History

The Minority Executive Directors Coalition of King County (MEDC) is the longest standing and broadest based association of Executive Directors and Program Directors who are persons of color working in private, non-profit human service and community development agencies in Seattle/King County. Founded in 1981, MEDC is recognized for its success in sustaining a diverse multi-racial coalition of individuals who work together to inform, educate, influence and empower our diverse constituencies in an effort to work toward social, political and economic equity and justice for communities of color in King County.

MEDC was founded in 1981, by Bernie Whitebear, Roberto Maestas, Bob Santos and Larry Gossett, uniting the Asian Pacific American, African American, Native American and Chicano-Latino communities in advocacy for people of color.

MEDC is the region’s broadest-based and longest standing multi-ethnic coalition of it’s kind.

For over 25 years, MEDC has successfully sustained and nurtured cooperation, unity and networking among its members.