Latino/a Educational Achievement Project Annual Conference

Students from Mattawa high School (sponsored by Wahluke School District, M.E.C.H.A and the WSU Horizons Program) attended the annual LEAP education conference and legislative day along with nearly 850 other Latino students for a 3-day event held in Tacoma and Olympia, January 17-19. Students, ranging from middle school to college, participated in educational workshops, and heard from the state’s top elected officials. In Olympia, participants met with their state representatives to talk about public policies aimed at improving educational opportunities and outcomes for Latinos. Perhaps most importantly, students saw and heard from their peers— students their ages—engaged in leadership activities and excelling in high school and college, sometimes against great odds.

Community Grant Writing

The Horizons Program is sponsoring a Grant Writing Workshop for community members and community agency partners on April 4 & 5. The program was honored to have renowned grants trainer Susan Howlett. During the two-day training the following topics were covered:

• Where does money come from (types of sources and where to find them)
• How do you decide what’s a good match for you and your project.
• How do you prepare your organization to be grant-ready.
• Writing a compelling letter of inquiry
• What do grantmakers look for in a proposal.
• What are the standard questions and what are strong answers for each.
• Budgets and other support documents and the stories they tell.
• Cultivation, recognition and stewardship of grantors.
• How to corroborate need.
• How to articulate outcomes or measurable objectives.
• How to develop an evaluation plan.
• An exercise in reviewing real letter of inquiry.

Citizenship Informational Workshop

David Estudillo, a Seattle-based immigration attorney during his spanish language presentation to the community during Citizenship Informational Workshop