FEEST News
Find out the latest news from FEEST participants and staff.
Meet Your New Youth Leaders
FEEST youth leaders from different grades, schools, and backgrounds spent the last weeks of summer at our food justice summer camp to get ready for the school year. We had some really powerful conversations about race, gender, displacement, food access, and systemic...
New on the menu at Highline Public Schools
In the Highline district, youth leaders proposed a list of culturally relevant foods they want to see on the menu, and the district implemented it right away. We won a commitment of at least one culturally relevant item on the menu every single week — that’s 34 per...
FEEST is in The Seattle Times!!
Seattle Public Schools has a new Nutrition Director Aaron Smith this year, and he's agreed to take up our recommendations for culturally relevant foods and other menu upgrades in the district (woo!!). Right now he's working on a new long-term plan to implement the...
The Fam is in the house
Last night was so beautiful, y'all! Over 100 people got together to celebrate the FEEST family. Friends and neighbors from ages 7 to 70 meeting and sharing a meal together. There was so much laughter in the room and the smell of good food in the air. This is what...
Why give to FEEST??
We’re the real deal 💯 FEEST is led by and for youth of color who are making real changes to improve food and health in their schools. We’re growing 🍎 This year we expanded our reach, adding two new high schools to the FEEST family and a total of over 1,100 young...
Survey: 1 in 4 students skip school lunch
We just finished up three amazing listening sessions at Tyee and Chief Sealth High Schools last week and yesterday at Evergreen. (Rainier Beach session is scheduled for later this month — stay tuned!) At each session, FEEST youth leaders got to share the results of...
Save the Date for GiveBIG 2019
GiveBIG is May 8! The one-day online giving campaign is back again this year, so save the date and support your favorite nonprofits. Learn more at GiveBIG2019.org.
FEEST Community Dinner: Make Food Make Fam is May 7
FEEST's annual community dinner is coming up on May 7th! Make Food Make Fam is a fun, informal event for community members to cook and eat together, share stories, and celebrate the awesome work of FEEST youth leaders. Students, parents, teachers, and community...
We’re zooming through 2019
Fresh on the Menu: Youth leaders at Tyee and Evergreen landed their very first breakfast item on the Highline School District menu, a delicious apple bread. We’re excited to see many more FEEST-designed items on the menu this year to help students fuel up for the...
Meet Your New 2018–2019 Youth Leaders
Meet the 2018–2019 FEEST youth leaders! This year’s cohort is our biggest yet, with 22 youth from 4 high schools — Chief Sealth, Evergreen, Rainier Beach, and Tyee. We kicked off the program year with a DOPE summer camp. Two weeks of learning, sharing, and exploring...
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