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What Makes College-Based Intergenerational Programs Successful?
N.J. Pierce spoke with dozens of campus cogenerators. Here’s what she learned.
Read MoreRena Priest
Rena Priest is a poet and an enrolled member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) nation. She spoke with us on Saturday, June 11, 2022. She has been appointed to serve as the Washington State Poet Laureate for the term of April 2021-2023. She is the 2022 Maxine Cushing Gary Distinguished Writing Fellow, a Vadon Foundation Fellow,…
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Read MorePoet Laureate Ashley McBunch returns to Step and helps us all find our inner poet January 2022
City of Olympia’s Poet Laureate Ashly McBunch joined STEP in June 2021 to read her poetry about intersectionality and share her process of writing poetry. They returned to STEP in January with an amazing workshop that helped us gather our words about Belonging. Ashly walked through a scenario of being in a room of unknown…
Read MoreSTEP – Sharing Teens and Elders Project, Seeds of Change, Thurston County Juvenile Court’s Youth Development Program
2021 was a year filled with uncertainty and unique challenges. In spite of those circumstances, a powerful partnership has been established between STEP Sharing Teens and Elders Project, the Seeds of Change, and the Thurston County Juvenile Court’s Youth Development Program (YDP). In June 2021 a local gardener donated over 100 dahlia flower bulbs to…
Read More7 reasons youth will save the world
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Read MoreDonation Letter
Recently STEP had the honor of having Erin Jones as our guest speaker on our Zoom gathering. It was a profoundly moving experience and brought tears to some eyes. She spoke with profound wisdom, honesty and warmth. She encouraged us to be a part of healing racism in our country. It was an extraordinary program.…
Read MoreFinding joy in intergenerational engagement
How Olympia-based STEP inspires “people to bridge the generations through empowering conversations”. Read the full article on Jolt News.
Read MoreFinding joy in intergenerational engagement
Excellent article about STEP from JoltNews.com https://www.thejoltnews.com/stories/finding-joy-in-intergenerational-engagement,2128
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