Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s fight for justice at WAWAC Gala

EVERETT— Approximately 200 community members gathered at the Carl Gibson Center for the Washington West African Center’s (WAWAC) second annual fundraising gala, aiming to raise $150,000 for immigrant support services. Saturday’s event featured a keynote address by Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a service-disabled U.S. Army veteran and immigrant who recounted his unlawful 124-day detention by Immigration […]
Four exceptional youths awarded college book grants by SCBHC

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., June 28, 2023—Four graduating high school students were awarded “Budding Youth” award grants at the Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee’s (SCBHC) Red and White Banquet on April 29 for the first time ever. In addition to an adornment, each student received a college book grant, as part of that award, that will […]
SCBHC Youth Initiative students are off to Nation’s capital to tour colleges

EVERETT, Wash., June 10, 2023—This August, the Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee’s (SCBHC) Youth Initiative Program is headed to Washington D.C. to tour two historically Black colleges. From August 2 through August 8, 16 students, ranging in age from 11 to 22, and four chaperones will arrive in our Nation’s Capital, visit its many historical […]
Celebrating Black Excellence at annual Red and White Banquet

MILL CREEK, Wash., June 8, 2023—The Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee (SCBHC) celebrated Black Excellence by recognizing members of the community deemed “roses” at its Red and White Banquet Award Ceremony, on April 29, at Mill Creek Foursquare Church. The awards were divided into a rose’s various stages – roots, stems, budding youth or “past, […]
Millenia Ministries, ending homelessness one woman, and one child, at a time

EVERETT, Wash., February 16, 2023—Nineteen years ago, Leilani Miller, Founder and Executive Director at Millenia Ministries, followed a “Voice from God” that said Snohomish County, Washington, needed her services. At the time, she was helping homeless pregnant women find housing in California. On a whim, she packed up her life and left her sunny, hometown […]