Yurina NambaYurina Namba on August 15th, 2010

Hi! I’m Yurina. Today, I would like to write about my placement, Northwest Center and an interview with Jaclyn. My placement is Northwest Center(NWC) which is for people with disabilities.  They give them opportunities to learn ’social’ and become ‘independent’ through programs of education, rehabilitation and work. NWC held “The Northwest Center Child Development Program” for kids [...]

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Yurina NambaYurina Namba on August 14th, 2010

Hi, I’m Yurina. Yesterday, we visited a restaurant, “FareStart” as a site visit!!It is a beautiful restaurant but it also trains marginalized people, especially homeless. Before our tour, we had a lunch there.  The dishes we had were cooked by those who were ‘homeless’.  It was really nice!  Every students enjoyed the lunch time. After that, we had a [...]

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Yurina NambaYurina Namba on August 4th, 2010

Hi! I’m Yurina. I’m from Japan, Tokyo. I’m also a 3rd year university student from Rikkyo University. This is the first time to come to theU.S. so I was excited and worried about Seattle life. However, most of people in Seattle are kind and it is nice place and weather. And also I can see a good view [...]

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