| King County will partner with youth-serving organizations within frontline communities to build youth’s climate change and climate literacy and civic education. Young people are likely to experience climate change more intensely and for a larger proportio |
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| Evidence shows that school environments influence the physical health, cognitive function, mental well-being, and academic performance of students. Harmful impacts are often unfairly distributed across racial/ethnic groups and socioeconomic status. To imp |
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| King County will partner with frontline community-based and youth-serving organizations, cultural groups, collectives, and faith-based organizations to co-design and implement culturally relevant communications and education outreach strategies. Strategie |
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| 25 leaders from across County Government participated in a six session learning series focused on gaining knowledge and tools to foster more inclusive, just, and effective community engagement practices. The county plans to train 25 frontline community le |
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| Develop leadership pathways for frontline communities - Frontline communities most impacted by climate change are also significantly underrepresented in formal planning and decision-making roles related to climate. To counter this, King County will partne |
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| Provide training for county employees and volunteers - county staff cannot anticipate all the barriers frontline communities face in community engagement processes and benefit from learning what communities need to mitigate these barriers. King County wil |
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