Media Contact: Robin Engle 503-896-9967 Robin@weareoneamerica.org January 15th, 2019 For Immediate Release: SeaTac Community Members React with Shock and Disappointment to the City Council’s Replacement of Amina Ahmed This blog post contains a correction – please see starred portions and the footnote below. SeaTac – The SeaTac immigrant community reacted with disappointment to the SeaTac City Council’s replacement of Councilor Amina Ahmed’s …
We’re proud to announce OneAmerica’s Annual Report for 2017 is live. Read this letter from our Executive Director, Rich Stolz, reflecting on 2017 and view the full report here. Thank you for making our work possible. I remember the emergency call from Mergitu, our organizer in South King County. The aunt of one of our youth leaders, Yvette, …
Across south King County OneAmerica is supporting powerful parent leaders and youth to organize to improve responsiveness to the needs of immigrant and refugee communities. We know that individuals most impacted by public education issues are closest to the solutions. We want to ensure that they are centered in the decision-making process and equipped with the tools to create systemic …
Last week was filled with a number of twists and turns in the immigrant rights movement and OneAmerica was at the helm of advocating for a resolution for the million undocumented young people living in the US. On Thursday, February 15th the United States Senate voted on four immigration related bill, three of which provided some type of relief for …
In July, the Washington State legislature finally completed work on the State’s operating budget just in time to avoid a partial government shutdown. For months, grassroots community leaders called and wrote to their state representatives and traveled to Olympia to advocate in person for the issues that matter most to our community: an education system that works for all, access …
