The leaders and organizers of the Industrial Areas Foundation build organizations whose primary purpose is power - the ability to act - and whose chief produce is equitable social change.  The IAF is non-ideological and strictly non-partisan, but proudly, publicly and persistently political.  Through local affiliates, the IAF builds a political base among voluntary institutions that include religious congregations, labor local, education locals, civic organizations and others. Our leaders use that base to compete at times, to confront at times and to cooperate at times with decision-makers in the government and market sectors.

Joe Chrastil
IAF NW Lead Organizer
649 Strander Blvd.
Tukwila, WA  98188
(206) 575-2252

Spokane Alliance and its Sister Organizations in IAF NW currently have over 100 member institutions, representing roughly 89,000 people in Washington and Oregon:

Metro Alliance for Common Good
1244 NE 39th Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
(503) 235-6474
(503) 235-6457 Fax

Sound Alliance
Joe Chrastil
Lead Organizer
P.O. Box 508
Kent, WA  98035
(253) 520-2501
(253) 520 2515 (Fax)

Greater Edmonton Alliance
Michael Walters
Lead Organizer
11828-85 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5B 3D9 Canada
(780) 485-1089
(780) 485-2702 Fax