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  • Week Two = Privilege

    10/1/14 Hello beautiful friends!! Tonight was the second session for our first years. Caitlin Cordell (Brady) from the AGEUP leadership team led a workshop on privilege. After a delicious dinner of fried chicken and fried rice we were divided into five groups. On a poster we wrote our definition of privilege. On the back of…

  • First Session Blog Post!

    Yo, this is KhaThy and Olivia from the super awesome fall AGE UP session.  We just had our first AGE UP session for first years, and it was amazing!!!  Washington Bus sent a representative to lead the workshop and inform us on politics and voting.  We learned about how youths can affect politics and issues…

  • Hey ya’ll we’ve got lots of fun things happening for everyone this year! We got an all new programming team, an all new program structure and we’re looking forward to sharing the year with our AGE UP family! We will be doing a first year girls program in the fall! Applications are now out and…

  • Best Board Evahhh!

    Alright people. AGE UP / Southend Ultimate is doing big things. We’re now an official non-profit organization (though let’s be honest – we’ve been official), and we’re creating our first board of directors to steer this ship into the future. There are three spots reserved on the board for current high school students. The application is…

  • All She Does is Win

    Our very own Hana Kawai was just announced as one of the winners of the first annual Without Limits Grassroots Organizing Awards!!  She was nominated in every category (wooow…) and was the winner of the Creativity Award (boss). She was recognized for her work with AGE UP and Franklin, and for her dedication to social justice…

  • Interview with the amazing Jordan Alam

    Today the AGE UP media team met up at Bananas Grill with an exiting individual clad in purple and green paisley. Who could this be? JORDAN ALAM! She is a really cool lady from Seattle but now she works in New York on a blog that is by and for Asian American artists and activists…

  • AGE UP Summer Camp 2014!!! Yaaaaasssssss.

    Hey y’all, what’s up!! It’s the AGE UP media team here to talk about our first week at AGE UP Summer Camp 2014!!! Here’s some super gorgeous pictures of us: Monday was our first day so we got to know each other through some really fun games and activities in the morning. After lunch we…

  • Welcome to your 2014 Spring-Summer Intern Team. whoop whoop

    Hey ya’ll! This is E-Money and J-Money talking to you all about AGE-UP. We were both first years at some point and progressed ourselves towards being interns at AGE-UP. Through the years, many people ask what AGE-UP is and what’s so great about it. Well, AGE-UP is a program which social justice is brought to…

  • You are the best family ever

    Dear AGE UP Family, We are completely blown away by the support you showed us on GiveBIG. For real, we all happy-cried. The dust has settled and we want to thank you. Together with your help, we raised over $12,000 dollars in less than 24 hours to support young Ultimate players in South Seattle. To the 120 people who…

  • May 6th Give BIG to AGE UP!

      Hi AGE UP family, So much has happened in the last six months! This winter, we completed another successful year for our girls program, filled with learning, laughter and delicious food. AGE UP also ran our first-ever cycle of programming for boys – ten weeks of workshops culminating in one incredible retreat. Last but not…