Dear Friends,

 

In late 2021, Eastside Pathways’ previous community report noted: …for the past 20+ months, the ideal of ‘a community where every child is happy, healthy, and successful’ has been more tenuous than in the past. In response to this environment, the Eastside Pathways Partnership has worked with dogged resolve to keep realizing that vision.

 

Though many pandemic era regulations have ended, the work of personal and structural recovery as well as systemic change are still taking place throughout the East King County community.

 

In 2023, the Eastside Pathways Partnership and its Partners continue to respond to the calls for more equity and representation to meet the needs of each community they serve. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, East King County organizations have stated a greater desired emphasis on diversity equity and inclusion work in response to the racial reckoning of the last three years.

 

Within the Eastside Pathways Partnership, communities of color shared and laid out their desired path towards a new leadership structure. At the systems level, the recent change of the Backbone Board, the creation of a new Leadership Table, and new Executive Leadership has begun to reshape the Partnership as it looks to shift the landscape of its collective work towards equity.

 

The Leadership Table is comprised of community members with informal authority who will advocate for community level priorities, provide guidance on the Partnership’s mission and vision, and hold formal authority on behalf of collective work of the Partnership. We are excited as their work will deepen the Partnership’s commitment to the East King County community.

 

Finally, we are thrilled to share the highlights of the Partnership’s work and successes of the past few years in this community report.

 

Warm wishes,

 

Kalika Curry, Executive

Cathy Habib, Board Chair