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Tacoma Urban League has announces new CEO

The Tacoma Urban League announced it has appointed a new CEO. Desireé Wilkins Finch will take over at the end of the month. The news comes just one year after T’wina Nobles, its current CEO, announced she would step down after she was elected to the state senate.

KNKX reporter Maya Aina spoke with her about her vision to revitalize Tacoma's black community.

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Mayowa Aina is a former KNKX producer and reporter who worked on The Walk Home, a national award-winning podcast. Mayowa also covered cost-of-living and affordability issues in Western Washington, focusing on how people do (or don't) make ends meet, impacts on residents' earning potential and proposed solutions for supporting people living at the margins of our community.