by Sujata Agrawal | Feb 26, 2016 | News 2016
I had the great fortune of attending the first learning community of the Working Cities Challenge (WCC), an initiative led by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to advance collaborative leadership and support ambitious work to improve the lives of low-income people in...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jan 31, 2016 | News 2016
On December 15, 2015, Bellevue College hosted 170 Bellevue School District male students from grades 7-12 for an all-day conference. The event, known as the BOOM Experience, was created with the intention of providing middle and high school boys of color the...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jan 31, 2016 | News 2016
I left college hungry to find solutions to tough problems and, thanks to my upbringing, I was encouraged to focus on inequity. Four years later, after a powerful experience in the Peace Corps, I was convinced that education was the key to lifting not only communities,...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jan 16, 2016 | News 2016, Partner Spotlight
What role does Camp Kindness Counts play in the community? Camp Kindness Counts considers community-building to be one of our most important tenets! We believe that by teaching our young people to be more empathetic and socially aware this will inspire them to want...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jan 10, 2016 | News 2016, Partner Voices
CISC (Chinese Information and Service Center) was started in Seattle in 1972 with the objective of helping non-English speaking elderly in the Chinese community. As the needs of the community grew, the organization responded by expanding its range of services to...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jan 10, 2016 | News 2016
Several Bellevue figures were appointed to the Best Starts for Kids advisory board in December. Best Starts for Kids is King County Executive Dow Constantine’s initiative to ensure that all children in King County have the opportunity for a healthy life and are able...
