Education
YATTA-Led Town Hall (Oct. 13th 2022)
There are very few opportunities and tools available in the job market for young people. Between the ages of 18 to 26, being a young adult might make you feel as though the weight of the world is on your shoulders. Uncertainty...
Read MoreUpdate on our work with the Youth Consortium
From Marisol Santos-Perez First and foremost, I’ve got to thank everyone who’s been out here...
Read MoreEthical Child Labor (Opinion Piece)
By Fatima Kabba Imagine your factory got shut down, and you couldn’t make money anymore. What would you do? Your family is counting on you! This is reality for many children who are laborers. While some people...
Read MoreYATTA Rising
On April 15th, YATTA Rising gave a presentation at the engagement pipeline event held by the Seattle Foundation, which funds the YATTA Rising program. A few other programs that received funding gave presentations as...
Read MoreCrosswalking
When I think about YATTA Rising, I think about our concept of ‘crosswalking’. Let’s explore what it means to crosswalk and why it’s important. In the early start of YATTA Rising, our beginnings were made with the intention to...
Read MoreKEEP SWINGIN
As we close out another year, it is important to remember that the next day is not promised; each day we get to see, we should greet with gratitude and excitement. That approach to organizing is what helps us sustain. I have...
Read MoreGunshot Wound Training
Throughout the summer of 2021, one thing has remained very important while making waves throughout the city. South Seattle’s relationship to gun violence. Since I could remember, Rainer Beach has chronically made headlines for...
Read MoreYATTA Rising at Black is Back
This past weekend, our YATTA’s attended the Black is Back event, which was hosted by the UW Seattle Black Student Union (BSU). The event was put on as a joint effort to provide a community-building space for Black students...
Read MoreHani Ahmed’s Wellness Core Class
Hello! It’s Hani Ahmed again, and I’m back with another Wellness Core class. In this class, I wanted to impress upon young people the importance of internet safety and how to conduct business on the internet. I also tied it in...
Read MoreWellness Core Class
On Wednesday, we had another amazing (Young Adults Transitioning to Adulthood) YATTA Rising...
Read MoreYouth Achievement Center
There will be a fundraiser event this Sunday from 12-4 pm to fundraise for the future Youth Achievement Center (YAC), a space meant to provide housing and other crucial resources to young people. A collaborative effort by...
Read MoreYATTA Rising Wellness Core
Over the course of 17 weeks, the YATTA (Young Adults Transitioning to Adulthood) Rising team...
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