Tag: The Evergreen State College
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Young-Adult Leaders Use Local History to Build Blueprint for the Future
As racial and political tensions were at an all-time high across the U.S. in the late 60’s, Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood reached a boiling point, stirring up an event known as the 1969 Mother’s Day Uprising. Blackpast.org recounts the event: “An attempted arrest on the Hilltop led to a night of angry, youthful confrontation > Continue Reading
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2018 Giving Numbers Point to the Importance of Donor Relationships
Charitable giving in 2018 set another overall record, reaching $427.71 billion nationally. Although that is an increase of nearly $3 billion in current dollars from 2017, adjusting for inflation, total giving decreased by $7.4 billion. Those numbers came from Giving USA’s annual report on philanthropy, offering research into the who, what, and where of giving in 2018. “Many donors are becoming more sophisticated in the way they want to give and the > Continue Reading
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Hiring Locally Strengthens Local Organizations
As a high school math teacher in Tacoma, Tim Herron developed the Act Six initiative in 2002 to help his students succeed in college and return to lead in their community. Today, as the President of Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change—which now operates the Act Six initiative—he continues to build on that effort by hiring > Continue Reading