Beacon Hill Council Seattle

advocates for a welcoming, diverse, and healthy community

  • Oranssi carpenter using bench saw
  • Oranssi technician working on a roof project
  • Beacon Hill Tchallaween 2021

Our
Pillars

  • Environmental Justice

    Welcoming

    We want a safe place for people to live, learn, shop, pray, play and volunteer at Beacon Hill.  We are 70% people of color and 44% immigrants and refugees. 

     

    We lift up Black Lives Matter, Stop AAPI Hate, and other initiatives to move from violence to peace and justice.

  • Promote and Retain diversity

    Promote and Retain diversity

    We celebrate our diversity. We work on anti-displacement initiatives to keep our neighbors and businesses in place and honor their contributions with the 100+ Significant People, Places, and Events Project at Beacon Hill.

  • Healthy community

    Healthy

    We support the health of our neighbors and our environment. We work on environmental justice issues, such as fighting pollution and air noise over Beacon Hill.

Upcoming meetings

In person

Virtual

Our
Past Projects

  • bhc street

    BEACON HILL SAFETY PROJECT

  • Oranssi project: roof expansion

    FIX THE HARM CAMPAIGN

  • Oranssi project: wraparound deck

    BILL WRIGHT RENAMING

  • Oranssi project: passive house

    ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE

  • Oranssi project: slat roof

    AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Our History

Beacon Hill is historically the land of the Duwamish people.  In the 1800s, European explorers and settlers arrived, colonized the land, and joined the City of Seattle. During the time of racial redlining,  Beacon Hill was one of the few neighborhoods in Seattle where people of color could own property.

Through the 20th century to the present, Beacon Hill has welcomed immigrants from all over the world - people from Italy, Serbia,  Japan, Vietnam, Somalia, and many other countries have made their homes here. Read more about the history of Beacon Hill here.

The
Council

  • MARIA BATAYOLA

    Chair

  • Whit Bouton

    Vice Chair

  • Amy Kaminishi

    Treasurer

  • Gerry Chambers

    Secretary

  • Adam Vance

    Councilmember

  • Kalia Carter

    Council Member

  • Simon Knaphus

    Council Member