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income on housing — many spend up to 50%. Affordable rental options for low- and moderate-income families have rapidly decreased, according to King County’s Regional Affordable Housing Task Force. Once widely accessible to those who qualify, affordable housing is difficult to access, even for those who need it the most. There are no easy fixes to the affordable housing crisis. Meaningful progress requires synergy between government leaders, housing developers, nonprofits and direct service providers

lecturer was Brad Tilden, the CEO of Alaska Airlines, and all the design students in the class were required to attend the event. Their assignment was to create a group of print and digital marketing materials that would advertise the event and capture in some way the spirit of Mr. Tilden’s talk. Obviously, the project was extremely practical and useful—just what a student would want to learn as they prepare to be on a team that is marketing a new product or idea. Keeping with the times, the students

creates colored-pencil masterpieces.Born in rural Japan to Lutheran missionary parents, Kullberg lived there until she was 7 and has loved drawing for as long as she can remember. She said her parents were incredibly supportive, always making sure she had art materials even “when the budget was already stretched too tight, and there really was no extra money.” Arriving at PLU in 1975 from her new home in Oregon, Kullberg was drawn (pun intended) not to art but instead to classes in Japanese, thanks to

folks to vote. It was awesome. From there, I spent a year in AmeriCorps through a Tacoma-based program called Urban Leaders in Training. I also worked with Graduate Tacoma on a lot of cool projects, including translating a lot of their materials into Spanish. Then, after a couple of years in Oakland, California working in environmental organizing with Clean Water Action, I came home to Tacoma and got connected with Lutheran Community Services.  It’s been a lot of learning and hopping around, but in

and 13 other mathematician-artists initially signed on to the project; the number of collaborators eventually grew to 23. Initially, the plan was to gather and complete the installation over the summer of 2020, but Covid-19 interrupted those plans. Now, the participants are using Zoom to plan, Google Drive to share documents, and postal services to ship materials back and forth. “It has been a challenge,” she says—particularly where large components are concerned. “It’s one thing to send a cone of

.” Hofrenning was born in Colombia and adopted by parents in Northfield, Minnesota. He said he gravitated toward Hispanic studies as a way to study his native culture. His religion minor is a nod to his mother’s career as a Lutheran pastor. The latter, he believes, can act as a force for progressive action. “I just think religion is a really important part of my theory of social change,” he said. “I had to understand the theology of different religions and how they play out in terms of liberating people

two classroom spaces and a variety of learning materials, such as workbooks, puzzles and flashcards, for the tutoring program. Fisher estimates roughly 40 Bantu adults and children live in Tacoma, with many cramming families of five or more into one tiny apartment. St. Mark’s involvement with the refugees began in 2004 when the church decided to sponsor two Bantu families – a total of 12 people. The church, whose members include a number of PLU alumni, formed a 12-member African Family Support

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pocket knife and they go out into the woods and produce art.” The MacGyver reference, of course, is a lighthearted nod to the late-’80s action-adventure television show in which a secret-agent solves complex technical problems with everyday materials – items like a Swiss Army knife, duct tape and a few bent coat-hangers. Clapp considered this high praise. He still does. “PLU theater students are practiced in being very creative,” he said, “because that’s about as technologically savvy as that

pocket knife and they go out into the woods and produce art.” The MacGyver reference, of course, is a lighthearted nod to the late-’80s action-adventure television show in which a secret-agent solves complex technical problems with everyday materials – items like a Swiss Army knife, duct tape and a few bent coat-hangers. Clapp considered this high praise. He still does. “PLU theater students are practiced in being very creative,” he said, “because that’s about as technologically savvy as that