Category: Uncategorized
-
Interview with the amazing Jordan Alam
Today the AGE UP media team met up at Bananas Grill with an exiting individual clad in purple and green paisley. Who could this be? JORDAN ALAM! She is a really cool lady from Seattle but now she works in New York on a blog that is by and for Asian American artists and activists…
-
AGE UP Summer Camp 2014!!! Yaaaaasssssss.
Hey y’all, what’s up!! It’s the AGE UP media team here to talk about our first week at AGE UP Summer Camp 2014!!! Here’s some super gorgeous pictures of us: Monday was our first day so we got to know each other through some really fun games and activities in the morning. After lunch we…
-
Welcome to your 2014 Spring-Summer Intern Team. whoop whoop
Hey ya’ll! This is E-Money and J-Money talking to you all about AGE-UP. We were both first years at some point and progressed ourselves towards being interns at AGE-UP. Through the years, many people ask what AGE-UP is and what’s so great about it. Well, AGE-UP is a program which social justice is brought to…
-
You are the best family ever
Dear AGE UP Family, We are completely blown away by the support you showed us on GiveBIG. For real, we all happy-cried. The dust has settled and we want to thank you. Together with your help, we raised over $12,000 dollars in less than 24 hours to support young Ultimate players in South Seattle. To the 120 people who…
-
May 6th Give BIG to AGE UP!
Hi AGE UP family, So much has happened in the last six months! This winter, we completed another successful year for our girls program, filled with learning, laughter and delicious food. AGE UP also ran our first-ever cycle of programming for boys – ten weeks of workshops culminating in one incredible retreat. Last but not…
-
AGE UP Guys Retreat Play by Play
Yo what up lovely readers!!! This is Miko reporting live on the AGE UP blog!!! Yeah, so just a little background this was the first retreat with the AGE UP boys! It was held at Camp Long from March 1st to March 2nd. It was an amazing experience! It was a super nourishing in all…
-
Civic Engagment with the Washington Bus
This is Sam T-H. and Devin C. bringing you the events from last week’s AGE UP session. Friday, 2/28, we had Emilio Garza come to us to give some information about politics and The Washington Bus program. He started us off with a video of a politician forum, but one like no other, called the…
-
Valentine’s Day = Sexuality 101
On February 14, 2014 – Valentine’s Day (!) during our AGE UP session we talked and discussed about sexuality and gender. We had guest speakers Sonny, Gabe and Jhanelle come in to our session. We started with the basic introduction of each other using name, pronoun and musical guilty pleasure. The activities we started with…
-
Capitalism and HEART STICKERS
Hey it’s Yee and Sam! Today we had an awesome session where we talked about capitalism and poverty. We had some yummy Filipino food made by Kendra and Jhanelle. We had sinagang- a sour soup filled with shrimp, cabbage, tomatoes, and bitter melon. We also had bilo-bilo, a sweet dessert with ube, rice balls, coconut…
-
Relationships!!
This is our third blog and Cyril is here to talk about what we did in today’s session. Today we had a session about relationships and dating. In this session we had a special guest, Shannon, from Northwest Network, who helped talk about some healthy and unhealthy relationships. We started off the session with a…