Archiving South Tacoma Communities was a community preservation event conducted by the Community Archives Center and hosted by the South Tacoma library branch on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Over three days during the Spring 2022 English Language (ELA) courses at Tacoma Community House, 17 oral history interviews were conducted by the Community Archives Center of the Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma Community House offers services to many immigrant and refugee populations in the Puget Sound area. These personal stories contribute to Tacoma’s current historical record and provide insight into the lives of underrepresented immigrant and refugee groups. Ten questions were provided to the speakers and allow us to learn about their contexts, viewpoints and experiences.

The questions included:
1) Where are you from? Where is your home country? Tell us about it.
2) Share your document or cultural/family object. What does it mean to you? Why?
3) Who is your family? Describe them. Share your family photograph(s).
4) How did you get to Tacoma, Washington? When? Why?
5) What did you think the Unites States would be like? How was it different?
6) What was your first American experience?
7) What food do you enjoy? Share your favorite recipe.
8) What is your favorite music or song? Why is it your favorite?
9) Why do you want to share your story? What do you want people to learn from you?
10) What do you hope for your future? What do you hope the future will bring?

"The Cannabis Corner" is hosted by Lukas Barfield, who is a Cannabis Reporter, Educator, and public speaker. The program covers a variety of local, regional, and national news on cannabis and cannabis culture. Topics range from proper growing and storing techniques, issues around legalization, and a semi-regular "It's a Bust" segment that covers police raids and arrests of growers and distributors.

Includes oral histories recorded with Las Promotoras.

"A Proud Heritage: African American Family History Event" was held on February 25, 2023 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The event included presentations and workshops focused on African American genealogy. Community Archives Center staff recorded oral histories and digitized family photos and letters. They also recorded stories from participants in the Storytelling Event.

Archiving the East Side at Mottet was a community preservation event conducted by the Community Archives Center and hosted by the Mottet library branch on Saturday, April 8, 2023.

The Steen Family Symposium/Earth and Diversity Week was held at Pacific Lutheran University April 17-23, 2023. The 2023 theme was "Sowing Resilience in Fractured Land" and events included lectures, panels, book talks, and exhibits. On Tuesday, April 18, the Community Archives Center partnered with event planners to host a "story fest" event. An exhibit was displayed highlighting materials related to the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed and interviews were conducted with students about the impact of climate change and their reflections on Earth Day.

Hilltop Story Fest was held on May 6, 2023 at Tacoma Community House. The event included two oral history recording stations, a digitization station, an interactive story map, and other activities. Live storytelling, community presentations, and the debut of "Armed: A DanCe Demonstration" a performance piece by Kenya Adams. Oral history interviews were conducted by dindria barrow, Spencer Bowman, Aubrey Farache, Chris Jowaisas, Sarah Nguyen, and Jim Peterson.

Interviews recorded and content digitized on April 21, 2023 and April 28, 2023 at Stadium High School's library.

Files in this series were transferred to the Tacoma Public Library from Al Schmauder and include documentation and photographs gathered and curated by Schmauder during his time as a leader of the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council.

Interviews conducted by dindria barrow, on July 13, 2022, of artists and volunteers who came together to begin the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural.

Interviews conducted by dindria barrow, on August 6, 2022, of artists and volunteers who came together to continue the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural.