Interview with Shelterforce

Both Seattle and Washington, D.C., have witnessed a large exodus of Black residents over the last several decades as housing costs have risen. In 1970, 75 percent of residents in Seattle’s Central District were Black compared to just 15 percent today. Washington, D.C., long nicknamed “Chocolate City,” has seen a decline of 7.5 percent in its Black population since 2000 leading to outcries against gentrification in both communities.

Interview with The Seattle Globalist

Before noted drummer and Roots frontman Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson spoke on creativity at Seattle Arts and Lectures last month, local poet Carlynn Newhouse set the stage with her vision for a heaven for black women.

Did They Even Exist?

If a tree falls in the woods
And no one is there to hear it
Does it even make a sound?