Community Preparedness
Join us for a community emergency preparedness and first aid kit-making event on Saturday, August 9 from 6-8pm.
We’ll be gathering in our basement hall, which is accessed through the parking lot, around the back of the building.
This event is co-hosted by Common Good Tacoma, C.A.R.E Bears, and Tacoma Needle Exchange.
Common Good Quarterly Retreat
This is an opportunity to build the relational webs that hold us in this justice movement work. We are lovingly invited to Quinault land, which is in alignment with our values of learning from indigenous wisdom. This is a long drive to do in one day so if you would like to reserve a room on Friday night, please email joeseia83@gmail.com. If you do choose to drive up and back, please plan to arrive early as traffic on the coast may be congested.
Back to School Bash
Common Good Tacoma, First UMC, and other partners will be hosting our 2nd annual Back to School event.
Family resources will be available, along with a hot dog lunch, school supplies giveaway, and face painting and a bouncy house.
Willing volunteers can sign up for a shift here.
World Hepatitis Health Fair
In recognition of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, this collaborative health fair will provide Hepatitis C Screening will along with pathways to care, health and wellness support, showers and haircuts along with plenty of other free giveaways.
Mayoral Forum on Housing Justice
Common Good Tacoma and Tacoma for All, along with UFCW 367, Tacoma Ministerial Alliance, and NAACP have teamed up to host an event on housing justice Saturday, July 19 from 11am-2pm. A highlight of this time will be the forum with mayoral candidates from 12-1:30pm.
Solidarity Day with La Resistencia
Common Good Tacoma and its partners are invited to bring attention to the dehumanization that occurs in our City through the Northwest Detention Center. La Resistencia have been leaders on the ground for 11+ years and we are so honored that they asked us to collaborate.
Common Good Tacoma Quarterly Meetup
Common Good Tacoma meets quarterly to deepen relationship and build imagination for where we can use our power to make change. The next meetup is on Ayeko Farm in Enumclaw.
Building Power 101 Class
A four-part series introducing the Organizing tradition and foundational concepts of building power to make change.
Support UFW from Sunnyside
Come support farm workers from Sunnyside who are fighting for their first union contract. This informational picket was planned for March 31, Cesar Chavez Day.
Houselessness: A Neighborhood Conversation (Partnership with Tacoma Public Library)
Tacoma Public Library will host a four-part educational program series highlighting a collection of vital community organizations and community members with lived experience. Come learn and reflect on how we can show up for our unhoused community.
Houselessness: A Neighborhood Conversation (Partnership with Tacoma Public Library)
Tacoma Public Library will host a four-part educational program series highlighting a collection of vital community organizations and community members with lived experience. Come learn and reflect on how we can show up for our unhoused community.
Houselessness: A Neighborhood Conversation (Partnership with Tacoma Public Library)
Tacoma Public Library will host a four-part educational program series highlighting a collection of vital community organizations and community members with lived experience. Come learn and reflect on how we can show up for our unhoused community.
Houselessness: A Neighborhood Conversation (Partnership with Tacoma Public Library)
Tacoma Public Library will host a four-part educational program series highlighting a collection of vital community organizations and community members with lived experience. Come learn and reflect on how we can show up for our unhoused community.
McKinney-Vento Back-to-School Market
In collaboration with Tacoma Public School’s McKinney-Vento Program, we will be giving away backpacks, school supplies, hygiene products, and much more community connections and resources. Join us for a free lunch and take home some groceries too!
Organizing Revival
We're building a bigger "we" and you're part of it! Common Good Tacoma is a multiracial organizing hub that builds power through healing justice, cultural belonging, and the abolition of poverty. This Organizing Revival kicks off a commitment to sustained organizing among neighbors in Tacoma. Register here.
Join us for dynamic speakers, organizing workshops, and a great community vibe!
My Sister's Pantry
We are a nurturing community, sharing a hot meal, groceries and sustenance with all who come. We offer an opportunity to serve and be served in a safe, friendly and compassionate setting and seek to foster a sense of self, connected in relationship to others.
Bargaining & Community Power
Tacoma Labor School is lucky enough to bring back Tacoma’s own John Scearcy for a conversation on the basics of bargaining, how community can benefit from and play an important part in the bargaining process, as well as thinking about bargaining for the next generation of worker.
With several of Tacoma’s largest unions going into bargaining seasons, this is a great opportunity to learn more.
Decolonizing Bible Study
This meeting is on Zoom. Please contact the church office for the Zoom link at admin@fumcot.org or call 253-627-0129.
Lived Experience Coalition
he Washington State Lived Experience Coalition is a diverse group of people who are coming together to lift each other up, advocate for ourselves and others, and advance race and social justice. We work
My Sister's Pantry
We are a nurturing community, sharing a hot meal, groceries and sustenance with all who come. We offer an opportunity to serve and be served in a safe, friendly and compassionate setting and seek to foster a sense of self, connected in relationship to others.
Decolonizing Bible Study
This meeting is on Zoom. Please contact the church office for the Zoom link at admin@fumcot.org or call 253-627-0129.
My Sister's Pantry
We are a nurturing community, sharing a hot meal, groceries and sustenance with all who come. We offer an opportunity to serve and be served in a safe, friendly and compassionate setting and seek to foster a sense of self, connected in relationship to others.