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Equity and Collective Impact
At Eastside Pathways, as in communities nationally, our understanding of collective impact continues to evolve. One key change is the way that an explicit focus on equity has moved to the forefront. In a widely-read update to their original 2011 white paper on...
Partner Spotlight: Bellevue Schools Foundation
When Bellevue educators had the opportunity to seek a $256,000 grant to create a groundbreaking Equity in Computer Science curriculum for teachers—and had less than a month to secure matching funds—they called the Bellevue Schools Foundation. Thanks to donors already...
Eastside Pathways Youth Involvement
Eastside Pathways has always been dedicated to helping the children in our community thrive. This month, we interviewed three of the fantastic youth working among us to make a collective impact. Rachel Lau, Zach England, and Kate Chen shared their experiences of...
Privilege, Confidence, and Heartfelt Gratitude
Susan Sullivan shares from her heart. "Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have." — Margaret Mead As my time with Eastside Pathways ends, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you:...
Committed To Serving All of Our Community
Many immigrants have expressed their fear and concerns about President-Elect Trump’s focus on tougher regulation of undocumented immigrants. Organizations on the Eastside and in Seattle are working together to maintain the integrity and values of our cities and to...
Partner Spotlight: Sound Mental Health
Sound Mental Health, celebrating 50 years of service, is committed to ensuring that the most vulnerable and under-served community members have the opportunity to experience good emotional, physical and mental well-being. The mental health and substance use programs...
Partner Voices: The Power of Collective Impact
Amy Mack puts down her right hand and spreads out her fingers. “Each of these fingers represents an organization working for kids.” She turns her palm over and curls her fingers to form a fist. “And they must work with each other, leveraging each other strengths, to...
Inspiration & Gratitude
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams I am so proud and continue to be amazed, that there are so many who repeatedly step up to lead and to inspire all of us to do more for our...
New Partner Spotlight: Seattle Education Access
Seattle Education Access (SEA) is one of Eastside Pathways' newest partners. The organization is providing young adults struggling with poverty and adversity in King County with opportunities to overcome that through higher education advocacy. What role does Seattle...