Blog
Newsletter: July 2023
Dear Friends, It has been an incredible three months since I took on my new executive role, and I am enjoying the tremendous responsibility and boundless potential that accompanies it. This journey has allowed me to make new connections, grow the partnership, and with...
Expanding the Backbone Team
Through equity and adaptive leadership practices, the backbone team co-developed a distinctive interview protocol for the two open positions: Community Engagement and Marketing Communications. The protocol consisted of three rounds. “The aim of the process,”...
Stop. Start. Change.
At the June meeting, Eastside Pathways Partners reflected on the partnership's work and shared what they might STOP, START, or CHANGE in their role. The responses were rich and wide in categories including Partnership Level Action, Individual Partner Action,...
Learnings at Convenings
Accelerating Collaborative Action for Outcomes Improvement Kalika Curry and I participated in this 9-month cohort, hosted and facilitated by StriveTogether along with representatives from eight Cradle to Career Partnerships from across the country.The program...
Kalika A. Curry Appointed Executive Director, Eastside Pathways Backbone
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Kalika A. Curry as the new executive director of the Eastside Pathways Backbone, effective April 3rd. We highly value Kalika's foundational work at Eastside Pathways, her intentionality in building relationships, and her...
New Leadership for Eastside Pathways Backbone and Partnership for the Future: The Path Ahead (Updated blog)
The blogpost, originally published on November 18, 2022 was the second of two articles about the future of leadership for Eastside Pathways and described the plans for the new leadership of the Eastside Pathways Backbone and Board. The blog has been updated to reflect...
Africans on the Eastside awarded the Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children Grant 2023
Eastside Pathways is pleased to announce Africans on the Eastside as the Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children 2023 grantee. Bill Henningsgaard, founding board chair and executive director of Eastside Pathways, was a strategic thinker with a passion for ensuring...
Welcoming New Partners
We welcome new partners to the table and their commitment to collective impact and our shared vision of ensuring children, youth, and young adults in East King County are thriving, from cradle to career. Lars Myren, Executive Director Columbia Choirs of Metropolitan...
Newsletter: February 2023
Dear Friends, We are excited to share our renewed bi-monthly newsletter with you. We hope it will be a chance for you to read about the work of Eastside Pathways and the Partnership, and provide opportunities for you to engage more with the work. Here are some...