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Omari Amili: Navigating the Post-Prison Pathway

Omari Amili, 2023-24 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and new Husky Post Prison Pathways program director, shares his vision for welcoming and supporting previously incarcerated people like himself.

March 28, 2024

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IBJ's THRIVE CENTER TAKES FORM IN GID LAB

The Institute for Black Justice envisions a multicultural, integrated services delivery hub to serve communities in need. Design workshops and prototype testing from November 2023-February 2024 facilitated by the GID Lab produced a prototype of the THRIVE CENTER.

March 5, 2024

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Courtney Acoff, ‘10, is a Community Cornerstone

She credits UW Tacoma with instilling in her the desire to give back to her community. She tells her story at the 2024 Unity Breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 12, 2024

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Never More Alone, Never More Connected

Via Project AAPI Thrive, Nestor Enguerra, Jr., is working to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander students from the margins to the center of higher education.

December 7, 2023

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Merisa Jones: Educational Sovereignty

Carrying on the traditions of her education-oriented family, Marisa Jones, ’23, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, is fulfilling her sacred obligations to future generations.

June 14, 2023

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New Grant Will Expand Access to Native Knowledge

$225,000 from the Mellon Foundation will support American Indian and Indigenous (AII) community-building events, bring more AII voices to campus, and power a summer institute on Indigenous humanities.

May 24, 2023