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Celebrating 10 YEARS of AGE UP!
A Decade of Dinners Hey y’all! This winter marks 10 YEARS OF AGE UP! We wish we could celebrate in person (wear a mask, wash your hands, and social distance!), but in replacement of our annual Family Feast we’ve got four days worth of great stuff coming your way from October 29th-29th. Follow the action via…
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2020 RWJF Sports Award
We won a thing! AGE UP has been selected as a 2020 winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award! This award recognizes and honors those in sport who display an innovative and collaborative approach to making their communities a healthier place to live. This includes sports teams, athletes, and community-based organizations that use…
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2020 Spring Update from Ari
Hi everyone! Ari here from the AGE UP staff. It’s been a wild 2020 so far, so I wanted to take some time to reflect and update all of you about what we’ve been up to at AGE UP! We can’t ignore the fact that something big has impacted all of us during this time…
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2019 End Of Year Letter From Our Board
Amy and Ayan here, with your end of the year letter from AGE UP. We tried to talk about all the great things AGE UP did this year but instead ended up talking about our cheesy love story as Vice-President and President of the Board, co-hosting Family Feast, and being a part of this community. …
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Gentrification in South Seattle
Check it out This past July, our 35 summer interns worked on five different projects including this one on media & gentrification led by alumni Ronnie Estoque (other projects included: undoing anti-Black racism, mental health & counseling, food & climate change, & local Seattle musicians). The team interviewed Chevas “Chev” Gary, Cleveland High School Staff,…
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“What up world!” Miko’s Goodbye
What up world! I’m letting you all know that I will be leaving AGE UP and starting a new job as an operations support program manager at Rainier Valley Corps. I know, I know, less frisbee. Thank you to AGE UP’s, staff, board, volunteers, supporters, fans, coaches, and more importantly, all the little homies that…
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A Community That Cares About You
Y’all! Ricky and his homie Jenny made this video without even telling us. It’s so sweet! Love how you talked about doing your own thinking and finding a community that cares about you. Thanks for being such a big part of ours! For those that don’t know, Ricky’s student at Cleveland High School, a proud…
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My AGE UP Personal Statement
Our board member Aysah just got a full ride to the University of Washington! Here’s the personal statement she wrote: I was an outsider, who longed to fit in. I had been bussed to a predominantly white middle class school in the Central District because my immigrant mother believed I would receive a better quality…
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The History of Cultural Hubs for POCs in Seattle
We learn so much from our young people! Here’s a snippet of a project our Board President, Ayan, wrote about cultural hubs for POCs in Seattle: As a person who was born and raised in Seattle, I didn’t know much about the history of where I was living, and even though it was my favorite…
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Family Feast 2018 Video!
Our awesome AGE UP Board Intern Brandon Trujillo (follow him on YouTube @Brandon Trujillo) made this video of some our favorite moments at our most recent Family Feast! Check it out: