Belong Partners

05/28/2026

Join us for a Thoughtful Thursday with Aaron and Rupert as they teach you how to do the "Finger Focus" regulation strategy.

This is just one of the many ways kids and adults regulate throughout their day at a BELONG Partners school. Making consistent time for regulation tells kids that their whole selves matter, always. In just 60 seconds, kids and adults can reset and re-engage with learning.

For more regulation strategies, check out our deck of 60 regulation strategy tool cards (link in comments).

05/07/2026

We are hiring!

Help advance equity-centered work with youth and schools.

We've engaged DovetailED to lead a search for a Director of Advancement Opportunity. Interested candidates should review the Opportunity Statement and submit a cover letter, resume, and list of references as a consolidated PDF to Lynda Hamilton-Kirk, Managing Partner at [email protected]

BELONG Partners Director of Advancement Opportunity Statement Link: https://bit.ly/belongpartners-doa

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05/06/2026

We are so honored for the contributions you’ve made on behalf of students, educators, and families. Together, we’re transforming schools.

If you missed it, there's still time! Gifts made until 11:59 PST tonight still count!

https://www.wagives.org/organization/Belongpartners

05/05/2026

Let's show some love to educators! Give $25 in honor of someone who made a difference in your life. Give BIG link in comments.

At BELONG Partners, we start with educators, because supporting them is the first step toward transforming school communities.

We’d love to hear who you’re honoring and why!

05/05/2026

Need a mid-day breather? Kids do, too. Join Aaron and Lucille as they teach you how to do the "finger breathing" regulation strategy.

This is just one of the many ways kids and adults regulate throughout their day at a BELONG Partners school. Making consistent time for regulation tells kids that their whole selves matter, always. In just 60 seconds, kids and adults can reset and re-engage with learning.

If you'd like to support students like Lucille build belonging at their school, join us for Give BIG. Link in the comments!

05/05/2026

Today is the day! Our goal is to raise $15,000, or $1 for every student who helps build belonging in their school through programs with BELONG Partners. Giving opens at 8 a.m. PST, and you have until midnight tonight to make a gift.

Link in comments!

Give BIG is all about people coming together on one exciting day to invest our local communities. When we give, we take a proactive step towards creating the society we want to live in. Join us!

05/04/2026

We believe that everyone can thrive when they belong. Together with educators, we are transforming classrooms into communities, and schools into spaces of belonging: for students, educators, school staff, and families. When we partner with schools, change happens: we’ve seen 93%+ change in educator practice that has reduced inequity for students. What is the BELONG Partners secret? We honor teacher agency; we connect, rather than command. Come check out what we’re doing – we’d love to get to know you!

05/01/2026

We’ve been working on something special and we’re finally ready to give a sneak peek 👀.

Over the next weeks, you’ll get to see our new series of videos all about emotional regulation, featuring students and educators from Midway Elementary in Des Moines, WA leading simple, classroom-ready activities from our regulation tool cards (link in comments!).

These videos are all about building skills to help kids and adults feel more grounded, connected, and ready to learn in community.

Stay tuned as we drop our first video next week for GIVE BIG on Tuesday, May 5th. Early giving starts today, check the link in the comments to help us get things started!

Videos made possible by College Spark Washington and made beautiful by Waka Seattle Video Production