Equity Matters

"We’ve had enough of leaders using the CID when it’s convenient — when it shows their community credentials, as a sad story to be gawked at or when it serves a political agenda like ‘justification’ for backroom deals. It’s time for leaders to commit to working with nonprofits and community members supporting the neighborhood to address systemic inequities, co-design strategies and solutions, and move the neighborhood to long-term vibrancy and prosperity. This is love for the CID in action."

Dear Seattle, the CID is not your talking point - International Examiner The Chinatown International District (CID) is hurting. The recent vandalism of the Wing Luke Museum showed that anti-Asian hate is alive and well. The cancellation of the CID Night Market was a blow to our small businesses, still hurting after the pandemic. Yet many in the media and positions of pow...

"For a long time, the dominant thinking about Latinos was that they complicated the Black-white binary that has defined race in the United States. Recently, though, some Afro-Latinos have argued that Latinos have reinforced it. There are Black Latinos and white Latinos, who each experience the world differently. López has argued that Latinos’ different experiences stem from their “street race,” meaning how they are perceived when they walk down the street."

Should Latinos Be Considered a Race? A proposed change to the census faces opposition from Afro-Latino groups, and exposes conflicts among Latino communities.

on Instagram (link in comments) is a "Venmo mutual aid initiative by Lāhaina residents for Lāhaina residents affected by the August 2023 fires."

Maui group turns to social media to connect donors with displaced families “It gives me hope that maybe I will survive another day."

"The library, which has occupied the same modest brick building a block off Main Street for 86 years, is at risk not because of a lack of funding or a lack of demand for its services. Instead, it could shutter because of a yearlong dispute over the placement of, at first, one book, then a dozen and now well over 100, all dealing with gender, sexuality or race."

Book battles are raging nationwide. A WA library could be nation’s first to close A dispute over young adult books about race, gender and sexuality has landed a measure on the November ballot that could shutter Columbia County's only library.

Via Fakequity Friday: Maui No Ka Oi, Maui on my mind
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"Now Maui needs that aloha and kōkua back. This isn’t a matter of charity, if you’ve ever vacationed in Hawai’i, contributed to climate change, eaten a SPAM musubi or Hawaiian plate lunch, watched Moana, contemplated naming your child or pet Malia, or romanticized about Hawai’i now is one of many times for you to give back to the Kānaka Maoli and the 'āina."

Maui No Ka Oi, Maui on my mind Picture of a Maui beach with mountains and clouds in background. Taken in 2018 the last time I was in Maui, I can’t remember which part of Maui I was in when I took this. Note, added 8/11: No…