United Way has funded the 4C – Clergy Community for Children Youth Coalition to begin on January 1, 2019 and terminate on December 31, 2019.
4C as contractor shall provide United Way of King County (UWKC) with the scope and range of services and performance commitments the following services…
Project Overview:
This funding supports activities that keep youth of color connected to their education through culturally integrative services.
These youth services are designed to promote healthy acculturation in the form of integration where a young person of color has a balanced sense of cultural identity and the ability to navigate the mainstream school systems.
We will also work with the parent of the youth … these services will help parents understand the acculturation process that their children are going through and help ease any acculturative stress that exists in families.
4C Target Population: youth of color in grades 6th that are considered “at-risk” of dropping out of school. 4C is required to provide culturally integrative acculturation services for youth of color in order to keep them engaged in school.
Rod Jones – We Miss You!
Rod Jones, a standout tight end for the Washington Huskies in the 1980s who spent the past 18 years as a popular academic coordinator in the UW athletic department, died by suicide Saturday afternoon at the age of 54.
Rod was a person we saw every Tuesday evening at our Yesler group mentoring meetings. He believed mentoring improved the lives of both mentors and mentees.
Rod was an advisor for student athletes and he recruited UW athletes to participate in our mentoring program. More than that, he acted as a role model for the kids in our program. It was not in his job description to attend the meetings, but he was always there, helping in any way he could. He always went beyond the call of duty to ensure his students were supported.
Rod Jones was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame as part of the 1984 football team, which finished the season No. 2 in the country after famously defeating Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, one of the most celebrated games in UW history.
Details:
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/rod-jones-standout-tight-end-on-huskies-1984-orange-bowl-team-dies-from-suicide-at-age-54/
