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AM Employee Spotlight: Annika Fraga
2023 has brought many exciting new changes for AM, including new staff, interns, and volunteers! We are happy to welcome and introduce Annika Fraga, our Community Outreach Specialist for Community-Based…
Read MoreDecember Religious Holidays and Observances
December is full of religious holidays and observances. Happy holidays to you, whatever it is you might celebrate! For a look at the observances for the entire year, check out…
Read MoreIt’s VITA Season! (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)
It’s VITA Season!The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides free, tax preparation services to thousands of moderate and low-income Pierce County residents each year during the tax season. Support…
Read MorePierce County needs new approaches to homelessness. Here are two everyone should support.
Read today’s Tacoma News Tribune OpEd from Associated Ministries’ Executive Director Mike Yoder and housing advocate Michael Mirra. Read more at: https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article268211882.html#storylink=cpy
Read MoreRising to Meet Antisemitism
Rev. Terry Kyllo, Paths to Understandinghttps://pathstounderstanding.org/rising-to-meet-antisemitism/ Last spring I was honored to interview Devin Burghart from IREHR, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. We spoke about white…
Read MoreThe 2019-2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, submitted July 2022
“We know that homelessness is most often a systemic failure resulting from deep poverty, a lack of affordable housing options, and structural racism that exists across our systems. At HUD,…
Read MoreCelebrating Community at August Community Quarterly Meeting
After meeting online for more than two years, we were finally able to meet in person again for our most recent Community Quarter Meeting (CQM), held on Aug. 18. It was…
Read MoreAM’s Spring Newsletter
Our Spring 2022 newsletter is now online. Take a look at some inspiring stories, from those receiving services in our community to those providing the support for those services. It…
Read MoreCoordinated Care Supports Our Community
Thank you so much to Coordinated Care for your support in the work that Associated Ministries does and your support of our community. Yesterday AM staff was presented with a…
Read MoreWhat America Believes About Homelessness
There is a direct line between how the public views homelessness and the policy choices leaders make. Many blame homelessness on the person experiencing it rather than the shortage of…
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