We Are In
and ready to act.
We Are In is a community coalition of King County unhoused and housed neighbors, local advocacy organizations and philanthropies, service providers, and businesses who are uniting to drive progress toward preventing and ending homelessness in King County.
We believe safe, stable housing is a basic human need.
We believe solutions to homelessness must be informed by diverse voices and co-designed by people with the lived experience of homelessness.
We believe homelessness is a racial justice issue, and solutions to homelessness must address the systemic inequities that cause disproportionate incidences of homelessness among communities of color.
We believe homelessness is preventable and moving upstream to address its root causes is critical.
We believe ultimately, homelessness and housing are inextricably linked, and there is no end to homelessness without more affordable, permanent housing.
“Our homeless community is beautiful, vibrant, and full of resilience. They have so much to teach us if we will listen.”
COLLEEN ECHOHAWK,
Eighth Generation
Homelessness affects all of our communities in Seattle and King County, and we all have a role to play. Learn more about how you can be part of We Are In.
“I’m advocating for solutions to homelessness because I’ve been through this before and I know how hard it is. The less people go through it, I think the better our world becomes.”
ALYSSA DOWNING,
The Mockingbird Society
Homelessness affects all of our communities in Seattle and King County, and we all have a role to play. Learn more about how you can be part of We Are In.
“What we've learned about ending homelessness is that you need a nimble command center style team. You need an entity with the authority to be able to act quickly and to manage the resources. That’s what we need here.”
LAMONT GREEN,
Lived Experience Coalition
Homelessness affects all of our communities in Seattle and King County, and we all have a role to play. Learn more about how you can be part of We Are In.
“What excites me about this new approach is that we've come up with a structure that will allow all parts of the county – rural, suburban, urban, to work together to solve homelessness.”
GORDON MCHENRY JR.,
United Way
Homelessness affects all of our communities in Seattle and King County, and we all have a role to play. Learn more about how you can be part of We Are In.
