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Bridge Conference 2024 Highlights—Moments to Movements

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We were proud to witness our theme of "Moments to Movements" in action as both a foundation for the conference and an invitation to imagine more expansive movements rooted in the moments that change us bit by bit every day—and how we can utilize these invaluable moments with youth to foster long-lasting positive change.

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Centering Joy—How Best Starts ensures King County youth are happy, healt...

The Best Starts for Kids initiative is designed to ensure that all young people in King County are happy, healthy, safe and thriving. In the Out-of-School Time initiative, SOWA partners with...

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Best Starts for Kids,
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Black Futures, Black Brilliance—Living Well Kent’s Youth Policy Council ...

“There’s a brilliance that happened in the past, brilliance that’s happening today as I watch you, and the brilliance that will happen in the future under your tutelage. Because you have...

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Best Starts for Kids,
Literacy
Community Spotlights, Stories

How literacy is changing lives and building community in Kent

Coalition for Refugees from Burma (CRB), based in Kent, knows that literacy is a vehicle that changes lives. Their programs provide support for immigrant and refugee communities across the age...

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Best Starts for Kids,
COVID-19,
Food & Basic Needs Support,
Literacy
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It takes a village—community, family, and furry friends promote reading ...

Trying new things can be nerve-wracking, so calm and non-judgmental support makes all the difference. For kids working on their reading skills in the Firwood Circle housing community in Auburn, the...

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Best Starts for Kids,
COVID-19
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Persistence and growth-mindset—how staff and youth alike at Filipino Com...

What does it mean to fail? What needs to be renegotiated in how we talk about success and challenge? If youth workers strive to foster growth mindset in the young people they work with, what does it...

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Best Starts for Kids,
Centering Culture,
COVID-19
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Magic mamas—how parent partnership is expanding learning in Northgate

Out-of-School Time program staff are partnering with parents in new ways during this pandemic. With in-person programming mostly closed down, kids are connecting...

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