Tâlícn Ground Breaking Ceremony
South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity invites you, our community, to join us in celebrating the groundbreaking of our newest development, Tâlícn (pronunciation: Ta-Lee-Chin)
South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity invites you, our community, to join us in celebrating the groundbreaking of our newest development, Tâlícn (pronunciation: Ta-Lee-Chin)
In 2018, I joined South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity as the Executive Director. As part of my onboarding, I started by working with the board and staff to develop a strategic plan that included guiding principles. Through this process, we identified diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as one of the guiding principles of our organization: “Habitat for Humanity welcomes people from all walks of life to partner with us as volunteers, donors, employees, and homebuyers. We celebrate and value diversity, welcome differences, and leverage the collective strengths of all people.”
American author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gifted $436 million in unrestricted giving to Habitat for Humanity International and 83 U.S. Habitat affiliate organizations, including four in the Pacific Northwest. The Washington State investment totals $15M and will impact communities in Clallam, Pierce, King, Kittitas and Thurston Counties.