A Message from Our CEO
Happy June, y’all!
I love seeing the beautiful blue skies, vibrant colors from the flowers, and finally—sunshine! This is an amazing month and season. Summer is here!
The CPIN team has been busy this past month. We hosted our annual Purpose Fund celebration at Red Elm and celebrated three new Purpose Fund grantees. Red Elm received a $750 technology grant, and Key Peninsula Preschool and Key Peninsula Partnership for a Healthy Community each received a $250 microgrant. We love supporting our community.
We were also out and about at Tacoma Connect and joined the RISE Center for their annual Walk to End Homelessness. As part of our support for entrepreneurs, we hosted our Pitch & Pout workshop and look forward to offering more FREE coaching and technical assistance for businesses and nonprofits over the next several months.
What am I looking forward to in June? I’m all about getting out and about. I hope you’ll join a local Juneteenth event and also drop in to share a meal at the Crafty Beaver for our first #LocalOnPurpose engagement event on June 26th.
There are also so many amazing Pride events this month and next. And for music lovers, Porchfest is just about a month away. Let’s celebrate culture, creativity, diversity, inclusivity, resilience, and community!
Dr. Angela Silva
Happy Pride Month and Juneteenth!!
LGBTQ Pride Month, is a month-long observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ pride, commemorating the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer culture and community. In the United States, Pride Month is observed in June, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests.
Juneteenth - Friday, June 19, 2026 | 11 am-5 pm at the LeMay Car Museum Free!
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared a formal end to slavery in the United States. However, change was not instant after the proclamation. Nearly two and a half years later, on June 19th, 1865, the enslaved African Americans of Galveston, Texas got the news by way of the Union army troops that freedom had come at last. The next year, the people of Galveston commemorated that day as Juneteenth, a celebration of freedom. Since then, it’s been observed in communities and states as a holiday, but officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.
Why is the holiday called Juneteenth? The name blends the month and the day this news reached the people of Galveston: “June” plus “nineteenth” is Juneteenth. It’s also often called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day.
CPIN Staff in ACTION!
Amarye and Angela were leading the way for the RISE Center’s Walk for the Homeless this Year. Check out this video on our Instagram!
Pitch and Pout, what a fun night practicing our business pitches and trying on shades of our favorite lip products. Thank you to Sister Studio and Sahale Outdoors for co-hosting this event with us.
CPIN Client Wins!
Key Peninsula Partnership for a Healthy Community has been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Bamford Foundation! Since 2015, KPHC has strengthened the community's well-being by building partnerships, leveraging local assets, and coordinating programs that improve access to essential services for residents of all ages, incomes, and abilities.
This grant enables KPHC to convene partners, respond quickly to emerging needs such as service closures or gaps, and sustain initiatives like the Digital Navigator Initiative, which reduces barriers to telehealth, online services, and digital literacy.
Thanks to the Bamford Foundation, KPHC will increase coordinated access to services, resulting in at least a 10% increase in residents successfully connected to critical resources—such as childcare, food assistance, or digital services!
CPIN Events!
Join Team CPIN for our First #LocalOn Purpose Event
On June 26th from 3pm to 5pm we will be visiting The Crafty Beaver for a meal and some refreshing brews and beverages.
This is just the first of our recurring #LocalOnPurpose events! Over the next several months, the Purpose Fund plans to collaborate with local businesses to encourage folks to visit and support them. Help us highlight the people and places that make our community special! Know a Pierce County business that deserves some love? Fill out the form below to nominate them for a monthly highlight!
Nominate a Business for Local On Purpose
CPIN’s Monthly Open House - Visit us on the Third Friday of each Month
Join us on Friday June 19th from 1pm to 3pm for our next community resource day. We offer free fresh and shelf stable food, hygiene items, and clothing. Text our Resource Coordinator, Millie at 253-278-8861 to set up your appointment. Do you need to visit us on a different day? Reach out to Millie to schedule this day and time.
Doing some spring cleaning? We accept donations of gently used clothes mens and children’s clothes, toys and household items, as well as food, diapers and hygiene items. Keep an eye on our social media for updates on what we need to what we have in stock for our outreach days.
Office Events with Queer Stability
Queer Stability partners with members of the community to offer these amazing events! Want to learn how to weld, need sewing advice or want to start a wellness practice. How about a cruise around Foss Harbor? We got these events and more on the Queer Stability Events calendar.
CPIN Client Events and Activities
Key Peninsula Healthy Community is hosting a Fundraising Dinner, Saturday, July 18th 2026 from 5pm-8pm
Proceeds from the event will be split between Key Peninsula Cooperative Preschool and Key Peninsula Partnership for a Healthy Community!
CPIN is so happy to support our Client’s fundraising efforts! “The KP Partnership listens to the desires, concerns, and hopes of the people who live here to make life better for all of us. (…) Our ultimate goal is healthier lives for KP residents and a connected, healthier KP Community.” Thank you, KPHC for the amazing work that you are doing in Community!
The Oasis Center is hosting their annual fundraiser, Big Hat Brunch! Saturday, July 18, 2026 10 AM - 2 PM
This year’s theme, Rainforest Flora & Fauna, invites guests into a vibrant world teeming with life among lush canopies, dazzling foliage, and awe-inspiring vistas. The forest exudes adventure and curiosity, sheltering all life beneath its magnificent cover.
Step into the wild. Dress to delight. And help us grow a brighter future for queer youth.
Community Events and Resources
Join the largest juneteenth celebration in WA state! June 19, 2026 | Tacoma
Calling all Music Lovers for Porchfest 2026!
Porchfest is a free community festival transforming Central and North Tacoma into an all-ages, walkable music celebration.
How does it work? Residents within the festival boundaries sign up as porch hosts, and performers are matched to these cozy "stages," creating a festival that is large in scale (over 300 bands in 2025), yet intimate and neighborly.
Celebrate Pride and the LGBTQ+ Community at the Zoo!
June 20 - 21, 2026, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Watch animals enjoy rainbow-themed enrichments, join the Zoo’s Pride Parade. Enjoy the zoo filled with color and dress in Pride finest.
Tacoma Pride Festival Returns to Wright Park at 9am on July 11, 2026!
The Rainbow Center is proud to partner with Parks Tacoma to bring the festival back to the park where it all began. We’re deeply grateful to Parks Tacoma for their support in helping us make this beloved community event more accessible, inclusive, and vibrant than ever.
Puyallup Tribe Pride
July 25, 2026, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. 3001 Puyalupabsh St. Tacoma, WA 98404
Our theme this year is Indigiglam: Fashionably Resilient. We encourage folks to get glammed up and show out! Not Indigenous? No problem!
Lean into your culture’s stylish attire as you join us in celebrating diversity, inclusion, and the vibrant 2SLGBTQ+ community within and beyond the Puyallup Tribe.
This free, all-ages event is hosted by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and Puyallup Tribe Pride Planning Committee.
