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March 24, 2023 | Press Release

75 Student Leaders Earn Act Six Leadership Scholarships to Five Northwest and Five Midwest Colleges

75 Student Leaders Earn Act Six Leadership Scholarships to Five Northwest and Five Midwest Colleges Families, schools, and communities are celebrating across the country. Act Six announced today that 75 emerging urban and community leaders across Tacoma-Seattle, Portland-Salem, Yakima Valley, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, will receive…

March 17, 2023 | Blog

Our Favorite Women in History

This Women’s History Month, women-identified staff at Degrees of Change are thrilled to share a roundup of the women who inspire us most. Some are from times past, some are still with us, but all have made a profound impact on the U.S. and world.…

March 8, 2023 | News

Introducing Seed Teachers

Are you a Tacoma student interested in becoming a teacher? Do you know a Tacoma student who would make a great teacher? We are thrilled to introduce Seed Teachers, an exciting new program by Degrees of Change, Tacoma Public Schools (TPS), and Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) that…

February 15, 2023 | Student Voice

What Black History Month Means to Me

From Tacoma to Spokane to Kirkland, Washington, Act Six scholars tell us what Black History Month means to them and why celebrating the Black community is critical all year round. Ephraim Watkins Whitworth University, Act Six Cadre 20 Black History Month is a time of…

January 20, 2023 | Blog

Marquise Dixon Is Paving the Way for Others to Lead

Act Six was founded two decades ago. But it was eight years ago that it expanded to the Midwest and became a national program thanks to the leadership of an extraordinary person – Marquise Dixon, CPO and Act Six national director. “I try to represent…

December 15, 2022 | Student Voice

Seed Internships: My Opportunity to Grow

by Maria Babko Becoming a senior in the computer science major at the University of Washington Tacoma is very exciting. But because I’m so close to graduation, family, friends, teachers, and colleagues have started asking what my post-graduation plan is. With this pressure, I knew…

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