Interlude on The Arts and Liberation
We have a journey to take and little time; we have ships to name and crews – Henry Dumas I...
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From Four Amigos to a Cloud of Witnesses
A friend of mine recently mentioned that he never really had a life plan as such, that the major...
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A Personal Prologue and a Few Disclaimers
I have been under contract with the Rainier Beach Action Coalition, RBAC, and it’s predecessor,...
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A Momentary Rainbow over the Rainier Beach Urban Farm
Rainbows appear under just the right conditions, with the correct positioning of clouds and the...
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We are the Power!
We are the Power! That’s how it began. Not, “we are powerless,” “we need...
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On loneliness and solitude
Even at the heights of apparent victory (such fresh-as-yesterday memories of the singing the...
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Learnings for Emergency Communications from Citizen Journalism
I recently attended a workshop at the Seattle Emergency Management Hub on the use of social media...
Read MoreFrom Liberating Voices to Lift Every Voice
This article is a backstage cousin to the previously posted summary of Rainier Beach projects and is presented now as a personal thought experiment I used to initially guide my participation in these projects. I have only...
Read MoreMaster of Social Artistry: Christen Blackwell
Christen is another of out premier SE Seattle FreedomNet Citizen Journalists, and, in my eyes, a Warrior of the Heart. She is unapologetically fierce and compassionate in her various forms of artistic expression, including...
Read MoreMaster of Social Artistry: Sahla Talley
Sahla was one of our cornerstone SE Seattle FreedomNet citizen journalists, starting with the inaugural PhotoVoice project on community education assets, and continuing for several years to cover community festivals, candidate...
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