We joined Beth McCaw, President and CEO, Washington Women’s Foundation in conversation with Kat Vanden Heuvel, ZIP Sessions producer. We learned how to engage ourselves in “checking our privilege”, whose voices need to be heard, and what actions are key to being better allies with our communities of color. 

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We learned more about our innovative, collaborative $75,000 grant, awarded to a consortium of nonprofits to tackle a major environmental challenge. Looking beyond the COVID-19 crisis, we heard about the progress being made toward an effective waste management and recycling program for Blaine County. We learned why this project is so important for our future well-being. Presenters were Sharon Patterson Grant, Ketchum Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC), Lexie Praggastis of the Sun Valley Institute: A Center for Resilience (SVI), and Lindsay Mollineaux of the Environmental Resource Center.

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As if middle and high school wasn’t challenging enough for teenagers, the pandemic has added difficulty never experienced before.  In March 2020, educators, students and their parents were thrown into an experiment in virtual and hybrid learning. Covid-19 revealed and exacerbated the equity gap already growing in education across the United States and in our local community. Innovative and flexible solutions are needed to ensure student success in high school through college graduation. In this session, we learned  how The Space is supporting our community during this turbulent time.  Presenters were cofounders Naomi Runkel, Kate Ristow, and Millie Reidy, as well as their new Executive Director Tamar Dolgen.

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