We build power, combat displacement, and preserve culture through collective ownership and shared programs.
Greater Seattle is a city that is diverse, just, equitable, and free of racism in which communities of color have the power and authority to determine our futures and all people thrive.
MCC is comprised of three community-based organizations, each led by and based in communities of color; each a vital cultural anchor for immigrants, refugees, and people of color throughout Southeast Seattle and King County. Our organizations have been collaborating for over ten years and have joined together to create a vibrant and welcoming cultural home and community center for the more than 15,000 people who rely upon our coalition members for vital services and cultural connection.
MCC member organizations include the following: Horn of Africa Services; Oromo Community Services of Seattle; Eritrean Community in Seattle and Vicinity. Together, we are a formidable force that has the strength, the resources, and the resolve to hold our ground and build our common future. This is at the heart of our displacement strategy: the enduring belief that we are stronger together; the conviction that a threat to any one of us, is a threat to all of us, and that working together, we have the capacity to achieve our shared vision.
The MCC has placed a stake in Hillman City by investing in a parcel of land on which we are aiming to build our collective future. The Hillman City will house site some of our other project elements.
The Cultural Innovation Center will be a vital heritage and cultural arts venue which will house year-round cultural events and activities.
MCC’s ‘Shared Co-working Space’ will anchor cultural institutions serving immigrants, refugees, and people of color by creating a multicultural service delivery hub.
Our current 3 partners have remained fully engaged for over 10 years and their constituents represent thousands of immigrants, refugees & the most vulnerable. The work of each of our MCC organizations is steeped in equity, inclusion and social justice. These are the organizations to which people turn when faced with eviction, or threatened with deportation, or taunted and harassed in an act of hate. And these are the organizations which are most effective in convening communities around addressing urgent needs and emerging trends; in bringing voice to concerns and shared struggles; in bringing shape to new ideas and inspiring community visions.
Multicultural Community Coalition members have dedicated over 10 years of service in Rainier Valley Community
Our coalition member programming and services include
Youth Programming
Systems Navigation
Employment Services
Immigration Assistance and Services
Aging Services
Restorative Justice
