Building Together 2026 - Partners

Partners

To develop this event, we worked closely with our local and programmatic partners to develop workshop content, peer-to-peer learning sessions, and Seattle-specific event elements that provide an array of approaches to bridging differences. Thank you to all our partners for supporting the development of this event.

Local Partner

Philanthropy Northwest

Philanthropy Northwest

Philanthropy Northwest’s vision is equity and racial justice for all communities.

Programmatic Partners

Colossian Forum

Colossian Forum

The Colossian Forum works with people to cultivate connection across difference. We teach leaders how to proactively identify and lean into potential areas of conflict and how to better care for people when conflict arises. 

Constructive Dialogue Institute

Constructive Dialogue Institute

The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is a non-partisan nonprofit that equips individuals and institutions with the skills to communicate across differences and build cultures of constructive dialogue. 

Essential Partners

Essential Partners

Essential Partners collaborates with civic groups, schools, faith communities, colleges, and organizations to build a culture of connection, a deeper sense of belonging, as well as mutual understanding and trust across differences of values, beliefs, and identities.

Greater Good Science Center

Greater Good Science Center

The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. 

Horizons Project

Horizons Project

Our mission: to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time.

Othering & Belonging Institute

Othering & Belonging Institute

The Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley advances groundbreaking research, policy, and ideas that examine and remediate the processes of exclusion, marginalization, and structural inequality—what we call othering—in order to build a world based on inclusion, fairness, justice, and care for the earth—what we call belonging.

Over Zero

Over Zero

Over Zero partners with community leaders, civil society, and researchers to harness the power of communication to prevent, resist and rise above identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm.

Resetting the Table

Resetting the Table

Resetting the Table (RTT) is dedicated to strengthening democracy by building collaborative deliberation across political siloes in American life. 

Trust for Public Land

Trust for Public Land

We believe everyone should have access to the outdoors. We create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. 

Trust Labs

Trust Labs

Trust Labs accompanies the people committed to getting their community through hard moments.

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