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Supporting Current Scholars through Recovery Corps



From adding a stipend for books and living expenses to opening an emergency fund, we have explored many avenues to supporting our Scholars during this unconventional year. We have recently joined an initiative started by Pierce County Economic Development, WorkForce Central, and Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region, giving two current Palmer Scholars the opportunity to earn money and professional experience as temporary members of our team.


Supported by CARES Act funding, the Recovery Corps young adult internship program has already filled more than 70 positions across 44 local employers, offering a diverse range of positions. Young adults between the ages of 16-25 in the Pierce County area who want to serve their community to stimulate social and economic recovery are encouraged to apply.

Our two Scholars will be supported by Palmer Scholars staff who will guide their professional development over the next six weeks. Among their duties will be collecting important program evaluation data, creating social media content, and connecting their fellow Scholars to scholarship and professional opportunities.


“Being able to hire two of our Scholars to join our team, especially at a time like this, is incredible. Thank you Pierce County, Workforce Central, and Goodwill for creating this opportunity for our Scholars and young adults across the County!” Executive Director, Jonathan Jackson said.

 
 
 

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Palmer Scholars acknowledges that our work is carried out on, and our office space is located within, occupied Coast Salish land, specifically that of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. We pay respect to Coast Salish Elders past and present and extend that respect to their descendants and to all Indigenous peoples. To acknowledge this land is to recognize its longer history and our place in that history; it is to recognize these lands and waters and their significance for the peoples who lived and continue to live in this region, whose practices and spiritualties were and are tied to the land and the water, and whose lives continue to enrich and develop in relationship to the land, waters, and other inhabitants today.

 

We also pause to recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which our country, state, and institutions are built.

We remember that our country is built on the labor of enslaved people who were kidnapped and brought to the U.S. from the African continent and recognize the continued contribution of their survivors. We also acknowledge all immigrant labor, including voluntary, involuntary, trafficked, forced, and undocumented peoples who contributed to the building of the country and continue to serve within our labor force. We acknowledge all unpaid care-giving labor.

 

To the people who contributed this immeasurable work and their descendants, we acknowledge our/their indelible mark on the spaces in which we operate today. It is our collective responsibility to critically interrogate these histories, to repair harm, and to honor, protect, and sustain this land.

Physical Address - 

4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW BLDG 16

Lakewood WA 98499-4004

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Phone -

Tricia Speid (CEO) (253) 617-5676

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Mailing Address - 

PO Box 7119, Tacoma, WA 98417

Email - info@palmerscholars.org

To contact someone directly visit our staff page here: Our Team

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