Got Green

About

Got Green organizes for environmental, racial, and economic justice as a South Seattle-based grassroots organization led by people of color and low income people. We cultivate multi-generational community leaders to be central voices in the Green Movement in order to ensure that the benefits of the green movement and green economy (green jobs, healthy food, energy efficient & healthy homes, public transit) reach low income communities and communities of color. 

Website: gotgreenseattle.org

CREST Representative: Julio Sanchez (he/him) 

 

Why did you join CREST?  

I joined CREST becasue I am interested in exploring how BIPOC, low income and working class communities can turn the tide of gentrification. We belong in this city and we must find ways to stay rooted in place, displacement of our communities erodes our networks of support and diminish our sense of belonging. 

 

If you are working on a project, what is the project, where is it located, and who is it for? What is the vision and purpose of your project? 

Got Green is exploring what staying rooted in place means for us, CREST gives us the opportunity to explore a different type of reality, one were our next generation is still part of the this city. 

 

What are you proud to have accomplished so far related to your project or related to your community stewardship of land efforts?  

I have gained grater knowledge and understanding of the real state development process from a community perspective. 

 

What are the next steps for your organization in realizing your project vision?  

The next step for us is to continue our conversation of what would it look like for us if we decided to develop a project. 

 

What support and expertise are you looking for? 

Continued access to CREST brain trust!

TraeAnna Holiday, CREST cohort member from Africatown Seattle:

"I am so honored to be a part of what Puget Sound Sage is doing in this city. They brought together 20 organizations who may not have known each other, and together we are taking progressive models that are happening across the nation to reform and develop our spaces, have ownership in our spaces, create and rebuild our communities, and reclaim what has been taken from us. I represent Africatown Seattle, and if you know of what the Central District has gone through - it has suffered a great deal of gentrification, inequity and displacement. Africatown is working hard on the ground to develop buildings that are bringing our communities back.

For me, this is very personal. My family was displaced in 2003 and my parents had to buy a home in Federal Way. I have never known of Federal Way before. I grew up in the Central area, and it was all I knew for my whole life. It was so heartbreaking to my mother for us to have to move. We are one family, but displacement has affected so many more. This is why I’m so excited to be a part of this cohort. With the work of Puget Sound Sage, I am learning more on how to do this in a progressive way, ensure that we keep affordability for our communities and for our people, and to come back to spaces that we grew up in that we know and love.”