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Six ways Northwest Natives are using tech to save their languages

From Seattle Globalist – Sydney Cain. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, indigenous words and phrases are probably peppered throughout your speech without you even thinking about it. They pop up in place names like Alki, Cle Elum, Tumwater, and of course Seattle…

For her kids – A story of the Godulas Family

From Greeks In Washington – Godulas Family. My mom, Naouma Filou, was later to became Naouma Godulas. Her story begins in 1918 in the small village of Siatista in the foothills of northern Greece. She said that she was uncertain of the day she was born, so she had just picked a date…

The Importance of Movies Like “Black Panther” and “A Wrinkle in Time”

From Yes! Magazine – Jennifer Burton & Julie Dobrow & Calvin Gidney. Yes, Black Panther is shattering box-office records. And A Wrinkle in Time is the first $100 million movie directed by a woman of color. But beyond all that, these films break the mold by showing the complexity and variety of black male and female experiences.