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While this is by no means a comprehensive list of the powerful and talented Black voices in the community, we hope you find these stories from local African Americans and others inspiring and edifying.
Tonight at 6 p.m., Andre Taylor, founder of Not This Time!, and Mayor Jenny Durkan will join a virtual Civic Cocktail to discuss the unrest in our community, police reform, and racial inequity in modern society. Registration for this event is free.
More info: notthistime.global website
Ijeoma Oluo, author of "So You Want to Talk About Race," leads a discussion on unity and race in our country at the City of Seattle's annual 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day celebration.
More info: ijeomaoluo.com
“I teach in hopes of passing down oral traditions, movement traditions in the African Diaspora.” Dani Tirrell is a Black, queer movement artist whose work stems from both his personal life and culture to project powerful messages.
More info: danitirrell.com, nwtapconnection.org, velocitydancecenter.org
This docuseries was produced by Patricia Boiko and Tajuan LaBee, and scored by SassyBlack. The series tells the individual stories of five women involved in the Seattle Black Panther Party: Frances Dixon, Youlanda Givens, Phyllis Noble Mobley, Vanetta Molson-Turner, and Winona Hollins Hauge.
More info: seattlewomenpanthers.com
Renowned poet Quenton Baker talks about his 2019 Frye Art Museum exhibit "Ballast" which was inspired by the overlooked story of a 1841 slave revolt aboard the ship Creole. The starkly beautiful exhibit featured original poems and the poetic technique of erasure.
More info: quentonbaker.com
"I believe that white progressives cause the most daily damage to people of color." Back in 2018, UW professor Dr. Robin DiAngelo read from her book "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" at the Seattle Public Library. She talks about how white people can develop their capacity to engage more constructively across race.
More info: robindiangelo.com
The annual State of Africatown: The African American/African Diaspora Gathering of 2020 was held at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in February. The event featured a slate of local business and community leaders on the theme of "Strengthening Roots, Building Our Future."
More info: africatownseattle.com, africatownlandtrust.org, langstonseattle.org
We are happy to be airing the locally produced children's show, Look, Listen and Learn, which is dedicated to inspiring and advancing early learning in young black, indigenous and POC kids. The show uses reading, art, and cooking to explore issues from learning to love yourself to dealing with change to setting boundaries.
More info: looklistenandlearn.org
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