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Charity Partners

Kitsap Strong
www.kitsapstrong.org

Kitsap Strong is a community initiative to improve the health and
well-being of all children, families, and adults in Kitsap County.

In 2013, the Kitsap Community Foundation (KCF), in collaboration
with the United Way and the Suquamish Tribe, was awarded a Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to reduce intergenerational
poverty. The United Way, through its passionate commitment to
early education and birth-to-ve services, identied reduction of
ACEs as critical to furthering their goals. The Suquamish Tribe, a
strong local funder, has a tribal council focused on community
development, improvement in tribal public health, and has been
an early investor and believer in the ACEs Partnership.

WomenSpirit Coalition
www.womenspirit.net

WomenSpirit Coalition (WSC) is also known as the Washington
State Native American Coalition Against Domestic Violence &
Sexual Assault.

Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be raped or
sexually assaulted than women in the USA in general. WomenSpirit
Coalition staff and board members are Native women who know
that eliminating this violence requires an understanding of herstory,
oppression, and trauma. Furthermore, developing an infrastructure
to protect Native women is complex. Tribal, city, county, state, and
Federal law enforcement and judicial entities must have an
understanding of Native values and be steadfast in their anti-racism
practices.