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Black Minds Matter is flexing youth power in South Seattle
At the height of the George Floyd rebellion in 2020, Black Minds Matter led a successful campaign to remove police from Seattle Public Schools. This effort was part of a wave of youth-led campaigns around the country to address police violence against young people. ...
Nyema Clark: “BIPOC communities have healed ourselves for generations.”
Nyema Clark (she/her) is a 33-year-old urban farmer and founder of Nurturing Roots, a nonprofit building community through farming in Seattle’s Beacon Hill. “I started Nurturing Roots because I wanted to provide healthier food to our community. For the Black...
Now Hiring: Operations & Finance Manager
Position: Operations and Finance Manager Classification: 1.0 FTE (40 hours / week) Priority deadline: March 29, 2021 Ideal start date: May 31, 2021 Location: Seattle, WA Please submit cover letter, resume and three references to: Email: jobs@feestseattle.org ...
“Anyone can be a part of this fight” – FEEST youth speak on how to run a successful campaign
Congratulations to Ariel and Bree! These two FEEST youth leaders led a powerful webinar about their experiences with food justice organizing. The webinar was attended by 93 students from the Washington COVID-19 Response Corps who are working across Washington state to...
2020… You made it happen!
2020 has been an incredible year of change. Here’s a recap of what we’ve accomplished this year with the support of friends like you. Healthy snacks: Students who get a healthy snack perform better in school. We released the results of our three-month study here. Free...
It’s not a “food desert.” It’s food apartheid.
Maybe you’ve heard the term “food desert” in reference to neighborhoods with limited access to grocery stores and fresh, healthy food. Some of our own communities have been labeled that way. In many low income neighborhoods and communities of color, gas stations and...
Now Hiring: Development Director
Priority Deadline: Open until filled, but applications received before October 19, 2020 will be prioritized. Ideal start date: December 2020 Please submit cover letter, resume and three references to: Email: jobs@feestseattle.org Subject: Development Director (FULL...
What is “Healthy” Anyway?
Here at FEEST we believe that everyone has a right to housing, food, medical and mental healthcare as basic human rights. Being healthy is something that we all are striving towards, but what does it actually mean? We had a really great conversation on this topic at...
What is community organizing? Lessons from FEEST Summer Camp
Each school year, FEEST welcomes a cohort of youth leaders from Chief Sealth, Evergreen, Rainier Beach, and Tyee High Schools to deepen their knowledge of social justice, build community, and grow stronger together as organizers. This month we kicked off the year with...
How are you making your city safer for Black folks?
Photos in this post from a June 3, 2020 rally in Seattle protesting the police murder of George Floyd. Photos by Jordan Martinez. FEEST is an organization led by youth of color in South Seattle and South King County working to improve holistic health in our schools....
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