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Western Washington Gets Real

Western Washington Gets Real

May 13, 2023 at 10:05 am PDT

Gets Real: Local woman advocates for ending discrimination against those with disabilities

Gets Real: Local woman advocates for ending discrimination against those with disabilities

Gets Real: Washington State Book Award winner shares her truth in “Red Paint”

Gets Real: Washington State Book Award winner shares her truth in “Red Paint”

Gets Real: Auburn group offers crucial ‘One Stop Resource’ for low income residents

Gets Real: Auburn group offers crucial ‘One Stop Resource’ for low income residents

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Single mom chef brings bold Southeast Asian seafood flavors to Seattle, Lumen Field

Gets Real: Single mom chef brings bold Southeast Asian seafood flavors to Seattle, Lumen Field

Gets Real: Fashion designers setting up shop in Tacoma

Gets Real: Fashion designers setting up shop in Tacoma

Gets Real: ‘El Noroeste’ exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum celebrates Latine/Chicano community

Gets Real: ‘El Noroeste’ exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum celebrates Latine/Chicano community

Gets Real: Architectural couple helping design spaces for BIPOC businesses

Gets Real: Architectural couple helping design spaces for BIPOC businesses

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

VIDEO: Bethel High School changes mascot after 70 years

VIDEO: Bethel High School changes mascot after 70 years

Legendary UW diversity advocate still fights for students

Legendary UW diversity advocate still fights for students

VIDEO: UW's first indigenous member of board of regents blazing trail

VIDEO: UW's first indigenous member of board of regents blazing trail

Seattle parents work toward educational equity through school supplies

Seattle parents work toward educational equity through school supplies

celebrating our commmunity

Local Salvadoran bakery and restaurant invites people to honor culture ‘one baked good at a time’

Local Salvadoran bakery and restaurant invites people to honor culture ‘one baked good at a time’

Gets Real: Auburn group offers crucial ‘One Stop Resource’ for low income residents

Gets Real: Auburn group offers crucial ‘One Stop Resource’ for low income residents

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: ‘El Noroeste’ exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum celebrates Latine/Chicano community

Gets Real: ‘El Noroeste’ exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum celebrates Latine/Chicano community

South Seattle non-profit that gives back to build tomorrow’s generation

South Seattle non-profit that gives back to build tomorrow’s generation

Inequality

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Female veteran says women face unique challenges in US military

Gets Real: Female veteran says women face unique challenges in US military

Local woman shares experiences navigating workforce in wheelchair, helps others understand ‘ableism’

Local woman shares experiences navigating workforce in wheelchair, helps others understand ‘ableism’

Local YMCA bridging gap by teaching safe swimming to Black, Brown children

Local YMCA bridging gap by teaching safe swimming to Black, Brown children

racism and bias

Attacks on Asian Americans spur Lake Forest Park woman to act

Attacks on Asian Americans spur Lake Forest Park woman to act

Western Washington Gets Real: Running while Black

Western Washington Gets Real: Running while Black

Seattle police recruits share what they’ve learned from new ‘Before the Badge’ training

Seattle police recruits share what they’ve learned from new ‘Before the Badge’ training

Bothell jewelry designer creating ‘cranes for peace’ to fight Asian hate

Bothell jewelry designer creating ‘cranes for peace’ to fight Asian hate

Lawmakers strike the word ‘marijuana’ from all state laws, calling term racist

Lawmakers strike the word ‘marijuana’ from all state laws, calling term racist

History

Graves of Black miners found near those of whites in Newcastle Cemetery

Graves of Black miners found near those of whites in Newcastle Cemetery

VIDEO: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: The most decorated WWII heroes you may not know

VIDEO: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: The most decorated WWII heroes you may not know

First Black US attorney for the Western District of Washington hopes to make lasting impact

First Black US attorney for the Western District of Washington hopes to make lasting impact

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court on 53-47 vote

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court on 53-47 vote

Effort to remove ‘squaw’ from names of 18 places in WA risks ‘erasing women, history of land’

Effort to remove ‘squaw’ from names of 18 places in WA risks ‘erasing women, history of land’

Healthcare

Gets Real: Nearsightedness rising among children; uptick in screen time blamed

Gets Real: Nearsightedness rising among children; uptick in screen time blamed

CDC report: Black women die from maternal causes at rate nearly 3 times higher than others

CDC report: Black women die from maternal causes at rate nearly 3 times higher than others

African-Americans at high risk for glaucoma, others at risk, too

African-Americans at high risk for glaucoma, others at risk, too

VIDEO: Project underway at Fred Hutch to bring more diversity to clinical trials

VIDEO: Project underway at Fred Hutch to bring more diversity to clinical trials

Doctors working to improve vaccination rates among Black pregnant women

Doctors working to improve vaccination rates among Black pregnant women

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Minority Chambers

Ethnic Chambers Coalition

Filipino Chamber of Pacific NW

Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber

King County Hispanic Chamber

Korean American Chamber, WA

Korean-American Grocers of Wash.

Minority Business Development Agency - Tacoma

Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Seattle

Yakima Hispanic Chamber

Organizations & Programs

African American Elders Program

Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County

Coalition Against Hate and Bias

El Centro de la Raza

King County Equity Now Coalition

King County Immigrant and Refugee Program

King County Office of Equity and Social Justice

Tabor 100

US Office of Minority Health

Washington Commission on Hispanic Affairs

Voting

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