WE ALL COUNT | CENSUS & VOTING RIGHTS 
Wednesday, August 26 | 12 pm

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Programs at the Discovery Center bring people and organizations together around global and local issues, ideas and personal stories to highlight opportunities to take action.

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Washington Global Health Alliance: STEM Global Educator Workshop

Thursday, August 6 | 8:45 am

Join fellow STEM educators for Washington Global Health Alliance’s first virtual STEM Global Educator Workshop This interactive and engaging session is designed to give you free activities and curriculum resources to integrate global health into your virtual classrooms.  This virtual workshop gathers STEM educators from Washington to learn how STEM skills can be used to drive global health careers. This workshop is part of STEM Global, a broader WGHA initiative to inspire and prepare the next generation of global health dreamers and doers. Educators will explore new ways to integrate global health into their virtual teaching. The workshop sessions will feature activities tailored for high school curriculum standards. Audience: STEM educators | Cost:  $25

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Seattle Design Festival | We the Future: Young Leaders of Social Change

Wednesday, August 19 | 1 pm

Noah & Michaela, Discovery Center Youth Ambassador Program Members will discuss the exhibit "We the Future" which showcases the stories of ten young leaders working to build an equitable and inclusive world through their respective social change movements. Inspired by Amplifier’s We the Future education campaign and co-curated with the Gates Foundation Discovery Center’s Youth Ambassador Program, the exhibit celebrates youth leadership and action across a range of social justice issues and invites audiences of all ages to imagine and become the change they want to see in the world.
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In Community We Flourish: We All Count | Census & Voting Rights

Wednesday, August 26 | 12 pm

We’re here. We count! Join us to explore how communities and organizations are coming together around the 2020 census and voter outreach during an inspiring lunchtime event. Hear from Susan Balbas, co-founder and executive director of The Na’ah Illahee Fund (NIF) in conversation with Kamau Chege, director of the Washington Census Alliance as well as a musical performance from the Tacoma Refugee Choir and local changemakers working on voter outreach. Participants will receive a Take Action Toolkit following the program and the conversation will continue on the We Belong Here podcast hosted by Frank Nam, of Civic Commons.
Attendees will receive a Take Action Toolkit following our program with detailed content about the organizations and speakers featured in the program, and a series of assets to help you take action, including social media graphics to use and share, and additional resources to become a changemaker in your own right.
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In Community We Flourish: Education & Equity

Wednesday, September 30 | 12 pm

Virtual lunchtime events presented by the Discovery Center and Civic Commons in partnership with our community organizations creating change every day. Attendees will receive a Take Action Toolkit following our program with detailed content about the organizations and speakers featured in the program, and a series of assets to help you take action, including social media graphics to use and share, and additional resources to become a changemaker in your own right.
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