On Black Futures Month, a Race Against Sickle Cell and a Chance for Healing

Sarita Wall started working at Seattle Children’s in summer 2019, and she knew immediately that she wanted to volunteer at her new organization to get involved with her new work community. “I wanted to do something meaningful and be around people who share some of the same experiences and who look like me,” said Wall, […]

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Seattle Children’s Announces New Leadership for Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic

Seattle Children’s has appointed Dr. Shaquita Bell as senior medical director of Odesa Brown Children’s Clinic in south Seattle, where she has served for nearly 16 years. The organization also named Dr. Kenisha Campbell as medical director at the clinic. Bell will lead OBCC in the Central District and the new clinic at Othello Square, […]

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An Artist in Equity: Michael Willen Winner of 2021 Odessa Brown Ken Feldman Award

When Michael Willen, art therapist, was growing up in Boulder, Colorado during the 1990s, he heard lots of talk about accepting those who were different from you. Reality, however, often didn’t align with the talk. “You couldn’t be openly gay or talk about something like being transgender,” he recalls. “I wanted a community to connect […]

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