by FEEST Seattle | May 3, 2021 | interviews
Adar (she/her) is a FEEST youth leader and sophomore at Evergreen High School. Born of Somali parents, Adar identifies as a first generation American and lives with her family in White Center. Becoming a Food Justice Leader “It bothers me that you can go down the...
by FEEST Seattle | Apr 16, 2021 | interviews
Heena (she/her) is a FEEST youth leader at Chief Sealth High School who believes in making real change. Born and raised in White Center, Heena is excited to organize for food justice to help other people in her community. “I don’t want other people to have to go...
by FEEST Seattle | Mar 11, 2021 | interviews
At the height of the George Floyd rebellion in 2020, Black Minds Matter led a successful campaign to remove police from Seattle Public Schools. This effort was part of a wave of youth-led campaigns around the country to address police violence against young people. ...
by FEEST Seattle | Feb 23, 2021 | interviews
Nyema Clark (she/her) is a 33-year-old urban farmer and founder of Nurturing Roots, a nonprofit building community through farming in Seattle’s Beacon Hill. “I started Nurturing Roots because I wanted to provide healthier food to our community. For the Black...
by FEEST Seattle | Feb 3, 2021 | interviews
Congratulations to Ariel and Bree! These two FEEST youth leaders led a powerful webinar about their experiences with food justice organizing. The webinar was attended by 93 students from the Washington COVID-19 Response Corps who are working across Washington state to...
by FEEST Seattle | Dec 11, 2015 | FEEST Youth Journalist Articles, interviews
Happy FRIDAY! For today’s blogpost intern Abla Ali interviewed Lizbeth, 17, who recently moved to White Center and was attending her second FEEST dinner this week! How did you hear about FEEST? I heard about FEEST through Abla and Mai! Do you like FEEST?...
