Non-profit Multimedia Storytelling: Seattle’s Rise Together Campaign
I recently produced and narrated a video for Crosscut that explores the work of Seattle’s Rise Together campaign. Featuring my interviews with leaders of the six organizations that comprise the campaign, the story centers the power of community collaboration and knowledge-sharing as well as the importance of advancing equitable housing and space in a rapidly-changing Seattle.
Video and article preview below. Read the full piece at crosscut.com.
Six new community-led development projects center equity
Written by Angela Moorer
Presented by Rise Together
As the Northwest faces an ongoing housing crisis, an unusual partnership between major housing stakeholders is working to uplift communities in Western Washington. Known as Rise Together, the collaborative campaign leverages the power of a broad coalition of partner organizations to accelerate community-driven development. Champions of anti-displacement and stable housing, the six organizations that make up Rise Together have so far raised over $38 million in a capital campaign with the goal of funding six equitable development projects in the Seattle-area.
The collaborative partners consist of Africatown Community Land Trust, Byrd Barr Place, Community Roots Housing, GenPride, Southwest Youth & Family Services, and the White Center Community Development Association. With just $7 million left to raise in its capital campaign, the collaborative credits its success to a unique partnership model that centers community-driven leadership, sharing of knowledge, capacity-building, and inclusion in ways broader than “just including” someone or a group of people.
