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After months of planning and recruiting, we are thrilled to share an official list of the very first Seed Teachers cohort. Seed Teachers works for a more equitable public education system with teachers who reflect the students they serve. Our first cohort of sixteen amazing…

Seed Internships is thriving! This summer, students will become part of our largest cohort yet with up to 75 interns with Puget Sound roots. The cohort will participate in 10-week internships with 21 different employer partners across Tacoma-Seattle, and weekly professional development workshops by Seed…

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…

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…

At the January 11 City Council meeting Degrees of Change CEO, Dr. Tim Herron along with Tacoma Schools Super Intendent, Joshua Garcia and Palmer Scholars Executive Director, Johnathan Jackson who is also an Act Six graduate, joined Tacoma City Council Members and Mayor, Victoria Woodards,…

2021 Pacific Lutheran University graduate and Act Six Scholar, April Reyes was highlighted in the PLU quarterly magazine, ResoLute. The article, “No Mud, No Lotus” explores April’s tattoos and her story from a traumatic past to Act Six and PLU to currently pursuing her Masters…