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Gerry M. Woodard                                                                                                           Coret t a Harwood


                                         ABOUT: Gerry is the Executive director of The Sankofa                                                                      ABOUT: Coretta is Washington State?s first African American

                                         Foundation for The Evergreen State College-Tacoma.                                                                         woman embalmer. Coretta is an advocate for promoting
                                                                                                                                                                    self-esteem for young women
                                         WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/tacomasankofafoundation
                                                                                                                                                                    WEBSITE: http://Scottfuneralhometacoma.com
                                         CURRENTLY: Gerry?s goal is to enhance the foundation?s
                                         ability to hold fundraisers for the foundation?s financial                                                                 CURRENTLY: Coretta is the owner of Scott Funeral Home,
                                         assistance program for Evergreen Tacoma Campus students.                                                                   Washington's oldest African American Funeral establishment.

                                         In addition, he wants to substantially increase the number of                                                              Coretta also holds a seat as an executive board member of
                                         students the foundation assists annually.                                                                                  the Hilltop business association, and sits on the board of
                                                                                                                                                                    directors for Evergreen Empowerment Group.








                                           Kit t y Scot t                                                                                                           Alicia Klein


                                           ABOUT: ?My life at The Evergreen State College was amazing. I                                                            ABOUT:  Alicia graduated from Evergreen Tacoma in 2005 and
                                           drew strength from the awesome campus and was inspired as                                                                went on to complete her Masters in Healthcare
                                           a student in The Evergreen Bachelor of Arts program to                                                                   Administration from Chapman University in 2008. Alicia Klein
                                           further my education.? She attended Antioch University,                                                                  is also the Secretary of Tacoma urban league board.

                                           Seattle and graduated in June of 2004 with a Masters in
                                                                                                                                                                    WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/TacomaBreastHealth
                                           Education.
                                                                                                                                                                    CURRENTLY: Alicia Klein is currently the Health Center
                                           CONTACT: Thehouseofscottwa@msn.com
                                                                                                                                                                    manager for Planned Parenthood Tacoma. She is also an
                                           CURRENTLY: Kitty is currently assisting her daughter, Coretta                                                            active member of Leaders in Women Health, which focuses
                                           Harwood at the Scott Funeral Home. There, she shares her                                                                 on providing breast education to African American women in

                                           passion and desire to help others learn, as well as be part of                                                           Tacoma/Pierce county to directly impact health disparities.
                                           the maturing process.



                                         Donna Griffin                                                                                                              Leah Wilkins


                                         ABOUT: Donna is the Tacoma Alumni Chapter President. She                                                                   ABOUT: Leah is the Writing Center Coordinator for Evergreen
                                         has recently retired from her role in real estate and has spent                                                            -Tacoma. Her work is dedicated to exploring meaningful ways
                                         her time working diligently in nonprofit organizations. Donna                                                              to enrich peer-tutoring experiences for tutors as well as

                                         was also the Assistant to the Director at Evergreen-Tacoma.                                                                writers. Evergreen's Writing Centers facilitate learning and
                                                                                                                                                                    teaching opportunities, skills-building, and peer-mentoring.
                                         WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tesctacomaalumni
                                                                                                                                                                    Our collective goal is for writers to come away from sessions
                                         www.MaryKay/DonnaKeel2
                                                                                                                                                                    feeling validated, empowered by their writing choices, and to
                                         CURRENTLY: Donna recently started a very lucrative Mary                                                                    gain increasing confidence in their writing.
                                         Kay business.
                                                                                                                                                                    WEBSITE: https://www.evergreen.edu/writingcenter/writing-center
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