Formulas for Fair Futures by E.T. Russian and GV ET and GV are friends and identify with a multitude of different communities. They have been essential workers in the same health care facility for over 15 years. They have provided hands-on care to their clients throughout the pandemic and have… [ Keep reading ]
SAFETY A client walks into my therapy office in 2022, mask and vaccination required, and we talk about memories. We take them apart. We stitch together the ones that feel like patterns. Most importantly, we feel into them and sit through the discomfort of being transported somewhere else. Sometimes therapy… [ Keep reading ]
I remember my morning drive to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. We would always take the “Lake Way” known to most as Lake Washington Blvd. On those morning drives, I would study architecture. I would study the houses that lined the Boulevard and anticipate my favorites. I loathed mornings…. [ Keep reading ]
Kathy Nguyễn is a second-gen Việt American, just trying to hang out with her dog and figure out how to infuse joy and care into the spaces she occupies. She is committed to learning more about movements of liberation and how to build solidarity and coalition with others. Her approach… [ Keep reading ]
Founded in 2007, Clean Greens Farm and Market is a small nonprofit organization established by Black Dollar Days Task Force to provide education around food justice and healthy eating and to grow and supply fresh produce at affordable prices to low-income families. They also organize a youth program that gives… [ Keep reading ]
Over the past two years, topics like infection rates and disease virality have dominated more casual conversations than most of us could have ever imagined possible. However, something else has swept through our communities that we think deserves some widespread attention: generosity. Throughout the hardships and heartaches, we have witnessed… [ Keep reading ]
How to Tell if Someone Is Really From Seattle by Cleopatra Cutler When I was growing up in West Seattle in the 90s, the topic of “from here” was on the tip of everyone’s tongue. “Are you really from Seattle?” Six-year-olds would narrow their eyes and carefully weigh the evidence…. [ Keep reading ]
Español // Tiếng Việt // Tagalog // 繁體中文 // af Soomali Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is looking to commission individual community members to participate in a storytelling project called Seattle Histories. This series features the stories of people and places that have shaped Seattle’s past and led us to the… [ Keep reading ]
prayer as a walk through Ravenna in the Winter by Brian Dang this city is notorious for the dark it’s true winter is a funeral for color we’ve all seen the chart:the grey. … [ Keep reading ]
If I had to reimagine Seattle, I would have to think about the land first. I would have to think about the first nation people who have protected and taken care of the land. Below all the pavement, below all the construction and tall buildings, there are all these stories…. [ Keep reading ]
