Press Releases
Thank you for your leadership, Katie Steffen!
Seattle International Foundation bids farewell and gives thanks to its Deputy Director.
Seattle International Foundation Announces Leadership Transition
SIF bids farewell to Arturo Aguilar and begins an executive leadership transition.
Launch of the Global Resilience Fund for Girls and Young Women: A collective response to the COVID-19 crisis
The fund will provide grants of up to US$5,000 to community-based organisations and informal collectives led by girls and young women. The GR Fund is currently supported by CAMY Fund and 17 other organisations.
Blog
Hope for DREAMers
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision on June 18, 2020 and officially halted the Trump administration’s attempts to end DACA. But its narrow decision also means the government can still terminate DACA if it follows the proper procedures. Only a new immigration law would provide a permanent solution.
I Saw Her Coming Out in the US and We Celebrated Her Freedom
From the monuments in Washington, DC to the Dreamers Resource Center in Texas, my certainty was reaffirmed that when youth have the freedom to decide what to do with their time and their bodies, there is peace.
What five Central American women taught me outside a detention facility in Southern Mexico
This month, I spent a week at the Mexico-Guatemala border with colleagues from WOLA – a SIF grantee since 2012. We wanted to talk with migrants, humanitarian workers and officials about the current conditions for those migrating to the United States.
SIF in The News
Univision.com
Finding New Light in Honduras
The anti-corruption commission, MACCIH, is no more in Honduras, but a special prosecutor's office on corruption will continue. Adriana Beltrán and Eric L. Olson write about this office and what Honduras will need in order to guarantee its effectiveness.
Geekwire.com
An intern pipeline from El Salvador brings talent and diversity to Seattle tech companies
Iri.org
What is next for El Salvador?
Against a backdrop of poverty, brutal violence, and entrenched corruption, Salvadorans went to the polls on February 3, 2019, and elected 37-year old Nayib Bukele, who ran an unorthodox campaign positioning himself as an alternative to the two parties who have dominated the country's political landscape. #Podcast Guests: Vice President Elect Félix Ulloa, Journalist Glenda Umaña and Eric Olson of Seattle International Foundation Read more
Announcements
Thank you for your leadership, Katie Steffen!
Seattle International Foundation bids farewell and gives thanks to its Deputy Director.
SIF Unites in Solidarity with Central America in the Wake of Eta and Iota
Seattle International Foundation (SIF) unites in solidarity with Central America as the region grapples with the destruction of two hurricanes—Eta and Iota—taking the lives of over one hundred people, displacing thousands more, and causing widespread damage to infrastructure and crops.
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