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Youth Voice & Action
“Hopeful. Excellent. Excited. Future. Getting started. In awe. Inspired. Jazzed. Motivated. Passionate. Phenomenal.” These are the words that participants used when reflecting on the first Eastside Pathways Roundtable April 16. Recognizing the value of young people’s...
Bellevue’s 2013 Strawberry Festival
“The delight on the children’s faces as they walked away with their books!” “The parents’ happiness about the things we offered the children not costing them anything.” “Seeing the families we want to serve.” “Talking with families – especially immigrant families who...
City of Bellevue’s Diversity Initiative
In 1994, the City of Bellevue first established a cultural diversity initiative to help our community understand, appreciate and celebrate diversity. A document called the Cultural Diversity Task Force Report was produced and served as a guideline for a series of...
Bellevue School District Launches Equity Plan
During his job interview last spring, Dr. Tim Mills made a promise to the community. If hired as Superintendent, Mills vowed to create a Director of Equity position for the Bellevue School District to place more emphasis toward creating a culture of equity and...
Pimento Prophecy
As we start to crawl out of the great recession, with new signs of economic life emerging across the Eastside, we have the opportunity to shift our gaze from the here and now to the future. The economy that faces the next generation will be more global, more dynamic,...
Partnering for Progress
“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” - Ronald Reagan By breaking down organizational barriers, three Eastside Pathways partners collaborate to create a stronger,...
School Attendance: Does it Really Matter?
Myth: Attending Elementary School Regularly Doesn’t Matter Reality: Elementary school is the period when children gain basic social and academic skills that are the foundation for their education. Nationally, one in 10 kindergarten and first grade students miss nearly...
Reflections on the Year
I had coffee yesterday with a friend whom I hadn’t seen in a while. Our kids attended Sunday school together, and we had lots to catch up on. It seems like it’s always hard to believe that almost two years had passed since our last conversation - in some ways, time...
4th Plus Work Group
This fall, representatives of local community based organizations, Bellevue School District, the City of Bellevue, Bellevue College, United Way of King County and Eastside Pathways began to meet and discuss how we might deepen supports of young people beginning in...