There are lots of ways to get involved with YouthCare! Check out our calendar to see YouthCare-related events, including our volunteer information sessions, benefits hosted by community members, local events, and social justice events recommended by YouthCare’s Cultural Impact Committee.
Passover Ends
Passover, also called Pesach, is a major, biblically derived Jewish holiday. Jews celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in ancient Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. Photo By: Getty Images/iStockphoto
10th Annual Girlvolution Conference by Powerful Voices
Powerful Voices 1620 18th Ave, Seattle, WA, United StatesGirlvolution is Powerful Voices' annual youth-led, social justice conference! that invites the community to participate in collective dialogue and restorative change facilitated by youth voice and agency. Our Activistas program is a 12 week employment program for nine 14-17 year old girls who will be supported by 10 Adult Allies to create and present an…
International Workers Day (May Day)
<img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2703" International Workers' Day, also known as Workers' Day, Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day, an ancient European spring festival.
YouthCare Barista Graduation: Hakuna Mochata
YouthCare Orion Center 1828 Yale Ave, Seattle, WA, United StatesThis Friday May 3rd, we will be celebrating the graduates from the third cohort of the year, Hakuna Mochata! The graduates will be making drinks for guests from 3:30pm-3:50pm in the barista room. Graduation will begin at 4:00pm in the GED classroom. Please come show some love and support for this hardworking group of young…
White Privilege Symposium Northwest
Northwest African American Museum 2300 South Massachusetts Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe White Privilege Symposium Northwest (WPSNW) is part of a national movement to prepare youth, adults, and elders to ignite social change by unpacking white supremacy, white privilege, and other forms of oppression. Free and Open to the Public on Friday night, The Privilege Institute and the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) would like to…
Children’s Day 2019 in Japan
Children's Day is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5 and is the final celebration in Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. It was designated a national holiday by the Japanese government in 1948. It has been a day of…
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. The day, which falls on Sunday, May 5 in 2019, is also known as Battle of Puebla Day. While it is a relatively minor holiday…
Ramadan Begins
Ramadan also known as Ramazan, romanized as Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan, is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm) to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief. This annual observance is regarded as one of the…
Malcom X Day
Malcolm X Day is an American holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Malcolm X which is celebrated either on May 19 (Malcolm's birthday), or the third Sunday of May. Malcolm X and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous…