This is an exciting time of the year at the CDA because we are announcing our new format, calling for volunteers and projects form the community. This year Spring Clean will span April through August with a huge celebration on September 6th, 2013. We have 5 months throughout the year to ensure the cleanliness and beautification our community. If you have a project that you want to lead or suggest please fill out the Project Proposal Form and email it to Marquise@wccda.org or drop it off at the CDA located at 1615 SW Cambridge St, Seattle, WA 98106. Projects can be done on multiple days if it is a need of the community to be done throughout the months.  If you are interested in volunteering for a particular day please follow the link Volunteer Link to sign-up. You can sign up for as many days as you want.

As projects come in we will be updating our blog, Facebook and Twitter. If you have any question or concerns about Spring Clean this year please feel free to contact Marquise at Marquise@wccda.org or call 206.694.1082. Look forward to making our community healthy, clean and beautiful over the next couple of months.

This is the first time that we are doing a run and walk in White Center and we want to see all of your lovely faces there supporting health and wellness in our community. This is an event that is being organized by former EverGreen High School students with support from the CDA and YES Foundation. There will be prizes for people who place in the event as well.  To register please follow the link: WC5K Registration

Community Summit 2012

If you have not seen it on TV yet check out our commercial for the community summit coming up on Dec.8th. Please registered at the following link “Register Now”.

STG presents Global Dance Party at The Moore Theatre in Seattle on Friday, November 2, 2012.

Global Dance Party is a high-energy performance of cultural and contemporary dance and music. The performance features young local performers from STG’sDANCE This celebrating the rich cultural traditions and artistic talent found in the Northwest. A not-to-be missed experience for all ages. Think Global, Dance Local!

Performances by: Kaleidoscope Dance Company (modern), Tibetan Language & Culture Class, Electriq Dance (hip hop), Gansango Music & Dance (African), NW Tap Connection (fusion modern & tap), Lieu Quan Vietnamese Lion Dance Team, featured dance from “Black Nativity” and show-stopping finale by Daniel Cruz.

If you can make it out it is a great show!! Well worth the time.

You’re invited to Trusted Advocates, White Center Community Development Association & White Center Community Cultural Center’s celebration of Dia de los Muertos.

At: The White Center Community Cultural Center at 9412 18th Ave SW (SW Cambridge)

We’ll have light refreshments, come and paint sugar skulls, build or add to the community altar, read your poetry or an essay - we’ll have open mic.

Share your Artwork during this observance of a Mexican celebration of Life & Death.

Please call Rosa Hernandez for more information: 425-271-0302 or email trustedadvocates@gmail.com

Please note there is NO storytelling program for the month of November and December.  We will begin again in January 2013.

LOST LOVES is the heart wrenching true story of Leav Sila, just one of many countless mothers that did all they could to keep their family alive, only to see the vast majority be killed or starve to death in the fateful years of the Khmer Rouge regime. Written and starring Kauv Sotheary, one of only two surviving children of Leav Sila, it gives a brutal yet captivating insight into the extremity of this painful chapter in history. LOST LOVES is directed by Chhay Bora, Kauv Sottheary’s husband. Both being university lecturers, they have spent their life savings on this project, not for personal gain, but because Leav Sila’s story, like many thousands of that period, needed to be told. The new generation of Cambodians must learn their history so as to never repeat it.

This Friday September 28th, 2012  is amazing opportunity to see the only premiere showing of Award-Winning film by Cambodian Director/Producer Chhay Bora in Seattle. The premiere will be shown at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center located at 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106. The screening will start at 7pm and will cost $7 if you buy advance tickets or $10 at the door. To get your ticket(s) please follow the link “Tickets”.

Also here is a sneak peak at the trailer for the movie Loves Lost, enjoy!!

The Southeast Asian & Asian American Access in Education group is hosting a Unite Summit for all Southeast Asians and Asian Americans at Highline Community College on October 6th, 2012. This event is for parents and children that are Middle and High School age. This event will be about education and how to get past high school to college and career, along with some cultural presentations and performers. For more information please contact Ay Saechao at asaechao@highline.edu or check out the poster below.

Buy Fresh in White Center, Delridge and Highpoint

“New Buy Fresh website promotes healthy food and produce in White Center, Delridge and Highpoint neighborhood markets and corner stores.”

The White Center Community Development Association (WCCDA), in partnership with the King County Food and Fitness Initiative and Communities Putting Prevention to Work, has created a new Buy Fresh website that highlights thirteen different neighborhood produce markets and retail stores that offer fresh fruits, vegetables, and a variety of healthy affordable food for multi-ethnic communities. The site has multi lingual headers reflecting the ethnic diversity of the community.

Included on the site are the business profile pages, previously used in print that introduce customers to local healthy food shopping options, including the merchants themselves, store specialties and merchants’ favorite recipes from their home countries. The pages list business hours, EBT and/or WIC acceptance, and a list of the most popular items always in stock.

“The website is an important tool for me to tell new and long-time customers about Phnom Khiev Market,” said Vichet Khiev of his store in White Center. “It is always great how word can spread just from people talking about a website. The merchant profiles are especially useful because neighborhood residents feel like they know me and can trust me.”

The website will likely expand and include other healthy retail stores in these neighborhoods. The plan is to showcase recipe cards and expand the merchant profiles into various languages such as Khmer, Spanish, Arabic, Somali, and Vietnamese.

The site’s purpose is to promote the accessibility of healthy, culturally appropriate fruits, vegetables and other foods for residents and visitors in the White Center, Delridge and Highpoint neighborhoods. Parts of Delridge and Highpoint neighborhoods are classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as “food deserts”, defined as an urban neighborhood without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food.

You’ll find the site at http://www.buyfreshsw.wccda.org

Made possible by funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Public Health - Seattle & King County.