Here at FEEST, we ✨LOVE✨ celebrating big victories! From winning 11 NEW Wellness Rooms in the Highline School District to successful meetings with decision-makers, and groundbreaking campaign kick-off events, it’s been another year of major wins! 🌟 We know that we’re successful because we cultivate the seeds of youth leadership, which allows Justice to Bloom 🌱
Check out some of the many major wins we have accomplished in the last school year!
Students kicked off their campaigns at each campus to spread awareness and organize towards FEEST’s goals for mental health resources in their schools. You can read and learn more about these campaign kick-offs by reading the recap blog!
We are proud to share that thanks to the organizing of Highline School District students, the Wellness Room pilot that was ran in the 2022-2023 school year was a major success! This school year HSD has expanded the program to 11 new schools in the district. We are so thankful for the opportunity to be thought partners with the district as we implement solutions for student wellness!
Student Organizers have been meetings with decision-makers in their districts to advocate and organize for their needs to be met. You can read the report back from the HSD decision maker meeting by checking out the button below!
FEEST’s pilot program Summer Stories had another successful year! In year two, we gathered students from all over king county to learn arts-based and storytelling skills. We used those newly learned skills all summer as the group collectively made a zine! Read more about Summer Stories in the blog!