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Good news! This episode features a conversation with Naomi Mulitauaopele Tagaleo’o of Education with a Purpose for Pacific Islanders, a Kent-based organization that provides education resources and support to Pacific Islander youth and their parents.

United Way of King County proudly supports Education with a Purpose for Pacific Islanders and its efforts to help students succeed in the classroom and beyond.

We will also discuss United Way’s Free Summer Meals program and a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. This week's episode is a conversation about tackling our housing crisis.

United Way of King County recently launched its Bridging the Wealth Gap campaign, which aims to increase access to financing and capital for homeownership and small business development in communities of color across the Greater King County region.

In this episode, we will chat with Kathleen Hosfeld of Homestead Community Land Trust, the leader of one of the organizations we’re partnering with in our campaign. The Seattle-based organization works to create stability, equity, and opportunity through permanently affordable homeownership.

We will also hear about an upcoming Bridging the Wealth Gap campaign event and a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. This episode features a conversation with Lisa Fruichantie, the executive director of Na Ah Illhee Fund, a United Way-supported, Seattle-based organization that promotes Indigenous women's leadership in communities from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to the Rockies.

Fruichantie will discuss how her drive and passion for her work stretch back to her childhood in the area of Alaska that is still experiencing the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in U.S. history.

We will also hear about an upcoming United Way event and a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. In this episode, we’ll discuss the statewide Free Summer Meals program. Sponsored by United Way of King County and our partners, the Free Summer Meals program provides free meals to youth under 18 while school is out for the summer. We’ll chat with United Way’s staff members about Free Summer Meals and Summer EBT, a program that helps families buy food for their school-aged children during the summer.

We’ll also hear a special message from United Way of King County president and CEO Gordon McHenry, Jr., and discuss a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. In this episode, we'll discuss SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP is one of the nation’s most effective tools for addressing hunger and lifting families out of poverty. But federal lawmakers are currently considering nearly $300 billion in cuts to the program.

In this episode, we will chat with Sara Seelmeyer, United Way Associate Director for Ending Hunger, and Elsa Young, United Way Food Security Impact Manager, about how those cuts would impact Washingtonians locally and statewide.

We will also hear a special message from United Way of King County president and CEO Gordon McHenry, Jr., about a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. This week’s episode features a conversation with Dawn Bennett, the executive director of the African American Leadership Forum, a Kent-based organization committed to revitalizing and sustaining local communities of color.

We will also hear a special message from United Way president and CEO Gordon McHenry Jr., and discuss a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. This episode is a conversation about our new Bridging the Wealth Gap Campaign.

We will chat with members of United Way staff about a campaign to accelerate economic mobility through increased home ownership and successful small business startups.

We’ll also hear a special message from United Way president and CEO Gordon McHenry, Jr., and discuss a local volunteer opportunity.

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Good news happens. This week’s episode is a conversation on youth advocacy and activism featuring FEEST, a Seattle-based organization that trains young people of color and working-class youth to organize for systemic change in their schools.

United Way of King County is proud to fund FEEST and spotlight its work to build young leaders who prioritize equity and address injustice.

We will also hear about an upcoming Conversations for Change event and a local volunteer opportunity.

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