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In Search of Our Mother’s Land

From DIGITIZE (by Angelina Ajok Miyar) – Why is the question that hangs barren and unanswered inside the arms of widowed mothers losing hold of their novel child soldiers. It hangs heavy like the burden of burning flesh and images of a life lost on a tree. Where is our promised peaceful paradise? 
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Other People Have it Worse. The Ramblings of a Commuting Student

From DIGITIZE (by Sooreeti Kaayoo) – What’s factual is: the desperation can’t omit the beauty blooming alongside it. The life I carry is a part of hers too.
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Yaaw Koo.éex’: Honoring Tradition, Building Community, and Celebrating Renewal

From DIGITIZE (by Kariel K’iteix’ Galbraith) – Herring eggs — small, crisp, and soft yellow — are the lifeblood of Southeast Alaska.
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Photo: Yuko Kodama

Crow’s Nest Comics Brings Inclusive Comic Culture to the South End

From South Seattle Emerald (by Yuko Kodama) – Now open in Judkins Park, Crow’s Nest Comics is a cultural space for all lived experiences.
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The Land Remembers: UW Tacoma’s Danica Miller on Indigenous Storytelling as Sovereignty

From UW Tacoma (by Olivia Carson) – An interview with one of the curators of the “This is Native Land” exhibition, now open at the Washington State History Museum.
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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.
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A black man and Asian woman pose for a photo in front of a King County bus
Photo by Zion Thomas

From the Silk Road to the 36 Bus: New Wing Luke Exhibit Imagines South End Utopia

From South Seattle Emerald (by Jas Keimig) – An interview with two of the artists behind Paradice Avenue Souf’s “Back Home: Utopia in Seattle”, open at the Wing Luke Museum through July 2026.
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Three large wooden sculptures of human-like figures.
Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson

“Family” on the Waterfront: Honoring Coast Salish Heritage Through Art

From Art Beat – “Three commanding new figures now stand in a planter on Waterfront Park’s promenade, near Pier 58, gazing across Elliott Bay toward the gravesite of Chief Sealth, Seattle’s namesake.”
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Diyas are lit around a colorful rangoli to celebrate the festival of Diwali.

A Pacific Northwest Diwali: remembering how the festival of lights has changed over the years

From Community Advisory Committee – Kamna Shastri reflects on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and how the festival has changed as she has grown up in the Pacific Northwest.
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Three women, dressed in colourful, traditional garments, smile in the forest while brushing their hair.

Para las Morenas (For the Brown-Skinned Women)

From DIGITIZE (by Gabriella) – Going to Guatemala, I was excited to immerse myself in the culture and be with people who resembled me. I’m someone who loves her ethnic features and who views others with darker complexions and ethnic features as beautiful. I find that our warm toasted skin, round facial structure, and deep brown eyes, which come from our ancestors, are so beloved and sacred. So, it was shocking to come into Guatemala and see that this was not true for all.
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