Voices

Sharing stories and experiences that highlight diverse narratives across community groups.

Community Voices

Author: Kamna Shastri

Ethnic Studies educator Shraddha Shirude on giving math purpose

South Seattle Emerald – Shraddha Shirude offers a unique and transformative approach to math in Seattle schools. Her approach is an invitation to love the subject and to embrace and explore one’s own identity.

Celebrating Pride in the Indigenous community – a video playlist

To celebrate Pride 2020, EchoX has curated a series of videos that celebrate Two-Spirit people and the legacies of LGBTQ+ identities in Indigenous communities.
Marsha P. Johnson is just recently receiving widespread recognition as a pivotal force during the Stonewall Riots. She is the subject of a recent Netflix documentary. and Sylvia Rivera, were front and center, though they have only recently received widespread recognition as pivotal forces within the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Where does Pride fit in a time of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter?

From High Country News – In a time of social change and a pandemic that has laid bare deep-rooted inequalities, Pride’s roots as an LGBTQ+ movement for equity are back in focus.

Need to find a Black-owned business in Seattle? There’s an app for that

From KUOW – Erik Larson made an app to easily find Black owned restaurants in the Seattle area.

Black joy – not corporate acknowledgement – is the heart of Juneteenth

The Atlantic – while governments and companies are catching up to recognizing Juneteenth, Black Americans have always been celebrating Emancipation Day.

Juneteenth 2020

Crosscut and South Seattle Emerald present a series of personal reflections in honor of Juneteenth,

Seattle’s Black women activists have been marching for decades

From Crosscut – A Q and A with BlackPast.org historian Quin’Nita Cobbins-Modica about the legacy of Seattle’s Black womxn leaders.

A letter from a young, Black, first-gen journalist

From South Seattle Emerald – Amina Ibrahim reflects on her thoughts on journalism, identity, and change in the light protesting police brutality and racism.

Love and Anti-Blackness: an Indian American mother reflects on raising Black children

From The Polis Project – Kavitha Rajagopalan writes this heartfelt piece about how she has connected with the Black community in a way that is vastly different from her parents.

Where’d All These Woke White People Come From?

From The Root -“Since the beginning of the George Floyd protests, white people have come out of the woodwork with statements declaring their disdain for inequality and their willingness to stand against racism.”

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