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Lisa Pipes Joins Palmer Scholars as Development Specialist

We are pleased to welcome Lisa Pipes to the Palmer Scholars family. Below is a short bio Lisa wrote to introduce herself to our community of supporters. Welcome, Lisa!

 

I received my Bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound and have lived in Tacoma for 19 years. I worked for twelve years at Russell Investments and thoroughly enjoyed their community-focused support for associates’ donating time to our community by tutoring at the alternative high school, undertaking various United Way projects, and teaching financial literacy at the middle school level. From there, I had the distinct pleasure of working with Kindergarten-1st Grade special education students within the Puyallup Tribe’s Leschi Schools and working with the Institute for Family Development bringing Parents As Teachers and ACES awareness to Tacoma area families who had children prenatally through three years old. All along the way, I felt that each of the educational interventions were not early enough nor addressed the underlying barrier I felt governed many obstacles for achieving full potential for our young community members. I am so excited to begin my work with Palmer Scholars within the Development team, assisting with helping underrepresented scholars pursue their dreams to fulfill their potential. I have a passion for and look forward to working with our terrific community to end generational cycles of poverty.


When I am not working, my husband and I have fun with our bio and bonus kiddos, dogs, and projects on our urban farm or in our 5-acre family forest.

 
 
 

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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.

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4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW BLDG 16

Lakewood WA 98499-4004

Mailing Address - 

PO Box 7119, Tacoma, WA 98417

Email - info@palmerscholars.org

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