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EchoX’s Best of 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, here’s a look back at a few of our proudest accomplishments. For such a small team, we were able to do so much!

All Booked Up for the Winter!

We asked EchoX staff to send us their favorite books written by POC authors – no genre was off limits! If you’re looking for your next great read, it just might be on this list! 
A large, pink dress stands in a room beside two portraits of Black women.
Barbara Earl Thomas' giant floating "Cinderella Redressed" made of intricately cut tyvek, paper, and voile fabric against Derrick Adams' portraits. (Via The Stranger, Jueqian Fang/Henry Art Gallery)

The Different Ways We Are Packaged Black

From The Stranger (by Jas Keimig) – “Barbara Earl Thomas and Derrick Adams’ joint show at the Henry Art Gallery explores the influence of Black culture on commerce and representation.”
Promotional photo of two women speaking to each other that says "Change doesn't come from complacency; let's get uncomfortable together."
Podcasters and writers Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham.

“Dear White Women” podcast, book and website embrace discomfort and promote conversation around issues of race and ethnicity

From International Examiner (by Roxanne Ray) – A new book by Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham encourages readers to embrace discomfort talking about race.

A tale of two dragons at the National Nordic Museum

From International Examiner (by Susan Kunimatsu) – At the National Nordic Museum, a papercutting exhibition presents a cross-cultural artistic collaboration between Norway and China.

Estelita’s Library Turns the Page on a New Chapter in the Central District

From South Seattle Emerald (by Amanda Ong) – The opening of a justice-focused library creates a new community space fighting to maintain the identity of the Central District.

2021 Online Guide to Hanukkah

A guide to Hanukkah events in Seattle and around Washington state.

Native American Heritage Day

This November, EchoX expanded on our story map, “400 Years After the Mayflower”.

Indigenous Walking Tour

From student Owen Oliver, a walking tour of the University of Washington, “written, created, and curated within multiple Indigenous lands and waters. Not limited to but including the Musqueam, Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian territories”.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Q&A

For our third installment, we’ve asked EchoX staff, board members, friends, and community members to take part in a short Thanksgiving Q&A.

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