AGE UP News & Updates

  • Field Trip to Western Info

    Hey all – We are taking an awesome field trip to Western Washington University in Bellingham this coming Saturday, January 21st. In order to come with you need to turn in the permission slip and Jefferson waiver, both signed by your parent/guardian, by this Friday January 20th. Both forms are here as pdf’s for you…

  • Amanda Tries to Cover Up a Day Spent Unwisely

    Good morrow, readers. It’s 1:25am and I’m currently bored and unsatisfied with everything. Kidding. Today (yesterday?), the second years’ session was cancelled due to snow and ice in the evening forecast. And get this: the facilitators didn’t want us driving around in icy conditions at night (not that I could anyway). Meaning? They care! Woohoo!…

  • Facing Body Image

    Good afternoon bloggers! Linda wrote a majority of the post, so credits to her! Today’s session was about our perceptions of beauty and specifically, body image. The workshop was led by our 2nd years, Jhanelle, Frances, and Soriya. It was also the session where coaches and players participated in separate workshops. To be honest, we clicked better…

  • Second Years Get Personal

    Hello, hello, readers. It’s Amanda, again. This week, the Top Chef group (with the addition of yours truly), graced us with homemade, whole-wheat pizzas! We’re not talking Hawaiian, pepperoni, or Canadian bacon, either. There were a total of five pizzas topped with ingredients ranging from broccoli, green bell peppers, mushrooms, and olives, to squash and…

  • Finding Our Identities

    Hello! I’m Sophie, one of the AGE UP second years in the media group. We began our session with a dinner, provided by our Top Chef Cooks, of make-your-own sandwiches with an assortment of breads, cheeses, meats, veggies and all the good things that sandwiches are made of. The sandwiches were accompanied by milk and…

  • Read our blog via Facebook!

    The AGE UP blog now links directly to our community Facebook page!

  • 2nd Years Tackle Racism

    2nd Years Tackle Racism

    There are millions of problems happening throughout the world but one of them has proven that it is able to make or break our society for good and for bad: racism. It has traveled all throughout the world as a horrific memory from the past to an ungrateful “gift” in our present. If you were…

  • Friday Session on Ageism

    Hey it’s Hallie! I came early on Friday to find Team Top Chef cooking up their concoctions downstairs in the kitchen (which turned out to be yummy burrito-tacos) and a circle of coaches and some 1st and 2nd years trying to decipher Alice’s riddle. “SuzypassesthedisctoBob,whothrowsittoJoe,whoeatsitandpoopsitoutandgivesitMarywhothrows-itintheairandbirdcatchesit. Who has it?” “I do.” Most people figured it out,…

  • Fun Times with AGE-UP Second Years

    Welcome back, all. It’s Amanda, again. Last Tuesday, we had the honor of being guinea pigs! Were we fed carrots and kept in cages? No… Regardless, we were also lucky enough to have Nicole, a guest speaker from last year, join us. Unfortunately, to avoid spoiling everything for the first years, the details of the session…

  • AGE-UP Goes to UW

    Welcome back, readers. It’s Amanda, again. This Saturday, AGE-UP went on its first-ever field trip to the University of Washington. There, we gathered in a classroom in the Mary Gates Hall along with a few members from Making Connections and the Dream Project. Our host, Senait, began the day by engaging us in a poster…