Joe Burris, Director of Storytelling and Public Relations, United Way of King County
91 episodes
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Send us a text Good news happens. This episode features a conversation about contacting elected officials. Folks say write to your councilmembers, representatives, and your senators when you want issues addressed that you care about. Amid the current federal government shutdown and recent elections that have sent new leaders to the state and local offices, now seems like a good time to contact lawmakers. But how do you communicate your concerns to ensure they’re heard? For this episode ...
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Send us a text Good news happens. This episode features a conversation about contacting elected officials. Folks say write to your councilmembers, representatives, and your senators when you want issues addressed that you care about. Amid the current federal government shutdown and recent elections that have sent new leaders to the state and local offices, now seems like a good time to contact lawmakers. But how do you communicate your concerns to ensure they’re heard? For this episode ...
Send us a text Good news happens. This episode features poetry, prose, and perspective from Maven Gardner, a 2016 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate, whose writings have shed light on what it means to grow up in foster care and then experience homelessness as an adult in our region. Maven read some of their poetry during a 2022 United Way Advancing Racial Equity Series event, and they gained some stability during homelessness via Seattle’s youth shelters, many of which were funded by United Way’s wo...
Hourglass: United Way of King County
Send us a text Good news happens. This episode features a conversation about contacting elected officials. Folks say write to your councilmembers, representatives, and your senators when you want issues addressed that you care about. Amid the current federal government shutdown and recent elections that have sent new leaders to the state and local offices, now seems like a good time to contact lawmakers. But how do you communicate your concerns to ensure they’re heard? For this episode ...
