Event Summary & Resources: Thriving Leaders Forum on Pay Equity
On April 22, 2022, YDEKC hosted a Thriving Leaders Forum: Reimagining Pay Equity in Youth-serving Nonprofits, the first event in our 2022 Thriving Leaders series. Our goals for the 3-hour forum were to: Explore many of the challenges and opportunities related to Pay Equity in our sector in [...]
Join us for Youth Development Advocacy Week!
by Rene Murry The 2022 Legislative Session for Washington State began on January 10! It is a short session this year (sixty days) that happens every other year in Washington unless the sessions are extended for special projects. YDEKC has been engaged in our state legislative work with [...]
Highlights from YDEKC’s “Generating a Generation of Change”
by Na’Quel Walker Generating a Generation of Change, the last event in our Thriving Leaders series and co-designed with our youth design team, called on leaders in the youth development field to be in community with young people, to hear their thoughts and hopes for youth and adult [...]
City Budget Task Force Update – City of Seattle’s 2022 Proposed Budget
by Guneeta Chadha YDEKC represents children and youth issues within the Steering Committee for the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC). Every year, SHSC pulls together a City Budget Task Force comprised of human services providers focused on an equitable recovery. The City Budget [...]
Behavioral Health Hot Topics Event: Call to Action
by Guneeta Chadha Each quarter, YDEKC’s Policy and Advocacy Team comes together to host a “Hot Topics” event where we put our members in front of our decision-makers to discuss critical issues impacting the youth development field. We want to thank our behavioral health service [...]