Voices

Sharing stories and experiences that highlight diverse narratives across community groups.

Community Voices

News Source: Crosscut

A trainer in a wetsuit pats the face of a large orca whale in a shallow pool.

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.

Made There: Yakama artist Bessie Bill weaves traditional wa’paas

Two women and a man sit in wicker furniture having a conversation.

Out & Back: Walking through time in Seattle’s Central District

From Crosscut (by Alison Mariella Désir) – “Out & Back” is a collaboration between Crosscut and KCTS 9 exploring “the ways diverse communities are engaging with the outdoors”. This edition highlights the Club Seattle Runners Division, a running group that welcomes “all pace and all faces”.

How a federal border became a dividing line for Nooksack citizenship

From Crosscut (by Luna Reyna) – In the last two decades, Indigenous communities have seen a troubling increase in tribal disenrollment.
Woman with long blue braided hair and pink floral dress poses for a portrait.

Black Arts Legacies: Tariqa Waters

A man in a turtleneck with arms outstretched poses for a portrait surrounded by trees.

Black Arts Legacies: Ishmael Butler

A man in a tank top poses for a picture with his chin in his hand.

Kabby Mitchell: ‘Radically imaginative’ ballet dancer

A clipboard with a flyer that says "Native Neighborhood Survey - A Place of Belonging".

Seattle urban Natives look to have a neighborhood to call their own

From Crosscut (by Luna Reyna) – Na’ah Illahee Fund is conducting a survey on a possible Indigenous neighborhood in Seattle.
A group of young people on a beach investigating a tide pool.

Meet the founders connecting BIPOC youth to the marine sciences

From Crosscut (by Wudan Yan) – An interview with the founders of Sea Potential, an organization focused on elevating BIPOC voices in the marine sciences.
Artwork on cardboard boxes of two farmworkers standing with piles of produce surrounding them.

WA farmworkers’ labor as seen through their art