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WEBSep 11, 2024 · By Guy Oron | September 4, 2024. Hundreds of asylum-seekers continue to experience homelessness and a lack of state support as they try to forge new homes in the greater Seattle region. In the summer of 2023, migrants began arriving from the U.S.-Mexico border in larger numbers, seeking better …
Leading, and now leaving, the King County Housing Authority
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Stephen Norman has helped house thousands of households and now is looking forward to passing the baton. King County Housing Authority Executive Director Stephen Norman has worked at KCHA since 1997 and is retiring at the end of 2021. He worked to preserve naturally affordable housing during his tenure, which included purchasing buildings and ...
Book Review: 'Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for …
WEBApr 11, 2018 · “Uprooting Racism” is not a pleasant read for a White person. But stick with it, because the book provides a clearly written analysis of the institutional racism in our society and the damage it creates, then gives a series of simple exercises and practical strategies for dealing with it.
Prosecuting attorney candidate Jim Ferrell speaks with Real Change
WEBSep 28, 2022 · With incumbent Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg retiring, the question of who will be King County’s next prosecutor looms large. Like his opponent Leesa Manion, Satterberg’s current chief of staff, Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell has experience working in King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, where he spent 16 years as a prosecutor.
Releasing and updating the Emerald City Resource Guide in the …
WEBAug 19, 2021 · On Aug. 12, Real Change received a long-awaited shipment. Staff and volunteers carried box after box into the workroom and began unpacking 50,000 brand new, bright green copies of the fourth edition of the Emerald City Resource Guide. It’s been over two years since Real Change last produced a print copy of the resource guide. Excitement about finishing the book and getting it into the hands ...
ACT Theatre’s new managing director Anita Shah on revolution …
WEBJan 5, 2022 · Anita Shah begins her new role as managing director at ACT Theatre this month, and she has a lot of work to do. The theatre put on its annual production of “A Christmas Carol,” but its true relaunch begins with a truncated season, taking on plays that were in the works before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Revisiting ‘Streetwise’ | June 30 - July 6, 2021 | Real Change
WEBJun 30, 2021 · June marks the debut on DVD of a 37-year-old treasure of Seattle film history: Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Mark and Cheryl McCall’s 1984 documentary “Streetwise.”. An incredibly moving portrait of the daily life of Seattle homeless youth, the film garnered wide acclaim and an Oscar nomination. Upon its release, veteran Seattle Times film ...
Taylor Branch brings Dr. King’s legacy home - Real Change
WEBAug 22, 2007 · With At Canaan's Edge, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch completes a trilogy that delves into the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Taylor Branch never met Martin Luther King, Jr. But, nearly 40 years after working to organize Black voters one summer in Georgia, he …
Director's Corner: My time at Real Change has forever changed the ...
WEBAug 30, 2017 · This is a bittersweet column to write. After eight years at Real Change, I am leaving in order to attend to a family member’s pressing health issues.
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