http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/11/teaching-our-youth-by-first-listening/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/11/teaching-our-youth-by-first-listening/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:36:34 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=426 Unprecedented Youth Violence Forum. I was proud to take part in a Seattle Channel, CityClub and Town Hall sponsored Youth Violence Forum on Tuesday, November 10. C.R. Douglas, Seattle Channel’s public affairs host, moderated the lively panel discussion which included youth who have been impacted by violence first-hand. A short video was shown where I [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/11/teaching-our-youth-by-first-listening/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/08/seattle-city-council-syep/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/08/seattle-city-council-syep/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:13:12 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=309 At a recent Energy and Technology Committee meeting, I asked Seattle Youth Employment Program participants Tracelyn Moore, Hodan Dahir Hassan, Karen Wong, and Vincent Nguyen, to join the discussion at the Energy and Technology Committee at Council Chambers. We acknowledged each young man and woman for participating in the internship program at the City’s Legislative [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/08/seattle-city-council-syep/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/reinvesting-in-youth/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/reinvesting-in-youth/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:48:04 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=114 “Reinvesting in Youth” as an organization headed by former elected official Jim Street, has mobilized communities for the purpose of addressing our schools’ dropout issue. Its work has been informative and groundbreaking. Educators and administrators alike agree that schools need the support from the larger community in meeting the challenges faced by struggling students. The [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/reinvesting-in-youth/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/seattle%e2%80%99s-youth-violence-prevention-summit/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/seattle%e2%80%99s-youth-violence-prevention-summit/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:20:49 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=108 On July 7, I attended the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Summit at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club/Rainier Valley Teen Center. Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund and a nationally recognized advocate for disadvantaged Americans, delivered the keynote address. Edelman’s address helped kick off a day of group discussions [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/07/seattle%e2%80%99s-youth-violence-prevention-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum-a-model-for-mentorship/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum-a-model-for-mentorship/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:34:05 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=82 Seattle’s youth make well-informed career and life choices On the morning of April 18th, 2009, I was honored to give the keynote address to almost 100 youth at the 19th Annual Youth and Law Forum, held at the First AME Church, Seattle. I have been involved in the Forum since it first began in 1990. [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum-a-model-for-mentorship/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:11:24 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=75 My news release today announcing the 19th Annual Youth and Law Forum on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Effort Intended to Empower Seattle’s High School and Elementary Students to Make Well-Informed Career and Life Choices SEATTLE—City Councilmember Bruce Harrell announced today that as many as 300 youth will participate in the 19th Annual Youth and Law [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/04/19th-annual-youth-and-law-forum/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2008/11/youth-voter-registration-drive/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2008/11/youth-voter-registration-drive/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:11:02 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=66 At last month’s Youth Voter Registration Drive at City Hall, over 1,200 youth voters registered over a course of several weeks leading up to the Drive. Seattleites are aware of the hurdles that prevent youth from engaging in the election process and we wanted to do our part to help! I agreed to co-sponsor this [...]

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