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SUMMARY:EarthGen: Youth Climate Panel Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Perspectives on Supporting Climate Action and Wellbeing\n\nGrowing up in a changing climate is not easy\, but Washington students are leading with courage\, creativity\, and action. Join four student leaders for a virtual Youth Climate Panel to hear about their experiences\, emotional resilience\, and student-led climate action. \nThis session will provide insights\, strategies\, and resources to support youth as they navigate climate challenges and grow as emerging leaders. The panel is designed for teachers\, community members\, leaders\, and anyone who supports youth. \n  \nRegister here — https://tinyurl.com/m82meh2d
URL:https://svpseattle.org/event/earthgen-youth-climate-panel-webinar/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251211T183000
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SUMMARY:Resilience in Practice: A Virtual Panel on Climate Readiness & Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Calling all King County residents to a virtual panel with local climate resilience leaders! \n​How do we prepare for the crises we can’t predict—and care for one another when systems fail? \n​Join Basilica Bio for Resilience in Practice\, a virtual evening of conversation\, learning\, and collaboration featuring local experts\, community organizers\, and climate storytellers. Together\, we’ll explore how to build community resilience that’s rooted in equity\, preparedness\, and collective care. \n​Through a mix of panel discussions\, resource sharing\, and audience participation\, attendees will gain tangible tools to strengthen local networks\, create neighborhood emergency plans\, and connect with Seattle’s growing network of resilience hubs. \n​✨ Featuring:\n🌿 Dr. Jessica Hernandez\, Author of Fresh Banana Leaves and Growing Papaya Trees\, Researcher at UW\n🏛 Emily O’Donnell-Pazderka\, MPH\, MA\, Emergency Management Program Specialist in the Washington State Department of Health’s Office of Resilience + Health Security\n🌇 Jimmy Kralj\, Climate Resilience Strategy Planner at the Washington State Department of Ecology\n🌊 Robin Schwartz\, Advocacy and Community Resilience Manager at Duwamish River Community Coalition\n🔬Cat Hartwell\, MPH\, Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement for the Center for Disaster Resilient Communities \n​📅 Thursday\, December 11\, 2025 | 6:30-8:00 PM PST\n💻 Virtual (Zoom link provided upon signup)\n💚 Free and open to all \n​Every attendee will receive access to Basilica Bio’s virtual Resilience in Practice Toolkit — and two participants will win fully stocked go-bags in our post-event raffle! \n​Because climate readiness starts in community — and resilience is something we practice together. \n​We can’t wait to see you on December 11th\, and we hope that you can make it! This event is the second event of three that Basilica Bio is hosting in support of the Office of Sustainability and Environment’s Climate Readiness Initiative. Basilica Bio is working at the intersections of environmental justice\, climate resilience\, and joyful world making. \nRSVP here: https://luma.com/stl6n3dm 
URL:https://svpseattle.org/event/resilience-in-practice-a-virtual-panel-on-climate-readiness-community-care/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Legislative Launch with Children's Alliance
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the legislative session with us! At this virtual event you’ll hear directly from Representative Steve Bergquist\, Senator Noel Frame\, and Children’s Alliance policy staff about the legislation we’re pursuing in 2026 and how you can use your power to advocate for the policies and programs that matter to you. \nAbout our speakers: \nRepresentative Steve Bergquist is a public school teacher who has also been a small business owner. Living in Renton\, he’s a proud fourth-generation resident of the 11th Legislative District. He’s currently a member of the Appropriations\, Early Learning & Human Services (Chair)\, and Education committees\, serves as Co-Chair of the Joint Higher Education Committee\, and is a member of the DCYF Oversight Board. His priorities include helping working families and small businesses recover from the pandemic\, and ensuring students and educators — from K-12 to higher education — have the support they need. \nSenator Noel Frame is an award-winning legislator\, who has been honored more than 15 times for her work advocating for youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems\, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges\, economic development\, and fixing the state’s upside-down tax code. She serves as Deputy Floor Leader of the Senate\, vice chair of the Senate Housing Committee\, vice chair of the Senate Business\, Financial Services\, Gaming & Trade Committee\, and as a member of the Senate Human Services Committee. \nRegister here: https://www.childrensalliance.org/events/legislative-launch?emci=d6e2ca22-ecce-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=8ab35af6-97cf-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=5933644
URL:https://svpseattle.org/event/legislative-launch-with-childrens-alliance/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Have a Heart for Kids Day
DESCRIPTION:Activate your political power! Join us at Have a Heart for Kids Day in Olympia to advance early learning\, health equity\, and economic justice for children and families in Washington. Together with child advocates from across Washington\, you will learn about the political process\, speak directly with your elected representatives\, and raise your voice at a powerful rally on the Capitol steps. Children and families are welcome! \nYour voice matters\, and legislators need to hear your perspective\, but we know getting to Olympia isn’t easy. We’re committed to making this event more accessible to diverse advocates across the state by providing breakfast and lunch at the event\, translation and interpretation services\, and partial financial reimbursement for child care and/or travel costs. \nWe are particularly interested in supporting and advocating alongside folks who represent or have expertise in serving children\, families\, and educators — especially those who are Indigenous\, Black\, or People of Color; speak a language other than English; are immigrants; live with disabilities; identify as LGBTQ+; are disproportionately impacted by systemic disparities. \nDate: January 20th\, 2026 \nEvent Schedule:  \n\n\n9:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Check in\, breakfast\, activities\, and training at St. John’s Episcopal Church (114 20th Ave SE\, Olympia\, WA 98501) \n\n\n\n\n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch and legislator meetings \n\n\n\n\n2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Rally at the Capitol steps \n\n\nNote: Our morning location is about a 10-minute walk from the State Capitol Campus. Please plan to walk\, take the bus\, or provide your own transportation. There is parking available for advocates at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Additional parking and bus information for the State Capitol can be found here. \nPlease email becca@childrensalliance.org  with any questions or needs regarding the event. \nRegister here: https://www.childrensalliance.org/events/have-a-heart-for-kids-day-2026?emci=d6e2ca22-ecce-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=8ab35af6-97cf-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=5933644
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SUMMARY:​Storytelling for Change: A Creative Gathering for Climate Resilience
DESCRIPTION:​As the days are beginning to grow longer\, we gather to share the stories that sustain us. Stories of Change: A Creative Gathering for Climate Resilience is a free community storytelling event exploring how we build resilience together\, in the face of climate change. \n​Join Basilica Bio and featured speaker Eileen Lambert\, a Latine climate storyteller and communications strategist\, for an evening of reflection\, creativity\, and connection. Through storytelling\, collaging\, and building a community chapbook\, we’ll explore what it means to live and care for one another in a changing world. \n​Inspired by Adrienne Maree Brown’s Emergent Strategy\, this event invites participants to imagine resilience not as endurance\, but as interdependence. Together\, we’ll share local stories of climate adaptation\, community care\, and creative resistance—and transform them into collective art that honors our shared future. \n​Together\, we are going to hear a talk about the power of storytelling in fostering and prefiguring climate resilience. Then\, we will all assemble a chapbook together! Each attendee will receive a copy of the community chapbook\, as well as some essential climate resilience resources! \n​Here’s what the night will look like:\n🌾 A talk by Eileen Lambert on storytelling and climate resilience\n🌀 A participatory creative session\, where participants build a page-long story of climate resilience\n📖 An assembly session\, where everyone’s story will come together as a community chapbook!\n🌍 A reflection on how storytelling creates climate resilience \n​When: January 24th\, 2026.\nWhere: Seattle Recreative Georgetown\nAccessibility: Light refreshments and snacks provided. The event space will be accessible and welcoming to all; please reach out with access needs. \nRSVP here: https://luma.com/3ascej8h
URL:https://svpseattle.org/event/storytelling-for-change-a-creative-gathering-for-climate-resilience/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:A New Era of Philanthropy with Dimple Abichandani
DESCRIPTION:Be part of a conversation on how philanthropy can transform wealth and purpose for a more just and sustainable future. \nAbout A New Era of Philanthropy \nA blueprint for how wealth can be transformed into a more just and sustainable future in times of rapid change and crisis. \nOn the cusp of the greatest wealth transfer in history — with $84 trillion dollars moving between generations in the next 20 years — this book explores how philanthropy can be transformative\, and transformed. \nNationally recognized philanthropic leader Dimple Abichandani revolutionizes the precepts of modern philanthropy. Offering 10 provocative practice shifts\, A New Era of Philanthropy engages readers with fresh answers to the question of how philanthropy can meet this high-stakes moment—from reimagining governance to aligning investments to crisis funding and beyond. \nAbichandani highlights paradigm shifts that model the way forward\, moving beyond critique into real transformation\, with relatable stories about funders who are forging a new era of philanthropy. \nA New Era of Philanthropy picks up where key books like Decolonizing Wealth and Winners Take All leave off\, offering a guide for donors\, foundations\, and non-profit leaders navigating philanthropy in urgent times. Clear-eyed\, hopeful\, and responsive to the moment\, this book helps us reimagine the purpose and norms of modern philanthropy. It is an invitation to all of us who believe these resources can contribute to a more just future: start here. \nDate: Thursday\, February 5th\, 2026\nTime: 6:00–7:30 PM\nLocation: Byrd Barr Place\, Seattle\, WA\nTickets: Sliding scale $5–$100 \n*SVP Seattle offers a sliding scale\, as we believe cost shouldn’t be a barrier to participation. Tickets purchased at $25 and above include a copy of A New Era of Philanthropy \n\nTickets\n \nAbout Dimple Abichandani:  \nDimple Abichandani is a nationally recognized philanthropic leader\, lawyer\, advisor and author of A New Era of Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth Into a More Just and Sustainable Future\, a book that reimagines how philanthropy can meet this moment. \nFor two decades\, she has worked to reshape philanthropy’s purpose and practice while leading innovative funding institutions. As Executive Director of the General Service Foundation (2015–2022)\, she aligned the foundation’s grantmaking\, investments\, and governance with justice values. She was the founding director of the Rise Together Fund\, a donor collaborative at the Proteus Fund\, and previously led the Center for Social Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law. \nA National Center for Family Philanthropy Fellow\, Dimple’s leadership has been recognized with a Scrivener Award for Creative Grantmaking. She serves on the Board of Directors of Solidaire Network and has served on the boards/steering committees of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project\, Northern California Grantmakers\, and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. Dimple is based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she advises donors and foundations working towards a more just and sustainable future.
URL:https://svpseattle.org/event/a-new-era-of-philanthropy-with-dimple-abichandani/
LOCATION:Byrd Barr Place\, 722 18th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Learning Journeys,Momentum Speaker Series
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