Les Young

Les attended Roosevelt High School as a participant in the Voluntary Racial Transfer Program.

His positive experience at RHS via academics, music, and varsity athletics inspired him to attend Western Washington University – College of Humanities & Social Sciences (BA).

After college, Les spent the next 36 years simultaneously following two career paths: with the Washington State Patrol (WSP) and with U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. He was graduated from the FBI National Academy and attended the Princeton Theological Seminary.

“RARE is giving us the opportunity 50+ years after our RHS experience to build the kind of relationships and address the issues of inequity and fundamental fairness that must be met head on if we are going to make a positive difference for all who are victims of injustice.”

Along with RARE, he is a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association and participates in S.E.R.V.E. (Stafford Emergency Relief for Volunteer Efforts).

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

James Baldwin (1962)