News

September 19, 2022 | Blog

Celebrating Latinx Students, Graduates, and Their Diverse Communities

At Degrees of Change, 39 percent of the scholars served by our Act Six program are Latinx. Mid-September marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month. We believe it is important to celebrate the Latinx community year round. We also appreciate this special time as…

August 25, 2022 | Press Release

Act Six Celebrates 60 New College Graduates

Tacoma, Wash. – August 25, 2022 –This past school year, 60 Act Six scholars from underrepresented communities throughout Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota graduated from college, bringing the count of program graduates to 600. These scholars, hailing from Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Yakima Valley,…

August 18, 2022 | Stories , Student Voice

My First Act Six Convention

by Janeth Beltrán Apodaca From Aug. 4-7, Act Six hosted its biannual Convention in the brand-new Marriott Tacoma Downtown hotel for the first time in three years. My name is Janeth, and as a rising Act Six senior at Whitworth University who had never been…

July 21, 2022 | Blog

What Does Real Social Change Look Like?

The last few years have been a tumultuous time as the U.S. has wrestled with a pandemic, escalating political tensions (and awakenings), a high stakes presidential election, the recent overturning of a landmark Supreme Court ruling, and much more. Some have described this as a…

March 28, 2022 | Press Release

117 Student Leaders Earn Act Six Leadership Scholarships to Eight Northwest and Eight Midwest Colleges

117 Student Leaders Earn Act Six Leadership Scholarships to Eight Northwest and Eight Midwest Colleges Families, schools, and communities are celebrating across the country as Degrees of Change announced today that 117 emerging urban and community leaders will receive full-tuition, full-need scholarships to sixteen private…

February 24, 2022 | News

Volunteers Needed, Fourth Annual Seed Interview Event

Volunteer Interviewers Needed Seed Internships, our internship and career development program, is looking for volunteers to interview and help select the summer 2022 class of interns. This years Seed Interview events will be held on Saturday, March 5 & Wednesday, March 9. This is the…

The Latest