By Clayton Aldern So you want to find a way for your city to acknowledge and begin to repair the damage that pollution, food insecurity, and unequal access to transportation inflict on communities of color and other marginalized groups. Great — now what? If you’re Seattle, you hold a Vietnamese karaoke...
Foreword I like to say that I used to sell the fish, and now I save them. Growing up blocks from the US-Mexico border AND the Pacific Ocean has a way of staying with you. Looking back on this, it’s no surprise that I ended up working for an international seafood...
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to social, economic, and racial equity here in Washington State and across the world. Our jobs, health, and communities where we live are threatened by the consequences of climate change and without bold interventions, we can expect more severe heat-waves, flooding, exposure...
The Mize Family Foundation (MFF) proudly partnered with Global Fund for Women (GFW) to host a reception for Muadi Mukenge, GFW Program Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, in April 2015. Mukenge has a wealth of knowledge and experience, which we were eager to share with our Seattle friends. Those at the...
The International Human Rights Funders Group and the Foundation Center‘s Advancing Human Rights: Knowledge Tools for Funders initiative is a multi-year effort to track the evolving state of global human rights funding and create a set of powerful, interactive data and research tools to help human rights funders and advocates increase their...
The International Human Rights Funders Group is a great resource for grantmakers and grantseekers alike. One of their numerous tools is the Directory of Human Rights Funders. It is designed to enable organizations to search for human rights funders by several key criteria: areas of rights funding, activities supported and geographic focus. To access...
Below are excerpts from Professor Albert A. Bartlett’s article, The Meaning of Sustainability. To read the full article click here. To be directed to Professor Bartlett’s site click here. Background on Sustainability In the 1960s and 1970s, it became apparent to many thoughtful individuals that global populations, rates of...
A new report published by the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide concludes that courts in several countries are poised to pursue climate justice. “Some people are profiting enormously from damaging the climate, while others will bear the costs of that climate damage,” says Jennifer Gleason, ELAW Staff Attorney. Jen led a...
The 2014 American Climate Values survey oversampled three American racial and ethnic groups: African, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino Americans to analyze if and how they differ from national averages and each other in how they understand and respond to climate change. In addition to the applicable consensus, demographic, and psychographic findings from this...
The Mize Family Foundation envisions a planet in which humans co-operate to create and foster a sustainable natural environment. Climate change is the greatest threat to the sustainability of the planet. One of the most important steps our foundation can take in advocating for a resilient society is to divest...
We are proud to partner with the Arbor Group at UBS Financial Services for all Mize Family Foundation investments. The Arbor Group is a team of dedicated professionals that have decades of experience in providing portfolios that are environmentally and socially responsible. They currently work all over the world with...