The photo: Team SDOT, EACS, and Superpedestrian soon after completing the distribution at New Holly Housing and Community Center. Photo credit to Mulki Mohamed of Runta News. Seattle Department of Transportation, East African Community Services, and Superpedestrian partner to distribute 100 free bikes to BIPOC youthBy Marian Ali Seattle (August 3, 2021) - The Seattle Department...
By Meg Olberding SEATTLE (August 15, 2019) – The Seattle Youth Employment Program (SYEP), sponsored by the Seattle Human Services Department, announces the launch of a new year-round pre-employment program to support 200 youth and young adults in growing as community leaders and preparing for future work and career opportunities. This is an expansion to the current summer-only SYEP...
Runta News, Seattle, WashingtonIt was just months ago, when Jimmy Matta, Mayor of Burien, Washington informed me that he was approached by an amazing young ambitious Somali teenage called Mohamed Jama who want to become a Council Member or Deputy Mayor as soon as he turns 18.Jama, now 17,...
Xaaladaha deg-degga way dhacaan mar kasta, iyo in la waco 9-1-1 waxa ay badbaadin kartaa nolol badan. Iyadoo la kaashanayo nashaadaad is dhex gal ku dhisan, barnaamijka cusub ee Dhammaan Xiddigaha Emery wuxuu ka caawini doonaa in caruurta ku nool King County bartaan arrimaha ku saabsan iyo sida...
SEATTLE –Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for African Americans, David J. Johns addressed several hundred Seattle Youth Employment Program participants annual event to celebrate the end of the summer session.  Johns spoke to the interns about President Obama’s desire to restore the country to its...
The Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees, and Communities of Color received $75K from the Pre-apprenticeship & Support Services Grant program through the Washington State Department of Transportation as part of a pilot project to provide outreach and recruitment for a 4 week pre- apprenticeship program developed by the Iron workers...
Session 2 participant. Creative Justice 2015.  Timothy Aguero Photography.Incarceration alternative advances individual and systemic transformationJune 17, 2016 – 4Culture’s Creative Justice, an arts-based alternative to incarceration for young people in King County, Washington has been recognized with a Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review award.Piloted in 2015, the...
he Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees, and Communities of Color received $75K from the Pre-apprenticeship & Support Services Grant program through the Washington State Department of Transportation as part of a pilot project to provide outreach and recruitment for a 4 week pre- apprenticeship program developed by the Iron workers...
SEATTLE –Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for African Americans, David J. Johns addressed several hundred Seattle Youth Employment Program participants annual event to celebrate the end of the summer session.  Johns spoke to the interns about President Obama’s desire to restore the country to its...
Xaaladaha deg-degga way dhacaan mar kasta, iyo in la waco 9-1-1 waxa ay badbaadin kartaa nolol badan. Iyadoo la kaashanayo nashaadaad is dhex gal ku dhisan, barnaamijka cusub ee Dhammaan Xiddigaha Emery wuxuu ka caawini doonaa in caruurta ku nool King County bartaan arrimaha ku saabsan iyo sida...