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Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
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.
Carol Rashawnna Williams Discusses Her Work as an Artist in Seattle
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Seattle artist Carol Rashawnna Williams and Paul Jackson have a conversation about her work during the pandemic.
Video recording of Carla Santorno, Superintendent, Tacoma Public Schools, from the 2015 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Bobby Seal, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, Speaks at Franklin High School in Seattle
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Bobby Seal speaks at the unveiling of a mural commemorating the Black Panther Party at Franklin High School.
Black Lives Matter protest march (Video)
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A video of the peaceful Black Lives Matter protest marching down Pacific Avenue on 6/5/2020.
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.
Billy Ray Shirley Sculpture February 14, 2022
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
This sculpture, created by Jasmine Brown took 3 years to produce thanks to COVID. Billy Ray Shirley III was a resident in Tacoma's Eastside and dedicated volunteer in his community. His homicide in 2011 prompted the building of the new Eastside Community Center, which opened in 2018. The bronze statue was created by Jasmine Iona Brown, and was unveiled in October of 2021.
Video recording of Beverly Grant, Pierce County Attorney at Law, Retired Pierce county Superior Court Judge Fighting for Employees’ Rights, from the 2018 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
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”.
Video recording of Babe Lehrer, community activist, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
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.
Video recording of Amy McBride, Art Administrator at City of Tacoma, from the 2016 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Amanda Figueroa, Senior Director of Student Transitions & Success, University of Washington Tacoma, from the 2019 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Almahz Negash, Electrical Engineer/Power Analyst, Tacoma Public Utilities, from the 2019 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, Director of Washington Department of Veteran Affairs, from the 2017 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
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.