Voices

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

Community Voices

From International Examiner (by Juanita Tamayo Lott) – A new essay anthology explores the underexamined stories of Asian Americans’ effect on environmental history.
John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
From Native News Online (by Professor Victoria Sutton) – “The enslavement of indigenous peoples of the Americas is part of our history that is not well known.”
Russell Caswell
From South Seattle Emerald (by Jenn Ngeth) – In April, hundreds of attendees celebrated Khmer New Year at the Cambodian Cultural Association of Washington’s annual festival in White Center.
Cascade PBS
From Cascade PBS – Watch the first segment of this PBS docuseries on the origins and cultural importance of the reefnets of the Northern Straits Salish tribes.
Kai Curry
From Northwest Asian Weekly (by Kai Curry) – A new installation in Bellevue commemorates the local farming families that were incarcerated in World War II.
Tony Ngo
From International Examiner (by Tony Ngo) – A new monthly column will explore the hopes and hardships of Seattle’s struggling Little Saigon neighborhood.
Read the pieces from 2024’s Story Gathering Sandbox!
Read the pieces from 2024’s Story Gathering Workshop!
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From Mindful (by Troy Landrum) – Troy, one of the instructors for last year’s DIGITIZE programming, writes about his experience at a mindfulness retreat for BIPOC educators!
A mother holds her baby daughter in her arms, her older daughter hugs her from behind.
Tenzin with their mother and sister.
From DIGITIZE (by Tenzin Lodoe) – A fun fact about me is that my sister and I share the same first name. We share this name with monks who came before and after us. We share this name with our cousins and our fellow Tibetans.

With just my name I could share with you the stories of the countless Tenzins who have embarked on a significant trajectory in the Free Tibet Movement.

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