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Local Black business owner wrestle with racial identity empowers her to cultivate a space for cultural belonging. The Seattle Medium - Feature Story May 15, 2023 Abundant greenery, Erykah Badu playing in the background, a portrait of Zora Neale Hurston hanging on the wall, African textiles and statues perfectly in place. From the moment customers enter Loving Room Diaspora Books + Salon they’re transported into an Afrocentric reality dedicated to African American literature

King County residents gathered in South Seattle to celebrate this school that's breaking barriers and celebrating Blackness. South Seattle Emerald - Community News May 18, 2023 On Saturday, May 13, Liberated Village held their Arts & Education Festival at Alan T. Sugiyama High School. Free to the community, the festival featured live performances from young Seattle rapper Skye-Dior and DJ Vitamin D , meals from The Original Philly’s (“Philly’s Best”) and Rooted on 23rd , pr

A Seattle teen who survived gun violence learn to embrace her road-to-recovery. South Seattle Emerald - Feature Story Mar. 19, 2022 Learn About The Beloved Campaign Everyone lost to gun violence is someone’s beloved. Beloved is a multi-media campaign exploring gun violence in-depth in four phases: The Problem of gun violence as a symptom of illness (or infection) caused by systemic inequality; The History of gun violence, root causes, and local and national data trends. T

This article — the first in the 4-part series — shares the history of the Poor People's Campaign and the current organizers who are reviving the movement. South Seattle Emerald - long-form feature story Aug. 16, 2022 Learn About This 4-Part Series In 1967, after fighting against Jim Crow segregation and winning many civil rights victories for Black and Brown Americans, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and many others, called for a “revolution of values” in America. The Poor P