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Marguerite Casey Foundation
Celebrating 10 Years of Supporting Families
Leading Change.
Special thanks to our Staff
Luz Vega-Marquis
President & CEO
Herb Williams
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO/
Board of Directors Liaison
Kathleen Baca
Peter Bloch Garcia
Rich Boswell
James Carlton
Ericka Cox
Jennifer Gianni-Haubry
Natalie Holmes
Sunny Hong
Alice Ito
Suphatra Laviolette
Cheryl Milloy
Kathy Mulady
Piilani Pang
Cynthia Renfro
Kathleen Roe
Stephen Sage
Nathan Sorseth
Karen Urlie
Vanessa Ushio
Director of Communications
Program Officer
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Finance Manager
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Administrative Assistant
Program Officer
Administrative Specialist
Evaluation & Research Officer
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Office Manager
Director of Programs & Evaluation
Grants Administrator
Chief Financial Officer
Human Resources Assistant
Administrative Specialist
Graphic Designer & Web Manager
Writer - Claudia Rowe
Designers - Amie Baker & Vanessa Ushio
Editor - Cathy Johnson
Photographers - Mike Kane, Miami Worker Center,
PICO, TARGET & Border Action Network
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Casey Family Programs in the family’s home town of Seattle.
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of our own eyes – where we’ve lived, how we’ve lived, what we’ve seen – and if you’re
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those populations.
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activism and cultivating leadership on the local level, and people literally laughed at
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future – and then they don’t try.
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fatalistic. You’ve changed them forever. And it’s sort of an infectious disease – if a
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belief in action. I saw young children helping their families understand the agenda,
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education on the victories to be reaped through building
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provide them with the voice and the opportunities to address their needs, we could prevent
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felt in having their own voices heard. It was gratifying.
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