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BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, South Seattle Emerald

Source: South Seattle Emerald

The Beacon Food Forest Belongs to Everybody: BIPOC Leadership Cultivates Equity and Accessibility

April 4, 2024

From South Seattle Emerald (by Amanda Sorell) – A 7-acre forest in Beacon Hill is home to an ambitious program of community gardening, food sovereignty, and environmental justice.

BIPOC Source, International Examiner, Roxanne Ray

Source: International Examiner

Intended as a ‘third space,’ The Creative Café opens at historic Washington Hall

January 12, 2024

From International Examiner (by Roxanne Ray) – Opening on MLK Day, January 15th, The Creative Café seeks to provide a “third place” in the Central District.

BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, South Seattle Emerald

Source: South Seattle Emerald

Photo Essay | MLK March 2023

January 9, 2024

From South Seattle Emerald (by Susan Fried) – Have a look at last year’s MLK March, and consider getting involved with an event near you!

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author

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On Being a Ukrainian American Teenager in 2023

May 4, 2023

From DIGITIZE (by Emma) – Before February 2022, people didn’t really understand my Ukrainian background. They’d ask, “Why do you speak Russian if you’re Ukrainian?” For me, it was never really worth explaining it. But when the Ukraine War took over every headline in the country all of a sudden everybody cared.

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, Densho

Source: Densho

50 Years Ago, Asian Americans Took a Stand at Wounded Knee

April 5, 2023

From Densho (by Natasha Varner) – During the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, survivors of Japanese American concentration camps stood in solidarity with protestors of the Indigenous reservation system.

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, Mahlon Meyer, Northwest Asian Weekly

Source: Northwest Asian Weekly

Past and present mingle as Vietnamese refugee helps a Ukrainian family

January 20, 2023

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Mahlon Meyer) – Memory knows before forgetting endures, sees, hears, feels the sway of the boat, the flaccid scent of 275 bodies packed like cordwood, knows a destination where they ate leaves and tiny crabs for a year until they came to the U.S.

Alexa Peters, BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, South Seattle Emerald

Source: South Seattle Emerald

New Intertribal Parenting Group Offers Indigenous Families a Way to Reconnect with Tradition

June 16, 2022

From South Seattle Emerald (by Alexa Peters) – Formed just before the pandemic, Native Newborns+ continues to help Indigenous parents connect to their culture and community.

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, Mahlon Meyer, Northwest Asian Weekly

Source: Northwest Asian Weekly

Chinese American WWII veterans honored

May 31, 2022

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Mahlon Meyer) – In 2021, Chinese American World War II veterans and their families around the region were finally presented with a Congressional Gold Medal.

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, News

Raven Mail: Tlingit Artist Designs Stunning Stamp for US Postal Service

May 17, 2021

From Native News Online (by Tamara Ikenberg) – “Raven Story”, designed by Alaskan Native Rico Lanáat’ Worl, is the first of its kind and will soon be released for circulation.

BIPOC Source, BIPOC Source Non-BIPOC Author, News

Native Communities Seek To Keep the Spirit Of The Powwow Alive During the Pandemic

April 13, 2021

From South Seattle Emerald – Powwows have been canceled and postponed once again due to COVID precautions. Local Powwow performers and organizers reflect on the significance of song, dance, and gathering for Indigenous communities around the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

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