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Iris Friday

Iris Friday

Chair and interim Executive Director of the Seattle Indian Services Commission and co-founder/President of Native Action Network; a Tlingit Native housing expert and former U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development program specialist.

Aug 31, 2026

13:01
Where do things stand at this moment?
13:03
So we're currently in the pre-development stages of that project.
13:06
We put together some renderings.
13:08
We're looking at developing... a fundraising plan to get that off the ground, and we'll be applying to the City of Seattle Office of Housing for housing funding for the affordable housing project, and then are looking at other options to fund
13:27
the other community spaces as part of that project.
13:31
Currently, Damaris is on staff as our development manager and has really been working to support the organizational capacity building of the organization.
13:43
And we'll be bringing on an executive director soon who will be a permanent full-time employee that will work in partnership with Damaris to move the organization forward and continue to build the capacity.

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