White Center Holds Community Summit on Saturday, December 3
Multicultural Forum Includes Free Workshops on Housing, Jobs, Health, and Education

White Center - On Saturday, December 3, the White Center Community Development Association (CDA) is proud to host the 10th Annual Community Summit - an event that celebrates the White Center neighborhood and the many efforts of residents, organizations, and community partners to connect to resources and one another. This year’s theme - “Building Neighborhood Equity” - is driven by the concerns that local residents have raised about housing, healthcare, employment, and education in 2011.  The Summit will feature workshops in each of these areas.

EVENT DETAILS

What: Building Neighborhood Equity

When: Saturday, December 3,  10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.

Where: White Center Heights Elementary

10015 6^th Avenue SW;  Seattle, WA 98106

The Community Summit is a catalyst for local change led by the community. It aims to help residents find solutions to improve their lives in 2012 and beyond.

The Summit is also an opportunity to share, learn, and experience the culture of White Center. Attendees can explore a diverse selection of food, youth performances, interactive electronic polling, and neighborhood videos. This all-inclusive event is free and open to everyone who supports and wants to learn more about White Center.  Translation and interpretation services will be available in multiple languages including: Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Somali, Khmer, and more.  Free childcare will be also provided.

Free “I Heart White Center” t-shirts will be given away in limited quantities. The White Center Community Summit is co-sponsored by the City of Seattle, Amerigroup RealSolutions, King County Housing Authority, and Noise Without Sound.

Register for this event online here: http://goo.gl/60sdU. The preregistration deadline is Tuesday, November 15 to be guaranteed an event shirt.

For more information on the Community Summit, email: virgil@wccda.org or call (206) 694-1082. For more information about the White Center CDA, visit: www.wccda.org or call (206) 694-1082. Visit Facebook at www.facebook.com/whitecentercda, and Twitter at www.twitter.com/whitecentercda.

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Parking and traffic restrictions for filming activity in White Center

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9th
“Eden,” an independent feature film directed by Seattle’s Megan Griffiths, will be filming scenes in the White Center area on Friday, September 9th. Filming will occur in the vicinity of 16th Avenue SW and SW 98th Street in the afternoon and into the night.

Sections of street parking on 16th Avenue SW and SW 98th Street will be reserved for production vehicles. With the assistance of the King County Sheriff’s Department, vehicle traffic on 16th Avenue SW between SW 98th Street and SW 100th Street will be rerouted between 7 pm September 9th and 5 am September 10th. The production company is coordinating with King County and the White Center Community Development Association regarding these parking and traffic revisions. Questions regarding the filming activity can be directed to Location Manager Dave Drummond at dave@drummondmedia.com.

“Eden” is a proud recipient of funding assistance from Washington FilmWorks, which creates economic development opportunities by enhancing the competitiveness, profile and sustainability of Washington State’s film industry. For more information on the program, please visit www.WashingtonFilmworks.org.

From our friends at Cultivate: Back by popular demand! We’re doing an encore Cultivate Open Mic in White Center, right next to DubSea Cafe. It will be an outdoor event to celebrate one of the best communities in Seattle. Bring your shades, lawn chairs and blankets. Come enjoy talented local artists tommorow, Aug 26th, 7pm at the Green Bridge plaza 9910 8th Ave SW Seattle, WA.

We’re excited to have our next Membership Mixer this Saturday, this time as a fun family movie night! Our friends at the Eagles Hall in White center will help us host this family friendly Disney animated movie. Family and friends are invited, and if you’d like others to sign up for Membership, please bring them along. This is a free community event.

CDA MEMBERSSHIP MOVIE NIGHT
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 8:00PM
WHITE CENTER EAGLES HALL (10452 15th Ave SW)
MOVIE: DISNEY ANIMATED FILM

You do not have to be a CDA Member to attend, and can sign up to be on at the event!

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A celebration of students’ accomplishments at a morning full of demonstrations, presentations, competitions and awards:

LIVE Presentations by young physicists!
Incredible, Amazing Robots that will save the world!
Kids Engineering Web 3.0?!?!
1st through 8th Grade Students will astound and entertain you!

Some snacks will be provided. Bring a bag lunch if you plan on staying all morning.

TechStart Expo 2011
Saturday, June 18
11:00am - 1:00pm

Southwest Boys and Girls Club
9800 8th Ave. SW, Suite 105
Seattle, WA 98106

From our partners at the Trackademics program, operating out of Mt. View Presbyterian Church in White Center:

The 1st Session of The Trackademics Project recently completed their song, “Seattle Livin” which speaks to growing up in Seattle (mostly SW Seattle- High Point, White Center, South Park, Boulevard Park) and what it means to them. On Friday, February 25th, they performed their song in front of a 150+ at Cultivate’s Open Mic. We recently put together some of the footage of the 1st Session’s hard work, performances and interviews to create a music video of sorts.

THIS FRIDAY (4/29) at 8pm, The Trackademics Project SESSION 2 will be debuting their song at CULTIVATE’S OPEN MIC at Harambee in Renton. We want to make sure this group has just as much support for all of their hard work these past 2 months! This event is FREE and open to ALL AGES. Please forward this along to your youth, families, and groups that would be interested in checking out the Cultivate Open Mic as well as supporting the great work that SESSION 2 of The Trackademics Project has put together! Here is the facebook link to the invite for the Cultivate Open Mic: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=207411315944817

If you have any students or young people in the SW Seattle area that you think would be interested in The Trackademics Project, have them email me us at thetrackademicsproject@gmail.com as soon as possible.