YouthCare is thrilled to endorse the 2023 King County Veterans, Seniors & Human Services Levy and City of Seattle Housing Levy. Both levies are funding sources for YouthCare programming and… Read More of “YouthCare 2023 Levy Endorsements”
King’s legacy is more than a dream speech. King had radical ideas. Radical enough to have the audacity to hope. Extreme enough to believe that people with the most racist beliefs can have their convictions changed by radical love. Read More of “Honor King’s Full Legacy”
Empathetic leadership allows organizations to be aware of the thoughts and feelings of their teams and to offer exceptional care and consideration to staff members. Read More of “The Importance of Leading with Empathy”
Cultural holidays and the multicultural calendars of heritage months are more than months or days or moments: they are true history. These celebrations and acts of resistance are exercises of revolutionary work. Read More of “PRIDE is More Than a Month; PRIDE is Always. Canadian Indigenous Heritage is More Than a Month; it’s World History.”
YouthCare stands in strong opposition to anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation currently being considered throughout the United States, including horrific anti-trans legislation in Texas and the hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida.… Read More of “In Support of Our LGBTQIA+ Community”
For over ten years, YouthCare has been running a program called Casa de Los Amigos (Casa) for unaccompanied youth arriving at the U.S. border. The majority of youth served at… Read More of “YouthCare Statement on Illegal Border Closure”
Five years ago, King County and the City of Seattle declared a state of emergency on homelessness. Nevertheless, despite modest declines in subpopulations like families and youth, homelessness rates continued… Read More of “YouthCare Endorses JumpStart Seattle Payroll Tax”
This has been an incredibly challenging and emotional time for our country and our world. Last week, our nation saw, yet again, video footage of a gruesome and traumatic murder… Read More of “YouthCare CEO: Responding to the Murder of Ahmaud Abery”
She was violated and raped in plain sight at all hours of the day and night. She was sold and threatened with violence and death. She scratched and kicked the… Read More of “Child sex trafficking survivors deserve to be protected, not criminalized”
As we marched and celebrated with so many others in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. last Monday, one word, in particular, stood out to us: community. “Our lives… Read More of “YouthCare Celebrates MLK Jr. Day 2020”
