Porch Portrait Project: Sam Halhuli & Shane the dog
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- 2020
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Sam Halhuli & Shane the dog
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Ben, Tawni, Luna, and Bowie Wildenhaus
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Jennifer Robbins and her daughter
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Abigail, Erin & Lucas Thompson
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Brighter Days Ahead House Sign
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
An image of a house sign that reads "Brighter Days Ahead"
The Carnegie section of the Tacoma Main Branch Library boarded up on 6/5/2020
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
The Carnegie section of the Tacoma Main Branch Library boarded up on 6/5/2020.
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 of Juanita Olivas, an unhoused neighbor living in Tacoma, conducted by dindria barrow on April 9, 2022. Juanita shares how she became homeless, how her faith has carried her through life, and why she does volunteer work. Juanita is 60 years young and plans on completing high school so that she can get a job as a medical insurance billing and coder. Juanita dreams of being “somebody that can help out with the community, always. I would love to have a really big apartment building that I could just take in all the homeless…just pour my heart out to ‘em, because people out there, you never know their story until you actually talk to them and I’ve met a lot of people that is so talented out there and so educated, but their story just breaks my heart.”
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”.
Tucker, Cynthia Tacye, photograph
Cynthia Tacye Tucker at age 21 years old, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, August 1971.
Steele, Tacie Davis Cooper, photograph
Cynthia Tucker's grandmother, born April 25, 1917. A July 19, 1936 article from the West Chester, PA Daily Local News newspaper stated, "Mrs. Tacie Steele was last night elected permanent chairman of the Citizens' Civic and Welfare Club, an auxiliary unit to the recently organized Citizen's Political Club of Chester County. Mrs. Steele is s committee woman." Cynthia was so proud to find this clipping amongst family artifacts given to her by her mother. "I always wondered why I was so eager and interested in community work. Now I know." Tacie Steel's mother was Mary Etta Draper Cooper Washington Dorin (9/5/1874-11/22/1971) and lived in Philadelphia, PA.
Flyer for the Trees for Justice event, featuring the Legacy of Nettie J. Asberry and the garden at her house. Sponsors of the event are listed as well as an agenda for the program.
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Bernice Morehead conducted by dindria barrow on August 16, 2022. In this interview, Bernice tells us that she was a born into a family of sharecroppers who descended from slaves forcibly brought to Mississippi. Bernice lived on a farm until she was 16 years of age who spoke the language of animals until she moved to Iowa and worked with her mother as a Domestic Engineer. Bernice describes how she enjoys a challenge such as running four marathons, learning to swim at 50 years of age, finishing a triathlon, driving from Iowa to Washington state with two children and a grandchild, then earning two college degrees. She has worked for the state, run her own business, been a substitute teacher, is a certified Life Coach and is now helping others at the Bethlehem Baptist Church Shelter. Bernice reminds us to dream of new challenges and to take pride in whatever you do.
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Deborah Ranniger conducted by dindria barrow on September 20, 2022. In this interview, Deborah tells us how the landscape of Tacoma with its evergreen color and specifically the sight of Mount Rainier made her decide to live here at 10 years old. Deborah tells her family’s story of fleeing from Eastern and Western Europe to escape persecution. Deborah shares her journey from Seattle and Kent to Tacoma based on the burgeoning art scene. Deborah has recently published a memoir about her father and his influence on her life called, “Against the Current: A Conscientious Objector During World War II and the Daughter He Inspired.”