We did it on Union, let’s do it again on Yesler – Expanding the model for a Black and thriving Central District
The Future of Yesler is Now. Ten years ago, the future of the Central District’s Black community and presence on 23rd and Union was under threat. As we celebrate 10 years of Africatown Community Land Trust’s work, it is clear that community-led land development can be a force for stopping displacement and creating the Black […]
Setting the Precedent for a Renaissance – Reflecting on a decade of supporting Seattle’s Black-owned businesses
August is National Black Business Month and at ACLT we’re reflecting on the past 10 years of advocacy, partnerships, and innovation that have laid a foundation for ensuring that Seattle’s Central District Black-owned businesses survive and thrive. Walking through the Central District today, with over 40 brick-and-mortar, Black-owned businesses in operation, it’s hard to remember […]
We Party With Purpose – Ensuring Black culture is reflected and protected in Seattle’s Central District
Summer in Seattle begs for outdoor parties, but why does an organization with a focus on Black community land ownership also host annual cultural events? This year, Africatown Community Land Trust co-hosted Seattle’s largest Juneteenth gathering to date, with over 10,000 people converging on Jimi Hendrix Park for live performances, food from Black-owned restaurants and […]
Seattle-Based Africatown Community Land Trust Advances a National Anti-Displacement Model Rooted in Community Ownership
State of Africatown: The legacy continues
Founders of State of Africatown, former Representative, the Honorable Dawn Mason and K. Wyking Garrett, share the stage at State of Africatown 2017. State of Africatown began in 2014, collaboratively founded by former Washington State Representative, the Honorable Dawn Mason, and K. Wyking Garrett. At the time, former representative Mason was selected to be part of incoming […]
In 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to the Central District; what did he see?
Two years before the March on Washington and his legendary I Have a Dream speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his first and only visit to Seattle in 1961. Hosted by his fellow Morehouse College brother, the late Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Dr. King spoke at locations including the […]
6 Community Organizations Come Together to Feed Central District Residents and Distribute PPE
Last Friday the community once again came together in a major way to feed the people and provide PPE. Africatown Community Land Trust together with the Def Chef Kitchen, The Tubman Center, 100 Black Men, The Plate Fund, and Emergency Feeding Program all joined hands to distribute not only hot meals, but boxes of groceries […]
Africatown Community Land Trust to directly inject $90,000 into Seattle’s Black Community for COVID relief.
The Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT), known by most as a partner on the Liberty Bank Building Affordable Housing Development and the upcoming Africatown Plaza project is literally paying it forward and challenging those across the city who can do the same to take action. ACLT announced that they will be injecting $90,000 in the […]
Africatown Community Land Trust partner with Black Educators to Read Children\’s Books Online.
Seattle, WA – Three Seattle area Black educators joined forces with the Africatown Community Land Trust and Converge Media to produce video segments intended to encourage parents to read with their children especially now more than ever with formal school being canceled for the remainder of the year due to COVID-19. Seattle School Board Director […]