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Fall 2019: Racial Equity Series: Supporting Refugee & Immigrant Communities: Session 1 – Lay of the Land

by Hikma Sherka In the spring of 2017, YDEKC launched its first Racial Equity Community of Practice to offer an opportunity for members who were working to embed Racial Equity Policy, Practice and Programming in their organizations to come together and learn from one another. Our first Community [...]

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Building Strong Partnerships: Strategies that Work

Highline Community Partners Roundtable Part II by Anne Arias In our June blog post, we reflected on ideas from a spring gathering of the Highline Public Schools Community Partners Roundtable, facilitated by Community Partnership Specialist Nikki Fogerty, where leaders from community partners [...]

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August 9, 2019: Road Map Region Social & Emotional Learning Symposium

Whole Child, Whole Day: A Social & Emotional Learning Symposium On August 9, 2019, YDEKC hosted Whole Child, Whole Day: A Social & Emotional Learning Symposium for over 300 practitioners and system-level leaders from around the Road Map Region and beyond at Highline College. [...]

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