COVID-19 Vaccine
Open Arms Perinatal Services | Join a Virtual Lactation Lounge
Parents and caregivers can drop in during any stage of their lactating journey to ask questions and discuss challenges surrounding feeding. From pregnancy to introducing food, and the entire weaning process – Lactation Support Peer Counselors are here for YOU!
Global Perinatal Services | Virtual Father to Father Support
Meets Fridays at 3pm on Zoom. Follow them to learn more!
King County | Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Program (EPRAP)
Tenants who need rent can sign up for the next round starting May 17, 2021 (subject to change). Landlords are able to apply for assistance starting April 28, 2021.
Y-WE | In-Person Summer Camps
Young Women Empowered cultivates the power of diverse young women* to be creative leaders and courageous changemakers through transformative programs within a collaborative community of belonging. (*those who identify as women or girls or who were assigned female at birth)
Powerful Voices | Black Girls* Create Summer Program
Black Girls* Create (BGC) is a new and exciting 9-week long summer program for Black and African identifying girls* age 11-14 starting June 29th. (*a girl is anyone who identifies as one)
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It Takes a Village | Juneteenth Festival
Saturday, June 19 at 11am
Othello Park | 4351 S Othello St, Seattle, WA 98118
Blackout Healing | Juneteenth 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2 - 8 pm
Yes Farm | 715 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104
Nurturing Roots | Tha Family Affair: A Juneteenth Celebration Cookout
Sunday, June 20, 11 am - 9 pm
Nurturing Roots | 6218 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
King County Equity Now | #Juneteenth21 Freedom March & People's Assembly
Saturday June 19, and Sunday June 20th
Starts a 23rd and Madison, ends at Jimi Hendrix Park
Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center | Father's Day - Native Art Market
Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20, 10 am - 5 pm
4705 West Marginal Way, Seattle, WA 98106
UTOPIA Washington | Faces of Resilience: A Virtual Pride Event
Wednesday, June 23, 6 - 8 pm
Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network, WA Black Trans Task Force, Alphabet Alliance of Color, Queer the Land | TAKING B(L)ACK PRIDE
Saturday, June 26, 1 pm - 10 pm (kid-friendly until 5pm!
Jimi Hendrix Park | 2400 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA 98144
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