An online celebration at 11 a.m. is being held by Black community leaders where people can hear speeches from Mayor Victoria Woodards, Rep. Melanie Morgan and learn more about first-time Black candidates running for office in Tacoma.

Dr. Maxine Mimms speaks at an informal Q & A about her influence in the founding of Evergreen College in Tacoma and her goals to serve the community.

Claire, representative of Pax Vapor, discusses the function of the convention and Pax products.

Dr. Mimms, the creator of Evergreen Tacoma has her bust, created by Jasmine Brown revealed 11/14/2021.

Jim Tharpe has a large collection of quilts passed down to him from his ancestors, some of which who were enslaved.

Maria Sharp discusses her career path in the cannabis industry and her current position at marketing and sales for Leafly, a cannabis company.

Laurel Friesen discusses her company's CO2 cannabis extraction method and the brand's success in Seattle.

Levi Lyon discusses his career history in the cannabis industry and the possible future for federal legalization of cannabis.

Jason Hutto discusses his presentation on the origin of cannabis strains and his career path in the cannabis industry.

A peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on WA-509 that stopped traffic.

A video of the peaceful Black Lives Matter protest marching down Pacific Avenue on 6/5/2020.

Kellen Drury visually describes what he misses and appreciats during the Covid times in this short film.

Blake Kremer's video of downtown Tacoma during the pandemic.

A video by Kyle Peirson shot around Tacoma.

This video was created to provide an introduction to the Dear Tacoma project and to give contributors instructions for submitted content to the collection.