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Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Video recording of Eva and Alli Brooks, Urban Community Girls, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Rosa Franklin, former Washington State Senator, African American leader, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Dawn Lucien, Civic Leader for government, arts, education, and waterways, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Cindy Niemi, MultiCare Health Foundation, Major Gifts Officer, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Ha La, Giaudrone Middle School Student, from the 2015 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Miriam Barnett, CEO of the YWCA of Pierce County, from the 2017 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Tad Monroe, Consultant, Organizer, Storyteller, from the 2017 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Erin Guinup, Singer and Conductor, Founder of Tacoma Refugee Choir, from the 2018 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Amanda Figueroa, Senior Director of Student Transitions & Success, University of Washington Tacoma, from the 2019 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Warnick, Sulja Oral History Interview
Part of Sulja Warnick Papers
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Sulja Warnick conducted by dindria barrow on April 6, 2023. In this interview, Sulja shares some of her life’s work as a public school teacher in the Tacoma Public Schools and with the Korean Women’s Association (KWA). Her journey is one of many places and many connections. The success she co-created has spanned countries and served thousands of people. For example, KWA started as a small social club for Korean women and has expanded to a non-profit organization that provides education, affordable housing, in-home care for seniors, and social services, including domestic violence counseling. KWA has offices in 14 Western Washington counties, serving up to 150,000 people of 40 nationalities and 35 language groups. The organization is now 51 years old. Please enjoy Sulja’s oral history interview as well as her collection of images and documents covering her life and the life of KWA.
Vicky M. Semones is an award-winning poet and photographer with a lifelong interest in spiritual and philosophical subjects. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies. She was an acolyte at the Mary Magdalene Chapel in Oakland, California, and has brought her teaching skills and love of gnostic spirituality to the Center for Spiritual Living - Tacoma, having developed a 'Wisdom Circle' series on "Re-discovering Mary Magdalene." Vicky also posts her poetry at www.authorsden.com/semones
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
Kellen Drury visually describes what he misses and appreciats during the Covid times in this short film.
Black Collective Meeting with Tacoma Art Museum, July 2021
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
The Tacoma Art Museum will host the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection from July 31 - November 28, 2021. Director David F Setford visited the Black Collective to a presentation.
Carol Rashawnna Williams visits CHAZ During 2020 Protests Against Police Brutality
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Slideshow of photos taken during Carol Rashawnna Williams' visit to CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone), in Seattle 2020. CHAZ (aka CHOP - Capitol Hill Occupied Protest) was established in June of 2020 in protest against the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, occupying several blocks in the city center for over three weeks.
Interview with Beth from Confidence Analytics at the Lemonhaze Cannabis Convention, 2019
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Beth, representative at Confidence Analytics, discusses the company's work to test cannabis products in the state of Washington.
Panel Discussion at the Lemonhaze Cannabis Convention, 2019
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Panelists discuss the "ongoing vape crisis" in the cannabis industry, including federal policy made around health concerns.
Interview with MiShawn Cabrera, Ambassador of Hilltop Artists in Tacoma, 2019
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
MiShawn Cabrera, 2019 Hilltop Artists Ambassador, discusses his ongoing projects in the glass-blowing studio and his entry into glass-blowing as an art form.
Dr. Joye Hardiman Speaks at the All School Orientation at Evergreen College, Tacoma Campus
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Dr. Hardiman discusses the history of opening Evergreen College, Tacoma campus, founded by Dr. Maxine Mimms.
Walkthrough of "JB^2: A Jasmine Brown Collaboration" at 950 Gallery, Hosted by Spaceworks Tacoma
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Video footage of "JB^2: A Jasmine Brown Collection," in the 950 Gallery, hosted by Spaceworks Tacoma.
Interview with Jasmine Iona Brown: "The Conversation"
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Jasmine Iona Brown discusses her collaborative showing "JB^2: A Jasmine Brown Collaboration." She covers the beginning of her career as an artist, and a art pieces memorializing her former foster children who were victims of gun violence and other victims of violence.
Interview with Rock Hushka, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Tacoma Art Museum (TAM)
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Rock Hushka discusses his responsibilities as curator at TAM, as well as the museum's mission to preserve and display the art and art history of the Pacific Northwest.
Lead Pastor Kevin Gerald speaks at Champions Center, Tacoma
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Lead Pastor Kevin Gerald giving a sermon at the Champion Center in Tacoma.
Interview with Ryan Whitley about "Finding Our Roots: Genealogy Research Workshop"
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Ryan Whitley discusses the functions of The Union, a Black-first technology focused community center. He covers his research of his ancestry and the event "Finding Our Roots: Genealogy Research Workshop" that he hosted.
Activist Lyle Quasim Speaks at 54th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Community activist and Black Collective co-chair Lyle Quasim speaks at the "We Are Not Going Back" 54th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington. He discusses the history of the Black Collective, founded in 1969, and voices support for similar organizations in King County.
Angela Rye, CEO of IMPACT Strategies, Speaks at 54th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Angela Rye, Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, speaks at "We Are Not Going Back" 54th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington.
Oral history interview with former Puyallup Tribal Council Member, Ramona Bennett. Interviewed by dindria barrow on April 2, 2022, in the Digital Media Lab of the Tacoma Public Library. Ramona discusses her views on Indian and Indigenous rights, the people she encountered on her advocacy journey and how she continues living during difficult times. Ramona reminds us that “things shift slowly”, to “love whoever is left” after someone passes away, to put “just one foot after the other” and that her people live on because of “all the ways we pray are so hard”.
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection