Left side: Photo of Gala guests seated at a round table in a packed banquet hall. Right side, pale yellow and white text on a plum background reads: “Most of the time, boards are created by and for people with some kind of positionality – people with a bunch of letters after their names. But at the same time, people like that usually haven’t experienced what it is to be in a certain level of poverty.” Wendy Cisneros, Solid Ground Board Member

Following the lead of the people we serve

Wendy Cisneros, Solid Ground Board of Directors member, shares her story of her pathway beyond poverty to lead via lived experience.

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At Solid Ground, we believe poverty is solvable. We work to meet basic needs, nurture success, and promote change to create a community beyond poverty and oppression where all people have equitable opportunity to thrive.

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Back in a big way to fight for clear paths out of poverty

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What we’re doing in Olympia to clear the pathway out of poverty

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Cheshiahud: Not the last lake Indian in Seattle

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