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From 50 people dancing at Occidental Park in 1974 to 300,000+ marching through the streets today, Seattle's Pride has always been a rallying cry. 🏳️‍🌈 This city has been loud and showing up for decades and the march continues.

The power of news media is critical to keeping q***r and marginalized voices heard through the years. Celebrate Pride with Real Change and stand up for human rights.

Photos through the years by and

Seattleites gathered Memorial Day weekend for the 55th annual Northwest Folklife festival (), which "creates opportunities for all to celebrate, share and participate in the evolving cultural traditions of the Pacific Northwest." Real Change Design Editor Martin photographed the event.

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What if the people most affected by homelessness got to tell their own stories?

📰 The Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy, run by , trains people with lived experience of homelessness to become journalists.

"This is not my mural; it is our mural. This is not just a threat to me; it's a threat to us all."

🏫 Bellevue College is rededicating Yonsei artist and activist Erin Shigaki's mural depicting Japanese-American mass incarceration during WWII at Bellevue College, making it a permanent art piece on campus, following its defacement.

🍪 New Vietnamese-American Bake Shop opens in CID.

🎻 Folklife Festival coverage from this weekend

Find Jose Martinez (Badge #15049) at Pike Place this week! Support your vendors by purchasing a paper, vendors keep 100% of their earnings.