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Chronicling South Asian Stories: Tasveer Celebrates AANHPI Heritage Month with Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

May 17, 2023

Written by Olympia Bhatt, Marketing and Communications Lead – Tasveer This year’s AANHPI theme, Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity, powerfully connects the American dream and the notion of America as a land of opportunity to the professional sphere, emphasizing our organization’s crucial role in providing advancement opportunities. Tasveer has always been… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community StoriesTagged With: AANHPI Heritage Month, Asian Stories, Tasveer-AANHPI

AANHPI Month: Tuk Tuk Mobile Feast

May 12, 2023

What started as a friendship between Siri Martinet and Jacob Devaul has blossomed into a full-time food truck for the now business and culinary partners. Born out of a desire to have more freedom with their time and to share recipes from Siri’s upbringing in Laos, TukTuk Mobile Feast serves… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community StoriesTagged With: AANHPI Heritage Month, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

2023 Neighbor Day Recognition

May 3, 2023

Generosity, empathy, and kindness are essential to a healthy, thriving community. As we continue to rebuild and reconnect after several challenging years, we want to highlight stories about the ways community members across Seattle have gone above and beyond to give back to others and strengthen their communities. To recognize… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, EventsTagged With: Neighbor Day, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Seattle Histories: A Filipino Perspective of Black-Filipino Solidarity in Seattle

May 2, 2023

A Filipino Perspective of Black-Filipino Solidarity in Seattle by Jasmine M. Pulido When I was growing up, people like me were missing in American history books. The legacy of Filipino Americans’ contributions to larger social movements on local, national, and international levels was completely muted. More importantly, the cross-cultural solidarity… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Historic PreservationTagged With: AANHPI Heritage Month, Asian Stories, Black Stories, Central District, Chinatown International District, Community Stories, Filipino Stories, Historic Preservation, Seattle Histories

Share Your Stories About the History of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Community

April 13, 2023

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is looking to commission individual community members to participate in a special LGBTQ+ version of their Seattle Histories Storytelling Project. Those with connections — currently or historically — to Seattle’s LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to submit story ideas by May 1, 2023. The Seattle Histories project… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Historic PreservationTagged With: Community Stories, Historic Preservation, LGBTQ+, Seattle Histories

Beacon Food Forest Helps Family Maintain Connection to Agricultural Roots of Mam Culture

April 12, 2023

English version Recientemente hablabamos con Nazario y Everilda, horticultores del huerto comunitario de Beacon Food Forest P-Patch, para aprender más sobre la cultura Mam, su infancia en Guatemala y su arraigada conexión con el cultivo de los alimentos. Everilda y Nazario están orgullosos de ser parte de la gente Mam,… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, P-Patch Community GardensTagged With: Beacon Hill, Community Stories, Indigenous Stories, Latinx Stories, P-Patch Community Gardening

Celebrate Neighbor Day by performing and honoring acts of kindness

March 15, 2023

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods invites all Seattle residents to celebrate Neighbor Day on Saturday, May 6 by indulging in and amplifying acts of kindness in their community. Neighbor Day is a special day set aside to reach out to neighbors, make new friends, and express thanks to those who help… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Events, Public Participation, Updates and AnnouncementsTagged With: Neighbor Day, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Reimagining Black History Month: Closing Thoughts from Reagan Jackson

March 1, 2023

by Reagan Jackson This Black History Month has been a poignant meditation on joy, resilience, rage, fear, curiosity, pride, and grief. As always, I’m fascinated to learn new tidbits of history like how Norris B. Herndon, a Black gay millionaire, quietly helped fund the civil rights movement or that Rosa… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community StoriesTagged With: Black History Month, Black Stories, LGBTQ+, ReimaginingBlackHistoryMonth, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Reimagining Black History Month: Tayah Carlisle

February 28, 2023

Tayah Carlisle is the Grow Program Coordinator at Young Women Empowered (Y-WE). Grow is a program based out of Marra Farm, that helps young people connect with the Earth in reciprocal relationship, gain practical gardening skills, and grow fresh, culturally-relevant produce. Tayah was born and raised in Seattle’s Central District… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community StoriesTagged With: Black History Month, Black Stories, Central District, ReimaginingBlackHistoryMonth, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Remembering and Imagining our Stories

February 24, 2023

Remembering and Imagining our Stories by Mary Hall-Williams In which I remember my people. Most of whom took their stories with them when they passed. Some of whom I never had the pleasure of meeting. Anita, Sidney, Louise, Robert, Elcinda, William, Mary, Fred, Lenora, Raymond, Robert, Leslie Jr, Leslie Sr…. [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community StoriesTagged With: Black History Month, Black Stories, ReimaginingBlackHistoryMonth, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

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