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Congratulations to Rian Morgan, the winner of the 2021 ACT-SO virtual competition. Morgan won in the Music: instrumental-classical category for her performance of Premier Solo by Eugene Bourdeau while playing the bassoon.

“While at Highline College, the opportunity to find success as a first-generation student helped me find confidence to progress academically, and later succeed in higher education as a career,” Jackson said. “The advisors in student government mentored me, and the coach of the track team further mentored me as a younger person in the pursuit of a degree and student engagement.”

While most young student athletes are working on their grades and their athletic skills to help prepare themselves for the next level, Hickman is busy finding ways to make a difference in the lives of others.

The City of Tacoma is committed to creating an equitable and anti-racist community and wants our committees, boards, and commissions to reflect our diverse community. For these vacancies, Black and Indigenous community members, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, individuals with disabilities, seniors, immigrants, and refugees are especially encouraged to apply.

The Seattle King County NAACP will host their first 2021 Candidate Town Halls on Weds., June 9 and Thur., June 10 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The NAACP has joined with other community organizations to sponsor the online performance on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in observance of Juneteenth. The performance will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with community conversation following from 7:30pm to 8:15 p.m.

“Across the country, Americans have urgently called on their government officials to re-imagine policing, rebuild trust, and improve public safety for all, especially African-Americans and other communities of color,” said Strickland.

Samira Shirazy, a member of the American Baptist Girls (AB Girls) of Mount Zion's Women's Ministry, is among the 2021 class of graduates from Henry M. Jackson High School, and she is also getting an Associates’ Degree in Engineering from Edmonds Community College.

If you have seen NiAni Rashaad, please call 911, the Kent Police Department at (253) 856-5808, or her mother, Liann at (206) 359-1884.

The Task Force’s investment recommendations – which are part of the Mayor’s Equitable Community Initiative which commits $100 million in new investments annually starting with Durkan's 2021 budget proposal to both scale some of the City's current programs and examine additional priority areas for new investments –calls for investments in small businesses, health care, housing and education.