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August 14, 2020
10:00am to 11:30am
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Philanthropy has an important role to play in supporting community response to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak. This week's topic will focus on broadband availability and access.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable, high-speed internet connection has become

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August 7, 2020
10:00am to 11:30am
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The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted every aspect of our lives, but none as acutely as food insecurity. As millions of people file for unemployment  — and at a higher rate for Black and Latinx workers — demand for food assistance has skyrocketed. Many elderly residents can no...

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August 2020 |

In the days after COVID-19 hit Washington, the number of families struggling with hunger spiked. By April 2020, 1.7 million people in the state were ...

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July 24, 2020
10:00am to 11:30am
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Over the past several months, COVID-19 has laid bare disparities across many sectors. We know that education is a particularly vulnerable space that impacts not only academic achievement and social-emotional learning of young people, but profoundly impacts families as well. As schools across the...

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July 17, 2020
10:00am to 11:30am
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This call is coming up on Friday, July 17th.

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Philanthropy Northwest
July 16, 2020
1:00pm to 2:30pm
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Join Philanthropy Northwest and staff from family foundations across the region for a conversation on the impact that COVID-19 has continued to have and our philanthropic responses that have followed the outbreak and economic downturn.

Building on initial discussion from our first...

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July 14, 2020
11:00am to 12:30pm
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As the pandemic continues, serious mental health needs are emerging, including mental illness, depression, anxiety and suicide risk. This webinar is designed to help raise awareness of the intersection of mental health and COVID-19. Our discussion will include what professionals are seeing as...