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How Studying Abroad in Australia Taught Me About Collective Struggle

From DIGITIZE (by Jehan Hashi) – During a period of heightened racial uprisings in the segregated 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. asserted in one of his most revered writings, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In other words, the struggle for freedom is communal.
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To Live Is to Be Remembered

From DIGITIZE (by Ánh Lê Võ) – It is only through the lives our ancestors led that our existence is possible… While preparing this collection of short stories, I interviewed my relatives and elders who host and prepare đám giỗ, to document the lives of those we celebrate. Through this process, I couldn’t help but notice how the lives of our ancestors, who we hold to such high importance, are slowly being forgotten as time and generations pass. To honor my ancestors, I wrote their stories, memorializing them to withstand the passage of time.
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In Search of Our Mother’s Land

From DIGITIZE (by Angelina Ajok Miyar) – Why is the question that hangs barren and unanswered inside the arms of widowed mothers losing hold of their novel child soldiers. It hangs heavy like the burden of burning flesh and images of a life lost on a tree. Where is our promised peaceful paradise? 
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Other People Have it Worse. The Ramblings of a Commuting Student

From DIGITIZE (by Sooreeti Kaayoo) – What’s factual is: the desperation can’t omit the beauty blooming alongside it. The life I carry is a part of hers too.
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Yaaw Koo.éex’: Honoring Tradition, Building Community, and Celebrating Renewal

From DIGITIZE (by Kariel K’iteix’ Galbraith) – Herring eggs — small, crisp, and soft yellow — are the lifeblood of Southeast Alaska.
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The Land Remembers: UW Tacoma’s Danica Miller on Indigenous Storytelling as Sovereignty

From UW Tacoma (by Olivia Carson) – An interview with one of the curators of the “This is Native Land” exhibition, now open at the Washington State History Museum.
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A black man and Asian woman pose for a photo in front of a King County bus
Photo by Zion Thomas

From the Silk Road to the 36 Bus: New Wing Luke Exhibit Imagines South End Utopia

From South Seattle Emerald (by Jas Keimig) – An interview with two of the artists behind Paradice Avenue Souf’s “Back Home: Utopia in Seattle”, open at the Wing Luke Museum through July 2026.
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Three large wooden sculptures of human-like figures.
Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson

“Family” on the Waterfront: Honoring Coast Salish Heritage Through Art

From Art Beat – “Three commanding new figures now stand in a planter on Waterfront Park’s promenade, near Pier 58, gazing across Elliott Bay toward the gravesite of Chief Sealth, Seattle’s namesake.”
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Three women, dressed in colourful, traditional garments, smile in the forest while brushing their hair.

Para las Morenas (For the Brown-Skinned Women)

From DIGITIZE (by Gabriella) – Going to Guatemala, I was excited to immerse myself in the culture and be with people who resembled me. I’m someone who loves her ethnic features and who views others with darker complexions and ethnic features as beautiful. I find that our warm toasted skin, round facial structure, and deep brown eyes, which come from our ancestors, are so beloved and sacred. So, it was shocking to come into Guatemala and see that this was not true for all.
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Anchors Made of Gold

From DIGITIZE (by Precious) – Although I’ve not experienced what it is like to be a breadwinner yet, I still carry the expectations of a breadwinner: the responsibility to take care of my family. And it’s not just implied–it’s spoken. As I grow older, I frequently hear things such as “Oh Precious kung meron kang pera, magbigay ka dito ah,” (Precious when you start earning, don’t forget to give us some money). Even things like “Precious, ikaw ang mag bahala sakin kung matanda na ako,” which translates to “Precious when I get old you better take care of me.”
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