Community Engagement
This is a space to share opportunities for collaboration and volunteering.
Community engagement can take many forms to address a large range of issues. It is intended to make a positive impact in a community through diverse forms of collaboration. Whether you’re looking for a one-time event, an ongoing opportunity, or a further form of collaboration, you have many options for getting involved on campus and in your community.
Collectiv-ECO
LFSA cares about our communities and volunteering is a critical part of showing our commitment to social justice and making a difference in the lives of our fellow Latinxs. The goal of this program is to build a community to promote collaboration, strengthen advocacy, connect with potential volunteers, better connect with communities outside UW, and maximize the visibility of Latinx staff and faculty at UW.
To review current opportunities, please visit Collaboration/Volunteering Opportunities.
To post opportunities of collaboration and volunteering, please complete this form.
Saberes sin Fronteras
A group of UW members and local organizations that meet quarterly to share ideas, projects, and initiatives to pursue collaborations. Organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program (LACS). The University of Washington’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies program in the Jackson School of International Studies was established in 1992 and is committed to the advancement of scholarship and applied knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean. The program is built around several region-specific themes and principles, including creative arts, borderlands, health and human rights, indigeneity, race and ethnicity.
For more information contact: Monica Rojas at rojasm@uw.edu
Share your research through CHA para la Comunidad
The Commission on Hispanic Affairs strives to improve public policy development and the delivery of government services to the Hispanic community in the state of Washington. As part of their mission, they publish CHA Para La Comunidad, a news publication that shares information about programs, laws, legislation and important issues concerning the Hispanic/Latinx community. If you are interested in on publishing a piece that highlights your research, please send an email to hispanic@cha.wa.gov.
Articles or material submitted should be between 800-1,000 words, 12 point font, in English. You can include infographics, photos, or other images.
Local Community Organizations
There are dozens of community organizations that support the different Latinx communities in the state of Washington, here are some of them:
- El Centro de La Raza
- CASA Latina
- Entre Hermanos
- Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle (MAS)
- SeaMar
- LEAP
- Northwest Immigrants Rights Project
- El Comite
- Para Los Niños
- NWDC Resistance
- Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA)
- 21 Progress
- Got Green
- Latino Community Fund
- Latina/o Bar Association of Washington
- Washington Association of Community and Migrant Health Centers
- Colectiva Legal del Pueblo
- Latino Advocacy
- Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
- Association of Latino Professionals for America – Seattle Chapter
- Centro Latino
- Progreso
- Front and Centered
- Consejo
- Tacoma Community House
- CIELO
- Fair Work Center