OneAmerica History

  • Bombing of the World Trade Centers

  • Hate Free Zone Campaign of Washington (HFZ) established

  • HFZ establishes office in South Seattle, working with immigrant communities being targeted

  • HFZ organizes broad coalition to hold historic Justice for All hearing at Seattle Town Hall; over 1,000 diverse community members attend and over 20 testify before panel of appointed and elected officials

  • Hate Free Zone holds first ever meeting of immigrant rights groups with Sen. Cantwell and 40 members of the Somali, Arab, Muslim, SA, Cambodian and Latino communities

  • Seattle Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride, chaired by HFZ and the King County Labor Council, takes over 42 immigrants from 24 countries to tell their stories on a ten-day journey across the United States, along with immigrants from 12 cities across the countr

  • HFZ partners with Council on American-Islamic Relations Seattle Chapter to launch first Muslim Civic Engagement Project

  • HFZ holds 3rd Justice For All Hearing with Senator Patty Murray on immigration reform; over 800 attend

  • HFZ becomes part of national Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, representing Washington State in national debate on immigration reform

  • Hate Free Zone registers 12,000 new citizens to vote in Washington

  • Hate Free Zone registers 20,000 new citizens to vote in Washington

  • HFZ works successfully with Governor Chris Gregoire on immigrant integration; Gregoire signs the New Americans Executive Order establishing a policy council to provide recommendations to the Governor on immigrant integration; the State Legislature allocat

  • HFZ has registered over 23,000 new citizens to vote in Washington

  • HFZ changes its name to OneAmerica

  • New Americans Policy Council begins meetings to discuss immigrant integration agenda for Washington State

  • OneAmerica base community groups established in key communities across Washington: Vancouver, Mount Vernon, Pasco, Walla Walla, Tacoma, and White Center