Juneteenth is right around the corner, we’re so excited to celebrate this historic day in our community. We’ve compiled a list of events happening in our area!

Many people lately have been decrying the necessity of mental health care and how it can be part of the solution for the USA’s gun violence problem. Mental health CAN help, but that’s only if there is access to it and if it is truly available to everyone!

We need one another, and we need to pay attention to what the young people around us are experiencing.

What we want to encourage you with is this: seeking more support is a STRENGTH, not a weakness!

Daicia and Jana are our Mental Health Counselors at CHOOSE 180 and a big part of the reason they chose this work is because of their own stories and experiences with the mental health world.

May is mental health awareness month and CHOOSE 180 is bringing you some resources surrounding mental health support for those in our community.

As Sean is transitioning away from the organization, I will be stepping in as the Interim Executive Director to help guide us through this process.

Sharing a few ways to honor Black History all year.

For the past six years I’ve had the honor and privilege of stewarding CHOOSE 180. After careful consideration, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step down and make way for a new phase in leadership for our cause.

We’ve been so grateful to share this space with you during Mental Health Month, and we hope that what we’ve shared has motivated you to action, and to take your own mental health needs seriously.

We don’t know what the future will look like, but we can do everything in our power to create a more just, beautiful, and loving.

In June of 2022, CHOOSE 180 will add the expressive arts modality to our counseling program.

Our counseling staff is trauma-informed and relational, and we work from a strengths-based and anti-oppression lens, focusing on care that is individualized because every person’s story is important.

In May, and throughout the year, we have the opportunity to celebrate and honor Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.

Terique serves his community through supporting and influencing the advancement of just laws and policy-shaping of the education system.

Recently, our young Community Experts from the Youth and Young Adult Advocacy Program shared space with elected King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay.

“We have to be actively building while we’re dismantling,” - Nikkita Oliver.

“We would like to say thank you to our community of support. We, as an organization, are better because of this dedication and commitment to the cause,” Christina Chan, Community Engagement Manager.

“The CHOOSE 180 YYA Advocacy Program is important because we are cultivating a space with young people that allows them to innovate solutions to systemic issues that affect their communities and livelihoods together,” explains Kyeshia Likely, Advocacy Manager.

Take a listen to KUOW Public Radio podcast episode. Sean Goode and Patricia Murphy speak into deep issue of broken trust between law enforcement and our communities.