Leaders on Board October 2021 Newsletter |
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This is LT's quarterly newsletter designed to help LT alumni interested in board service identify and connect with nonprofit organizations that are recruiting board members. Serving on a nonprofit board is a fabulous way to get engaged in the community and apply your leadership. As you can see from the 31 nonprofits below, LT alumni are highly valued! We hope you can find an organization doing work you believe in and want to be involved with.
If you're interested in board service, in addition to this newsletter, we recommend checking out
United Way of King County's ongoing list of board and committee opportunities on their website. Organizations across the county post volunteer opportunities so you can search and filter based on interest. Save this link and check regularly for new opportunities!
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Peer-Learning Opportunity
BoardTalks™
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BoardTalks™, designed by Janet Boguch, LT'89, is a unique learning opportunity offered to board members from all types and sizes of nonprofit organizations who meet in a confidential and collegial setting to discuss board best practices, solve problems, set goals, and most importantly, be bolstered and actively supported by a cohort of like-minded professionals.
Learn more HERE and register for spring sessions HERE.
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Nonprofit Organizations with Board Openings
Nonprofits self-identified their primary impact area using the seven elements of a
healthy community framework.
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Arts and Culture
The Fremont Arts Council (FAC)
The Fremont Arts Council (FAC) believes art helps build stronger communities. Involvement in the FAC is more about a state of mind than a state of geography. The FAC celebrates life through art by encouraging participation in creating colorful and vibrant celebration art.
Photographic Center Northwest
For over 30 years, Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) has championed and provided photographic education through our 53-credit Certificate Program, classes and workshops; free exhibitions and public programs; and publicly-accessible facilities teaching the history, and future, of the photographic medium. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Pongo Poetry Project
Pongo Poetry Project is a 26-year-old non-profit that uses personal poetry as a means for facilitating healing among youth coping with devastating traumas, such as abuse, neglect, and exposure to violence. Our mission is to engage youth in writing poetry to inspire healing and growth. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
The Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
The Seattle Collaborative Orchestra (SCO) is a diverse, multigenerational performing arts organization dedicated to diversity in symphonic classical music. SCO includes approximately 80 professional, gifted community and talented student musicians who work together to create a unique and collaborative musical experience that includes a creative mix of traditional orchestral music, works by female composers and composers of color. Learn more Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
The Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium
The Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium’s mission is to connect arts and cultural organizations with the information and resources to improve accessibility for people of all abilities. We are the only organization in this region supporting and fostering inclusive design principles and equitable access to arts and culture organizations for people with disabilities. Click here for the steering committee member description.
Seattle Rep
Seattle Rep’s vision is theater at the heart of public life and we strive to meet it by collaborating with extraordinary artists to create productions and programs that reflect and elevate the diverse cultures, perspectives and life experiences of our region. We are guided by our values: Artistic Vitality, Sustainability, and Generous and Inclusive Practices. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Basic Needs
Amara
Amara has a bold vision to change the world with regard to how we support and care for children, adults, and families experiencing foster care and adoption. We drive systemic change, promote healing, and advance racial and LGBTQ+ equity by offering programs and services to families engaged with foster care and to adoptees and families, post-adoption. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Hunger Intervention Program (HIP)
The mission of the Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) is to increase food security for underserved populations in North King County through nutritious meals, educational programs, and advocacy. We envision a world where nutritious food is accessible to everyone in our community. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Immanuel Community Services
Immanuel Community Services works to alleviate the effects of poverty, hunger, homelessness and addiction by providing community-based social services to those in need. ICS does this through four programs that provide FOOD for those who are hungry, HYGIENE for those who are homeless, SHELTER and RECOVERY for those who are addicted. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Sound Generations
Sound Generations supports older adults and adults with disabilities on their aging journey through community connections and accessible services. They provide food security, transportation, health and wellness, and assistance services throughout King County. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Economy
The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
Education
Children’s Home Society of Washington
At Children’s Home Society of Washington, we understand that just as a sturdy house needs certain materials, our children need support and opportunity to be successful in school and life. We exist to develop healthy children by providing a safe and secure place for them, by working to build strong families and engaged communities, and by speaking and advocating on their behalf. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
CHOICES Education Group
Our mission is to empower teens to make positive educational choices that will increase their career and life opportunities. Our program is CHOICES, an interactive live classroom workshop that empowers middle school teens to make positive educational CHOICES to increase their career and life opportunities. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Communities in Schools Seattle
Communities in Schools Seattle is part of the nation's leading dropout prevention organization, working in public schools to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. We provide access to opportunities, resources and support for communities of color by intentionally recognizing and eliminating historical barriers, and recognizing current needs, context and situation. We are looking for board members who feel passion and urgency around anti-racism work in public education. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Hey Mentor
Hey Mentor's mission is to support underserved students in navigating pathways to college and career success. We are guided by the belief that all students, regardless of socio-economic status, should have the opportunity to pursue higher education and achieve a successful career. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Launch
Launch's mission is to lead the charge to brilliant outcomes for the children of our community by ensuring equitable access to the highest quality learning and care. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
OneWorld Now
OneWorld Now's mission is to develop the next generation of global leaders. Through a combination of world language learning, leadership workshops, and study abroad opportunities, OWN works to expand international education opportunities to low-income students and students of color. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
YMCA Earth Service Corps
The mission of YMCA Earth Service Corps is to empower young people to become effective, responsible, global citizens by providing opportunities for service-learning, environmental education, leadership development, and cross-cultural awareness. YMCA Earth Service Corps is leadership through environmental service. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Environment
Seattle Audubon
Seattle Audubon advocates and organizes for cities where people and birds thrive. Our education, science, and conservation programs promote cities that integrate and value nature, minimize threats to birds, and protect habitat. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Health and Wellbeing
Center for Chronic Illness (CCI)
The Center for Chronic Illness (CCI) promotes well-being and decreases isolation for those impacted by ongoing health challenges through supportive and educational programs. Through the organization's values of compassion, respect, empowerment, inclusion, and community, CCI continues to grow and offers support group meetings (currently virtually) that bring people together impacted by different types of chronic illnesses. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence
The Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence works to end domestic and sexual violence and promote safe and equitable relationships through collective action for social change. We work with our 35+ member programs and community members to prevent violence through policy advocacy, collaboration, and training, and to work for gender, racial, and economic justice. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
HERO House NW
HERO House NW comprises three Clubhouse programs. Clubhouses are a powerful demonstration of the fact that people with mental illness can and do lead normal, productive lives. Clubhouses are local community centers that provide members with opportunities to build long-term relationships that, in turn, support them in obtaining employment, education, housing and much more. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
LifeSPAN – Lifetime Secure Personal Assistance Network
LifeSPAN – Lifetime Secure Personal Assistance Network envisions a world where individuals living with disabilities are seen, heard, and supported through lasting relationships. Our signature program is establishing and sustaining personal networks of support around a focus person with a disability, ideally throughout the person’s lifetime. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
NAMI Seattle
NAMI Seattle is an organization that connects individuals, families, and communities affected by mental illness so that each unique person may access equitable support and care. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Seneca Family of Agencies
Seneca Family of Agencies provides a continuum of education, mental health, juvenile justice, and child welfare services that are designed to comprehensively and responsively fill these gaps and support children, youth, and their families to heal and thrive. Seneca’s attention is most focused on communities of color, low-income families, immigrant communities, undocumented families and asylum seekers, individuals with significant emotional and behavioral challenges, and victims of human trafficking. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
South Park Senior Center
South Park Senior Center works to support Seniors as they explore healthy and active lives and is a vibrant place for community to gather, friends to be made, and culture to be celebrated. SPSC is deeply immersed in the South Park community; we strive to bridge gaps in services, meet overlooked community needs, and grow aspects of equity and inclusion. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Neighborhoods and Communities
Architects Without Borders Seattle
Architects Without Borders Seattle volunteers collaborate with underserved communities to deliver ecologically sensitive, culturally appropriate, life-changing design. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Feet First
Feet First is Washington state’s first and foremost advocacy organization for pedestrians. We stand for the creation and maintenance of safe, equitable, and healthy spaces for people who walk and roll, in every corner of Washington. We envision a future where all Washingtonians in urban areas, rural areas, and everywhere in between can and do walk or roll for transportation, exercise, and fun. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Northwest Interfaith
Northwest Interfaith brings people together across religious backgrounds and spiritual traditions to deepen our shared commitment to universal compassion, unconditional love, and mutual responsibility for all creation. Together we celebrate Spirit through multi-faith collaboration and compassionate works for justice in the Pacific Northwest. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Washington West African Center (formerly Gambian Talents Promotion)
The mission of WAWAC is to connect West Africans in Washington with local resources and bridge the gap between us and the wider community, promote West African culture, inform and educate West Africans to discover their potentials and facilitate communication in the use of information technologies and work of arts for the attainment and discovery of their talents. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
Other
The Washington Association for Children & Families
The Washington Association for Children & Families (WACF) is a statewide association for people and organizations with a commitment to a shared vision to achieve safety, well-being, stability and permanency for children and their families statewide. WACF launched the Institute for Practice Improvement (WACF-IPI) in 2020 to provide practice improvement in child welfare and leverage the unique strengths and community partnerships of private agencies to address racial inequity in the child welfare system, incubate and scale innovations to improve outcomes, and shift practices to emphasize prevention and family preservation. Learn about this board opportunity HERE.
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