Partner Spotlight: Planting Seeds
This piece was not featured in the 2019 Community Impact Report “Ready, Set, Read helps provide families with the tools and support they need to develop the skills and habit […]
Partner Spotlight: Playing to Learn
This piece was featured in the 2019 Community Impact Report. “Inclusive Play to Learn is the Children’s Museum of Tacoma’s free drop-in kindergarten readiness program offered at 25 sites across […]
Partner Spotlight: Safety Net
This piece was featured in the 2019 Community Impact Report. “Our Homeless Child Care Program provides families with short-term childcare subsidy, placement into high quality, licensed child care programs, and customized […]
Planning for a Career with Next Move
Christian Isaac is a youth program director at the YMCA. It’s a career path he didn’t know he wanted until enrolling in one of the first cohorts of the Next […]
Community Leader Spotlight: Kim Keith of Hilltop Artists
Kim Keith is the Executive Director of Hilltop Artists, a role she has held since May 2017. She is also on the leadership team for the Out of School and […]
Centering Youth in Local Government
While attending Tacoma’s first Mayoral Candidate Forum on LGBTQ+ issues in 2017, then-candidate Victoria Woodards met a sixth grader with a clear vision for her community. “Youth are not included […]
Rodney Raccoon: Your New Favorite Children’s Book
Rodney Raccoon: Special Delivery follows Rodney and friends as they explore the wonders of the Dome-A-Roma Science Museum. They must find clues hidden through the woods, under the sea, and […]
Bridging Schools and Community
As we prepare for another graduation season, the Tacoma College Support Network (TCSN) is finding new ways to amplify their work. This time, with clear input from high school staff. […]
Annual Teacher Impact Awards
Teachers are most often a young person’s closest source of opportunity and future success. By connecting additional resources to students and teachers, the Graduate Tacoma movement lifts up the daily […]
This is What It Looks Like when Tacoma Rows in the Same Direction!
Tacoma Rising & Closing Gaps! This isn’t all of us, but it’s definitely a lot of us! Graduate Tacoma community partners gathered April 28 at STAR Center for the 2017 […]