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Hamlin Robinson School

South End Life: A Rainier Valley School Offers Safe Haven for Neurodiverse Students

From South Seattle Emerald (by Yuko Kodama) – For students struggling with dyslexia and learning differences, South Seattle’s Hamlin Robinson School offers a learning environment designed around neurodiversity and the BIPOC experience.

Welcoming yubəč

From Tulalip News (by Wade Sheldon) – On June 21st, members of the Tulalip Tribes gathered to honor yubəč, the seasonal return of salmon to Tulalip Bay.
Mark White

Unbroken Threads

From South Seattle Emerald (by Mark White and Elise DeGooyer) – A 3-part series relating the many stories of the Nguyen family following their escape from Vietnam and establishment of a tailoring business in Pioneer Square.
GrowingBoyMedia

Tidelands: An Indigenous-centered space of reciprocity & revival

From Cascade PBS (by Angela Moorer) – “In the heart of downtown Seattle, just blocks from Pike Place Market, you might stumble upon something quietly radical: an Indigenous and woman-owned gathering space pulsing with joy, where ancestral knowledge and contemporary art collide.”

‘Nature Unfurled’ finally recognizes Asian immigrants’ and Asian Americans’ integral relationship to nature and outdoor recreation

From International Examiner (by Juanita Tamayo Lott) – A new essay anthology explores the underexamined stories of Asian Americans’ effect on environmental history.
John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

The Other Slavery

From Native News Online (by Professor Victoria Sutton) – “The enslavement of indigenous peoples of the Americas is part of our history that is not well known.”
Russell Caswell

Shedding Old Skin for the New Year

From South Seattle Emerald (by Jenn Ngeth) – In April, hundreds of attendees celebrated Khmer New Year at the Cambodian Cultural Association of Washington’s annual festival in White Center.
Cascade PBS

Origins: The Last Reefnetters

From Cascade PBS – Watch the first segment of this PBS docuseries on the origins and cultural importance of the reefnets of the Northern Straits Salish tribes.
Kai Curry

Traveling art installation honors Bellevue’s Japanese farmers

From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Kai Curry) – A new installation in Bellevue commemorates the local farming families that were incarcerated in World War II.
Tony Ngo

From Dirt, Grow Lotuses: Introducing new column diving into Little Saigon

From International Examiner (by Tony Ngo) – A new monthly column will explore the hopes and hardships of Seattle’s struggling Little Saigon neighborhood.

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