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Seattle mentoring program turning troubled boys into successful men
Q13 s Alyana Gomez reports.
SEATTLE - When opportunity came knocking, Elijah Williams was willing to take the chance.
The 16-year-old was caught in a vicious cycle, following the school-to-prison pipeline in Seattle. On the path I was headed I really wasn’t going to be nothing, Williams said. I was more of a follower. I wanted to be like everyone else, kids running around trying to gang bang, trying to be like all the older people, looking up to them. I guess I really took a different path even though we were going to end up the same anyways. They were probably going to be in jail, I was going to be living off my mom, and probably get to the point where maybe even be homeless.
Chef Edouardo Jordan s Soul of Seattle event benefitting local Black chefs goes virtual next week
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SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 24: Chef Edouardo Jordan Junebaby, Salare, Lucinda Grain Bar speaks as WeWork and the James Beard Foundation host dinner and discussion about sustainability and food choices, bringing together Seattle s top leaders in food, sustainability, public policy, business, tech, and media on June 24, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for WeWork)Mat Hayward/Getty Images for WeWork
Two-time James Beard Award-winning chef Edouardo Jordan s annual Soul of Seattle event will go virtual starting next week for entire month of February, celebrating the work of Black chefs in the Emerald City and also providing financial relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soul of Seattle event goes virtual to celebrate Black-owned businesses & youth of color
Chef Edouardo Jordan s Soul of Seattle celebrates Black History Month by highlighting Black-owned businesses and raising money for youth of color. Author: Angela Poe Russell, KING 5 Evening (KING 5) Published: 5:41 PM PST January 25, 2021 Updated: 7:40 PM PST January 25, 2021
SEATTLE Award-winning Chef Edouardo Jordan knew he had to find a way to make the Soul of Seattle happen again, despite the challenges of a pandemic.
His inaugural event in 2020 was a huge success and those same businesses the event highlighted and celebrated at the Northwest African American Museum that day, were now in greater need of the community s support.