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400 Years After the Mayflower: a Storymap to Decolonize Thanksgiving

From Voices Staff – For Thanksgiving, EchoX presents a Storymap discussing both contemporary and historical issues Indigenous communities have faced in the past and continue to face today.

2024 “How to Look Cool Online” Websites

This summer’s 4th Annual Web Development Workshop “How to Look Cool Online” (HTLCO) generated an array of website’s reflecting our participants’ ethnic cultural backgrounds. Every year’s websites are reviewed by a panel of experts and this year’s HTLCO cohort really impressed the team.

2024 “How to Look Cool Online” Web Development Workshop Recap 

HTLCO is a paid opportunity that introduces simple coding to students with little to no coding background. Prior to the workshop, many incoming students had negative experiences with coding in the past, or fears about diving in. By the time they left the workshop, all expressed a significant increase in confidence towards coding.
A pair of Indigenous beaded moccasins.

National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools

September 30 marks the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. Recent discoveries of mass graves at Canadian residential schools have highlighted the shared legacy of abuse in the U.S. and other countries. Healing starts with accountability from the institutions responsible.

EchoX’s 2023 Story Gathering Sandbox

Read the pieces from EchoX’s inaugural 2023 Story Gathering Sandbox!

Unweaving the Tapestry of Identity: A Tibetan-American on “Being Yourself”

From DIGITIZE (by Zenden) – Everyone knows the extremely popular, cliché phrase; from being on a pillow at Target to something your loved ones advise you with: “Be yourself.”

A Re-memory of Central Asia’s Soviet Apartments: Exploring the Legacies of Colonial City Landscapes

From DIGITIZE (by Fotima) – Rememory and restoring lost stories, traditions, and practices, and challenging the past and present outcomes of coloniality is an act of survival in the face of violence that erasure poses.

Voices of Latin America: An Indigenous PhD Student’s Perspective with ISLA

From DIGITIZE (by Elizabeth) – Navigating academia as an Indigenous PhD student at the University of Washington has been a testament to resilience, determination, and the transformative power of community.

Somali Girls Club is Just Getting Started

From DIGITIZE (by Jehan) – Somali Girls Club aims to connect Somali girls in the greater Seattle area through community events and socials. 
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Applications Now Open – Fourth Annual “How to Look Cool Online” Web Development Workshop

This summer will mark our fourth annual summer web development workshop “How to Look Cool Online”, a workshop to help students with little or no coding experience overcome fears of coding to create their own online platforms for self-expression!

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