01/17/2023
Congratulations to SEIU 775 Executive Board Member Tanika Aden on receiving the Lifetime Service Award from the City of Tacoma!
From the press release: “Tanika Aden has been working as a grassroots organizer since 2004. Most of her background has been in legislative work organizing marginalized communities. However, her career goals were refocused in 2019 when her then five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism. She shifted after realizing the vast needs and major lack of financial and legislative support many families in the intellectual and developmental disabilities community face. She works with Tacoma and Clover Park School Districts to help at-risk youth and students with disabilities develop advocacy and leadership skills. She then helps them use their new skills to engage in the community so they can become leaders.”
You can read more here: https://cityoftacoma.org/in_the_news/2023_community_service_awards_recipients_announced
Congratulations Tanika!
