Inside White Center

Passing of the Torch

The outgoing Evergreen HS ASB President Felix Koontz and the new ASB President Richy Ramirez are in the studio with Christian Tautua reflecting on the 2023-24 school year went and revealing their thoughts for what is coming in 2024-25!  These bright, young leaders are visionaries, mountain movers and wholly devoted to building a culture of belonging not only in their school but wherever they go!  

 

*Recorded in Studio B

What's Up White Center?

Rasheed Smallwood and Peanutt Ngeth are the perfect people to talk to about What's Up in the community.  Through their work at the Log Cabin and with Highly Hated, they continually create space that empower young people to discover and become their absolute, awesome self...and they're gonna have fun doing it!  So, they've got a lot going on and we are taking this opportunity to share what they're planning for our children & youth this spring, summer and even a few events into the fall! Everything from Culture Connection to a wild Kick Ball Tournament in August!  You KNOW you want in on that!!   Make sure to follow @highlyhatedfoundation and @atthelogcabin on IG to stay up and in the know! 

 

 

Recorded at Studio B

 

We Want You to Meet Gary Longley!

A conversation with an old friend, a fun friend, a wise friend.  Also, a great friend to community. Gary is a fantastic story teller, one of my favorite, in fact.  So many stories about growing up in the neighborhood, race car driving, some interesting life choices, staying on his toes at home, sprint boat antics and living in and loving our community.  It's always entertaining to be in Gary's presence and very often enlightening too!  You may not know Gary before you hit the play button but you will feel like you have another friend by the time this podcast is over.  

 

*recorded at Studio B

 

Interview with King County Council District 8 Candidate: Teresa Mosqueda

“Throughout my career, I have brought diverse coalitions together to pass landmark policy changes. I want to bring that progress to the King County Council so that all working families can be healthy, housed and resilient.

Together we can invest in behavioral health and public health, expand housing that allows all of our neighbors to stay stably housed, and invest in child care, transit and training and apprenticeships for working families, which in turn supports small businesses and our local economy.”    Teresa Mosqueda

Visit Teresa's election website for more campaign information: 

https://www.teamteresa.org

Interview with King County Council District 8 Candidate: Sofia Aragon

"I’m the result of the diversity, challenges, and promise that the county has to offer. I want King County to be a safe, healthy, and inclusive community that families can call home for lifetime.
 
With 20 years of experience in state legislative advocacy, as a Burien City Council member and Mayor, I’m committed to bringing our communities together to create a King County where we all have the opportunity to thrive."  Sofia Aragon

Visit her election website for campaign information:

 https://www.votesofiaaragon.com

High School and Homecoming: Nothing Has Changed but Everything is Different

IWC's Pat and Christian reign in the fall and Homecoming season with Evergreen HS ASB president Felix Koontz! Listening to Felix reflect about belonging and what it might take to change school culture is truly inspiring! Felix is a smart, wicked funny, thoughtful, strategic leader who is diligently working, alongside his friends in leadership, to make Evergreen the school that they and their community is dreaming for it to be, the school that our community's students deserve for it to be!  It's hard work but Felix and his fellow Wolverines are determined!   We also talk Homecoming, Wolverine affinity groups, assemblies and athletics, White Sunday, news and new projects in the community, and things to look out for this fall.

 

*Recorded at Studio B

Behind the Creators of Inside White Center Series; Part 2

A little bit ago, Lisa, Christian and Frank, the Youngers of the IWC team, sat down together and were chop'n it up in Studio B!  Sharing their reflections and perspectives from being raised and living in White Center and also, their hopes about our community's future, too.  

 

 

 

Behind the Creators of Inside White Center Series; Part 1

Zack, Kimnang and Pat, the elders (soon to be card-carrying AARP members) of the IWC team, went into the studio to have a very real and sometimes raw conversation about their lives in White Center. 

State of the Union at Evergreen HS with Kevin Hoang

Our guest is Kevin Hoang, senior at Evergreen High School who is Evergreen's A.S.B. President for the 2022-23 school year! Kevin is fun, good natured, creative and light hearted but is also equal parts, serious, intelligent  and determined as you will find in his conversation with Christian Tautua and Frank Johnson!

Kevin loves EHS and White Center and has worked tirelessly this year  to make the life he shares with his community, his schoolmates and his family better!  We can't wait for you to meet him in this episode. He is a delight.  Our hope is that Kevin will come back on the podcast in the coming years to let us know where he is and how he is changing the world because trust: he will change the world.

 

We are late to publishing so some of the dates they speak of are passed, many apologies!  Beyond that, enjoy.

 

Post Production: Zack Hamilton

*Recorded at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church

Getting to know Ranny and the important work of Family Law CASA in King County

We learned a lot from Ranny Nguyễn who visited with IWC's Lisa Nguyen and Zack Hamilton to share about the important work of Family Law CASA! Family Law CASA advocates for local children in high-risk custody cases so they have a chance for a safe, secure home life, significantly reducing the risk of abuse and neglect.

 When you listen in on this conversation, you will find Ranny to be a very interesting, intelligent, light-hearted, passionate, inspiring and hopeful young woman while she navigates her way through changing careers, life at home and in community, becoming a leader in the non profit world and staying in a diligent pursuit for ways to lend her gifts, talents and resources to work on behalf of her community.   

Ranny currently works in development as the Major Gifts Associate for Family Law CASA. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Ethnic, Gender and Labor Studies from University of Washington Tacoma in 2021 with a focus on labor rights. 

If you are interested in learning more about Family Law CASA visit https://familylawcasa.org 

 

Post Production: Zack Hamilton

*Recorded at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church