Seattle Department of Neighborhoods met with Y-WE Staff member, Tayah, to chat about her story, how her ancestry has shaped her, and her visions for Black History Month and the future for Black people in Seattle.
Y-WE Staff member Mary Hall-Williams shares a poem and thought piece for the Reimagining Black History Month series. Her invitation this month is to take a few minutes to imagine a time before colonization, before the forgetting of histories.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods met with Y-WE Participant, Fatra, to talk about her thoughts on Reimagining Black History Month and her dreams for Black future in Seattle.
Blackness itself means so many things in our past, present, and future so you can’t sum it up with words. It’s a culture, a fashion, an unwritten constitution, a lens, a lifestyle, an expectation, a feeling, a motivator, the change, the radicality, the possibility, the past, the present, the future; it’s everything. Y-WE participant, Indigo, shares her experience with Blackness, whitewashing, and more.
Today we are highlighting one of our alum, Ahshah Kennedy. Ahshah first participated in Y-WE Grow in 2021. She shares that Y-WE influenced her to step into her leadership and participate in advocate for her community members.
Fatema is a Y-WE alum and now co-facilitator who is in her first year of college at the University of Washington. She shares how Y-WE helped her put her guard down and be herself.