Porch Portrait Project: The Brown Family- Amos (father) and Maria (mother) with their son, Elton
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- 2020
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: The Brown Family- Amos (father) and Maria (mother) with their son, Elton
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Stewart, Nicole and Arlo Crocket & Michelle Vandever (Nicole's Mom)
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project
Porch Portrait Project: Sara Freeman and Dana Hicks
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A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project; Ages 47 and 15.
Porch Portrait Project: Anna Moore and Grace Witherell
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A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project; roommates, good friends, and quarantine buddies
Porch Portrait Project: Danica Tomas
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A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project; Danica optimizing her quarantine time by basking in some early spring light in front of her home
Porch Portrait Project: Noelle Messinger
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A contribution from Abigail Kok's Porch Portrait Project; Makeup artist Noelle Messinger standing outside of her apartment building.
Porch Portrait Project: Randi Rogers
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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
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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
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The Carnegie section of the Tacoma Main Branch Library boarded up on 6/5/2020.
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Kellen Drury visually describes what he misses and appreciats during the Covid times in this short film.
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.
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.
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.
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.