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Eastside Pathways featured in Crosscut
Read the article on Crosscut here about how Eastside Pathways is tackling education reform with a focus on data and a commitment to collectivism. When Eastside Pathways combined the recreational programming and 160 years-plus of community outreach experience of...
2012-13 Community Scorecard Released
Eastside Pathways has just released a new community scorecard for the 2012-13 school year. This hot-off-the-presses report is the first follow-up the December 2013 Eastside Pathways Baseline Report. Whereas the baseline report mostly focused on the 2011-12 school...
A Year To Remember
I recently came across a quote that seemed to eloquently summarize the experiences of this past year for me: "The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it." -- Vince Lombardi A little over a year ago,...
Learning From Collective Impact Peers
A Reflection from Kelly Jones Last month, I had the privilege of connecting with staff from four other Pacific Northwest collective impact efforts at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Collective Impact Grantee Meeting. This day-long meeting covered a range...
Beyond Diversity: A Reflection by Helena Stephens
Representatives from the Bellevue School District, Eastside Pathways, Jubilee REACH, and the City of Bellevue attended “Beyond Diversity,” a regional training in Portland, Oregon. Beyond Diversity is an introduction to Courageous Conversations and a platform to speak...
Bellevue Family YMCA Wins Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children
We’re excited to reveal this year’s winner for the inaugural Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children grant is the Bellevue Family YMCA! The Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children was created to honor the memory of Bill Henningsgaard, founder of Eastside Pathways. Bill...
Racial Equity: Turning Commitment Into Action
Racial equity is a way of being and interacting with people; it is not a program. “Diversity” has become a euphemism for race. I am uncomfortable with discussions about race and I think they are really important. Institutions have a culture and life of their own. If...
Executive Meeting: Finding a Decision-Making Model
Executives from over 30 Eastside Pathways partner organizations came together on March 7 to discuss the accountability and decision making structure of the partnership and to network. “The Eastside Pathways partnership came about to serve the needs of this community. ...
Eastside Pathways featured in Education Northwest 2014
Eastside Pathways has been featured in Education Northwest's newly released publication about collective impact education projects. The publication, Mobilizing Communities: Improving Northwest Education Through Collective Impact also features eight other...