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Action Team Update - Q4 2022
Starting this year we will post quarterly updates on each active action team! Read below on what we've been up to so far this year.
Meet the Youth Action Team
We’d like to introduce to you the Second Cohort of our Youth Action Team (YAT)!
Action Team Update - Q3 2022
Starting this year we will post quarterly updates on each active action team! Read below on what we've been up to so far this year.
Basketball Equity Action Team's work highlighted by Seattle Times
The Basketball Equity Action Team's work to bring basketball to local communities was recently highlighted in the Seattle Times.
Action Team Update - Q2 2022
Starting this year we will post quarterly updates on each active action team! Read below on what we've been up to so far in 2022.
King County Play Equity Coalition to serve Seattle and King County as part of the new cohort of Thrive Outside Communities
The King County Play Equity Coalition was selected to support Seattle-King County as one of four new regions to be added to the Thrive Outside Communities project, supported by the Outdoor Foundation. King County is joining Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D. C. as new communities in the already 12-city cohort.
Action Team Update - Q1 2022
Starting this year we will post quarterly updates on each active action team! Read below on what we've been up to so far in 2022.
Coalition Strategic Plan Completed
Earlier this summer, after a year and a half long process that included input from Coalition members, an equity-focused consultant, and many hours of work between Coalition leadership and staff, the Coalition has passed a strategic plan to drive its work through 2024.
Equity in Facility Access: Model Joint Use Agreement
The team refined a Joint Use Agreement model to support shared spaces between schools, cities, and community groups, with a focus on collaboration and equity.
Seattle Mariners Community Impact Grant Partnership Announcement
COVID Impacts on the Youth Sports and Outdoor Recreation Sector
One challenge in advocating for play equity is the youth physical activity, sports, and outdoor recreation sector is decentralized. Youth physical activity happens across a broad range of other “sectors” including schools, parks and recreation, nature/environment, out of school time, youth development, and youth sports. Unfortunately, few of these other sectors view equitable access to and engagement in physical activity as a high priority. In fact, from a policy and funding standpoint, youth physical activity and education is often the lowest priority leaving it vulnerable to cuts from the very institutions - schools and municipalities - best positioned to provide access.
Celebrating AGE-UP in partnership with Seattle Sports Commission
Webinar replay: Physical Activity and Mental Health
View the replay of King County Play Equity Coalition's webinar: How physical activity impacts mental health and why King County youth need it more than ever.
Part 4: If access to fields and facilities is limited, how will you decide which groups/individuals get access?
Access to playfields, courts and other sports facilities has long been more challenging for youth of color in King County, especially in South King County where there are fewer playfields and transportation infrastructure. Across the county, there are significant barriers to access.
