About the Fund
FOSB has a line item in our budget to support programming that is aligned with FOSB’s commitment to anti-racism work. This work is not meant to be the stand alone work of one committee, but aims to touch all areas of FOSB, which is why this line item stands separately from committee work in the budget. Funds are an investment made as a response and accountability to the community of Salmon Bay to address the needs of those most directly impacted by racial injustices at Salmon Bay School. The use of funds are to provide programming decided on by community and student input for training, social events, and opportunities for community engagement. The fund is facilitated by four community members (at least) with Cynthia Anderson mumtaz555@gmail.com acting as the chair of the committee. Please reach out to Cynthia if you’d like to be involved
2024-25 Racial Equity Fund – key dates:
October 31, 2024 – Fall proposals due
November 21, 2024 – Funding decisions presented at FOSB Board Meeting
February 10, 2025 – Winter proposals due
March 13, 2025 – Funding decisions presented at FOSB Board Meeting
April 3, 2025 – Spring proposals due
April 10, 2025 – Funding decisions presented at FOSB Board Meeting
The following is a summary of proposals funded by FOSB’s Racial Equity Fund.
2024-25 school year:
- $1500 for the August 2024 Restorative Practices staff training with Anita Morales (approved in spring 2024).
- $750 for February 2025 PIE Committee parent education event with Anita Morales on restorative justice with free childcare + food for children of adults attending the event.
- $2000 for podcast production, created by a Salmon Bay parent in support of Rainy Day Recess (formerly Seattle Hall Pass). This project will provide a platform for community’s voices, while offering podcasting expertise to Salmon Bay middle school students. The aim is to amplify their voices and highlight the diverse range of lived experiences within our community. Students will also have the chance to be featured on the podcast, with the possibility of creating their own episodes. The podcast will focus on the evolving landscape of Seattle Public Schools’ policies and programmatic shifts, bringing these learnings back to the Salmon Bay Community.
- (more to come)
2023-24 school year:
- $2475 for Restorative Practices Training with Anita Morales, $500 of which funded the October 2023 parent hour and the remaining $1975 went towards staff training ($2950 additional was funded by the school).
- $1000 approved for winter and spring (4) total community events- The members of the Racial Equity Fund Committee (Cynthia Anderson, Maggie Bolton, Brittany Garber, Dominique Thomas, Suman Bhat-Kincaid) received funding to support winter and spring community engagement. When the PIE Committee hosted Rosetta Lee in Spring 2024, the Racial Equity Fund approved funding to provide the childcare and snacks for the event.
2022-23 school year:
- $1321 for Equity books (“Leading Equity” by Dr. Sheldon Eakins) for teachers requested by Principal Dixon.
- $1000 for BlkPATCH – a pilot program to provide culturally inclusive first aid kits and education on health access for marginalized SPS students starting with Rainier Beach with the goal of spreading to more schools, presented by Ifrah, a Rainier Beach alum.
- $189 for books that were requested by the Students of Color committee, which was spent via the Families of Color Committee (FOCC). In 2022-23, $5000 REF money was moved to FOCC, making FOCC’s total available in 2022-23 $7600.
- $7000 for School Logo*
*The school logo project is still in process so the funding also shows up on the 2023-24 FOSB Budget. This is in addition to the amount available for 2023-24 proposals.
2021-22 school year:
- $122 for Families Of Color Committee’s Pies in the Park kick-off