Byrd Barr Place Advocates for Equitable Public Policies for African Americans in Seattle

The third short video in our video learning series highlights Byrd Barr Place, which partners with organizations and individuals to provide basic human services and build advocacy about the effects of racism on people’s lives and the need for opportunities to build a good life.

In May 2019 Foundation board and staff members convened in Seattle for the annual learning retreat. They spent their time focused on this guiding question: How is self-determination expressed in the culturally grounded work of our grantees in Native communities, communities of color, immigrant and refugee communities, and people in rural areas near Seattle? To answer this question for Byrd Barr Place, we talked with its CEO, Andrea Caupain Sanderson.

Byrd Barr Place is using a grant from our Enterprise Development portfolio as the lead organization for a community of practice (CoP) established as part of the African American Financial Capability Initiative (AAFCI). Our two-year grant is supporting efforts from Byrd Barr Place and the CoP to lead the push for equitable public policies that impact African Americans in the Seattle area.

This video is the third in a series of five short learning videos featuring some of our Seattle-area grantee partners. The first two focus on Ventures and Social Justice Fund Northwest; the two following installments center on Chief Seattle Club, and Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network.