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Sharing our ideas and highlighting the work of our grantees and partners working to build a better future for young people in Washington State. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get the latest.

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Education
November 2023: Meet our Education Roundtable

We must all collaborate to give students access to the opportunities they need to design the future they want.

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Education
Announcing the 25 partnerships in the Limitless Learning Network

Through Limitless, local partnerships will have an opportunity to connect with other teams of local K-12 and higher education partners across Washington state, creating space to share information, explore new ideas, and develop best practices together.

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Community
Washington state leaders reflect on Hispanic Heritage Month

For this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, we caught up with a couple of these leaders to learn about the issues facing Washington’s Latino community, their connections to this month, and their own inspirations.

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Education
September 2023: How education can be more student-led

As another school year kicks off, we must not only focus on listening to students but also giving them power in decision-making on education issues. February 10th, 2023

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Education
How Kitsap Strong is empowering students to change education systems

Over the last year, the Youth Leadership Team conducted outreach to students, teachers, and administrators at their schools and prepared for and hosted a Future Bound Convening to share their recommendations to over 100 school and community leaders.

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Education
Elevating Student Voices is part of our Washington State Strategy

Our Washington State strategy and approach is grounded in listening, and a key group of people that we’re listening to are students across Washington.

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August 2023 Newsletter: Listening to students

Celebrating student voices and perspectives as we head into another school year in Washington state.

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Education
Horizons Newsletter: New WA State Grant Opportunity

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Washington State team is launching a Request for Proposals to join Horizons. July 8th, 2023

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Education
Three reasons the Gates Foundation is launching Horizons in Washington state

Young people in Washington state are always exploring new horizons – music, sports, friends, different classes, and future careers. For many, however, some of these horizons can feel like a dream that’s unreachable. July 8th, 2023

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June 2023 Newsletter: Our focus this summer — and beyond

As I shared in a recent blog post, in our work to ensure young people in Washington state have the opportunities they need to design the future they want, I always try to keep three students in the forefront of my mind.