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Category: YES! Magazine

Black Growing Traditions

From Yes! Magazine (by Jazmin “Sunny” Murphy) – “Today, there is a growing movement to redefine the historical Black experience with land ownership and raising crops. These farmers are working to reclaim and recontextualize that history through self-determination, manifested in sovereign food production for their local communities and families.”
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Illustration of a black woman and Indigenous woman.

Healing Generational Trauma

From YES! Magazine (By Jasmin Joseph) – “For Black and Indigenous communities, it takes more than therapy and medicine to tackle mental illness. We need a holistic approach.”
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On a farm full of produce, a woman passes a handful of greens to a man.

A Family Farm Brings African Produce to Portland

From YES! Magazine (by Breanna Draxler) – After emigrating from Africa, Rosata Niyonzima and her family work to advance food justice while introducing the community to their native produce.
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Slavachia: Bringing Cultures Together Through Folk Music

From YES! Magazine (by Chad J. Reich) – When Easter European and Appalachian folk music meet, they create an opportunity for cross-cultural collaboration and harmony, fondly termed “Slavachia”.
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Uncovering the Asian American Old West

From YES! Magazine (by Mia Warren) – Beloved books about the West like Little House on the Prairie captured the imagination of many 1st generation Americans, but they omitted the histories and contributions of people of color. Writer Mia Warren uncovers the Asian stories that are part of the Old West narrative and have been here all along.
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Traditions New and Old Come to Life for Ramadan Celebrations Amid COVID

From YES! Magazine (by Nargis Rahman) – Bangladeshi American writer Nargis Rahman reflects on how yet another Ramadan in lockdown has brought new opportunities to connect with old traditions. But its still not the same without family.
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The Gift Of Ecological Humility

From YES! Magazine – Leah Penniman looks to the cultural wisdom of Yoruba traditions and other Afro-Indigenous traditions to rekindle a sacred relationship between humanity and the earth.
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Immigrant Families Reconnect to Cultural Practices During the Pandemic

From YES! Magazine – As the pandemic continues and people are spending more time at home away from family and loved ones, cultural traditions and recipes serve as a soothing comfort.
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Meet the Eighteen-Year-Old Championing Indigenous Rights in Alaska

From YES! Magazine – Quannah Chasinghorse is the young changemaker leading the way for Indigenous rights and protecting the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
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Asian family in bakery, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. (Photo by James Newberry/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

For Asian immigrants, cooperatives came from the home country

From Yes! Magazine – a look into how Asian immigrant communities have participated in mutual aid throughout the history of American immigration.
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