News and Features
FilipinoTown Magazine launches celebrating the community
From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Jason Cruz) – In print and online, a new annual magazine highlights the lives and stories of Filipinos in the Northwest.
Holiday Markets 2023
Winter is coming and with it, a slew of awesome holiday markets from organizations around the Northwest!
Chief investigator hired to lead AG’s MMIWP Cold Case Unit
From Attorney General’s Office (Press Release) – Brian George, a 27-year law enforcement veteran and enrolled member of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, will lead the investigations work for the office’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case...
Young Somali American brings green Islam movement to Portland
From The Oregonian (by Gosia Wozniacka) – Young conservationists like Ahlam Osman are working to bring more voices from communities of color into the environmental movement.
Día de los Muertos 2023
From Voices Staff – ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! Día de los Muertos (also known as el Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead) is a time when families get together to remember loved ones who have passed on....
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...
The Lummi Nation sees ‘parallels’ with the orca Tokitae’s story
From Crosscut (by Richard Arlin Walker) – This summer, a captive orca died shortly before she could be released to her native waters in the Salish Sea.