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Council issues multiple May proclamations; Valley Cities and Pacific Islander Community Association comment on services
Summary
The council issued proclamations recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month, Older Americans Month, Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month and National Police Week; representatives from Valley Cities and the Pacific Islander Community Association addressed the council about services and partnership needs.
During the May 6 meeting the council presented several proclamations and invited community partners to comment on local programs.
The council proclaimed May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month, noting the national 2025 theme of "community," and invited local mental‑health organizations to increase public awareness. Valley Cities representatives — including Liz Farmer, manager of school‑based programs, and staff from Valley Cities' clinic — thanked the council for acknowledging mental-health challenges and described school‑based services and efforts to reduce stigma and increase access.
The council also proclaimed May 2025 as Older Americans Month and highlighted an upcoming Senior Health and Resource Fair on May 15. Lana Bostick, chair of the Senior Advisory Commission, urged more positive language around aging and described the commission's events and 75 vendors at the resource fair. The council read a proclamation for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and invited Celie Sabus, executive director of the Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington (PICAWA), and her staff to describe local programming. Sabus and PICAWA staff spoke about elder programs, youth cultural‑roots programming, food pantry services and the organization's search for a larger office space to support family activities.
The council also read a proclamation for National Police Week; Chief Long and members of the Federal Way Police Department accepted the recognition and thanked the council.
All proclamations were presented as ceremonial recognitions; no budgetary actions were attached to the items during the meeting.
