Resources at Pierce College
- Pierce College Asian American and Pacific Islanders Reaching Their Potential Through Education (ASPIRE)
- ASPIRE aims to improve and expand the college's capacity to serve Asian Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and low-income individuals.
- Student Achievement Support Services (SASS)
- Provides support for students that include cultural affinity groups, grant programs, and more.
- Student Life Clubs
- Reporting Discrimination and Misconduct on Campus
Employment and Career Opportunities
- MBDA Washington Business Center
- Helps BIPOC owned business to generate increased financing and contract opportunities
Find Therapists of Color
- NAMI – Pierce County and Seattle
- Provides resources to find mental health providers of color and much more.
Free and Low-Cost Legal Aid
- Northwest Community Bail Fund (NCBF)
- Provides bail assistance for those facing pre-trial detention due to the inability to pay. Focuses on standing between those most vulnerable to abuse by systems of policing and therefore prioritize assistance for non-white and non-cisgender people.
- Lavender Rights Project
- Free legal services for Black and Indigenous Communities, centers Black trans women and femmes
Food and Hygiene Resources
- Tahoma Indian Center
- Provides multiple services from self-service laundry, computer access, food and clothing bank, and more for Pierce County's urban Native communities.
Black Community Resources
- Institute for Black Justice (IBJ)
- Offers programing that includes child & family advocacy, leadership development, and more.
- Tacoma NAACP
- Works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination in Tacoma and Pierce County.
- Tacoma Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD)
- Offers program to support Black Infant Health.
- Tacoma Urban League
- Provides support programs and advocacy for Black residents of Tacoma.
Native Community and Tribal Resources
- Hummingbird – Indigenous Family Services
- Provides culturally responsive, holistic care for Indigenous pregnant people
- Mother Nation
- Offers culturally informed healing services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention in Washington State.
- PSESD Native American Education Program.
- Partners with four Pierce County school districts to provide cultural, social-emotional, and educational support to students and families with Native American heritage.
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians
- Offers holistic services and support for Puyallup Tribal citizens.
- Seattle Indian Health Board
- Community health center that provides health and human services to its patients, while specializing in the care of Native people.
Latinx Community Resources
- Consejo
- Treatment center that offers a variety of services including mental health, transitional housing, and much more.
- Latinx Unidos of the South Sound (LUSS)
- Provides support and resources guides for the South Sound Latinx community.
- Mi Centro
- Provides a variety of programs for Latinx and Indigenous communities.
Asian Community Resources
- Asian Counseling Treatment Services (ACTS)
- Counseling and Support services ranging for substance use, anger management, and more.
- Asia Pacific Cultural Center
- Serves Asia Pacific people from 47 different countries, providing a wide range of programs and activities, many of which are free or very low cost.
Pacific Islander Community Resources
- Asia Pacific Cultural Center
- Serves the Asia Pacific people from 47 different countries, providing a wide range of programs and activities, many of which are free or very low cost
- Pacific Islander Health Alliance NW
- Provides cultural and competent health education and outreach services to the Pacific Islander community in Washington state.
- Pacific Islander Health Board of WA
- Provides connection to health care and pregnancy support, insurance navigation, and more.
- UTOPIA WA
- Provides a variety of programs for 2SLGBTQIA+ Pacific Islanders.