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Both King 5 TV and the Tacoma News Tribune featured a story on Pioneer to end the year right! Employees from Pioneer Industries - Plant 2, Toalei Mulitauaopele and Lynette Malo, talked about the importance of a company hiring a formerly incarcerated individual to give him/her a second chance and an avenue to prove themselves.
Watch the TV clip on King 5 News...
Within a year of its inception, the impact of a new King County program aimed at reducing further involvement in the juvenile justice system is unprecedented: Compared to the same nine-month period last year, juvenile domestic violence case filings have dropped 62 percent. Pioneer is proud to be a partner in the Seattle program.
Families and youth who have used the FIRS center and counseling services have expressed...
We celebrated our annual Change Maker Lunch with Shaka Senghor as our keynote speaker on September 29, 2016. The event was attended by Pioneer board members, partner organizations, community leaders and political figures in Washington State.
The luncheon gave Pioneer the opportunity to applaud our partners and share our social mission with the community. Shaka Senghor, a leading...
Pioneer is honoring National Reentry Week by engaging in many activities including sharing success stories, speaking at local events and writing columns on reentry for the media. Our VP of treatment and Reentry, Steve Woolworth, shared two columns with the Tacoma News Tribune and the...
Seattle Times
By Jerry Large
Pioneer wants to make some noise in favor of progress after prison.
The core mission is helping people who’ve been incarcerated thrive once they are free. “Social acceptance is one of the biggest challenges we face,” Lee said this week. Pioneer has had decades of success getting clients into jobs, but it remains a challenge because of employer resistance to...
Today is International Women's Day and Pioneer is celebrating our women in manufacturing who work in every area of our three plants. Someone asked, “Do you really have women working in production?” The answer is, “YES WE DO!”
Back in 1985 a new team was showing up to work on Pioneer’s airplane cargo liner orders...
Pioneer’s Tacoma Residential Reentry Center was recently featured in the Seattle Times! Read full story below:
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
TACOMA — Seattle architect Eric Cobb knelt on the pavement, dangerously close to the rumbling tractor-...
We won! The Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and Employment awarded Pioneer with the 2015 Large Non-Profit Employer of the Year Award. The 23rd Annual Washington State Governor’s Employer Award event was in Bellevue and Karen Lee, CEO and Mark Behrends, VP Pioneer Enterprises were there to accept the award.
As a social enterprise, Pioneer trains and employs people...
Watch Pioneer employees talk about the challenges and barriers they faced in finding work when they were released from prison. Listen to the conversations on why individuals who have served their time continue to be punished by society when they are released. Hear why employment and Ban the Box are such important steps to creating a successful reentry for the formerly incarcerated....
Pioneer is very proud of our manufacturing employees currently enrolled in the 4-year aerospace apprenticeship program that is offered in partnership with the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC). Read a few of their stories of experiencing success after prison here.
Men and women have the opportunity to...