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How Can We Learn to Shape A Better Tomorrow? ‘Traverse Talks’ Episode 27 – With Abolitionist Nikkita Oliver

By Mindy Malone June 21, 2022

Nikkita Oliver wearing a pair of headphones, a black flannel shirt and vest smiles while sitting on a black couch in front of a bookshelf.

Photo of Nikkita Oliver during the recording of Traverse Talks inside Washington Hall in Seattle on December 6, 2021. Nikkita Oliver is a Black, queer, Seattle-based creative, community organizer, abolitionist, educator and attorney. They are currently the executive director of Creative Justice, an arts-based program aimed to help youth and work against harmful systems. Read More

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Painted With BLM

By Murrow News - Doyal D'angelo November 15, 2021

After receiving a grant, 20 Washington State artists are using their voices and artistic expression towards social justice efforts. The entire museum is currently filled with art that relates to the Black Lives Matter movement. Jordan Schnitzer selected artists from three universities across the northwest to fund the art exhibit. Each school selected who would… Read More

Five Decades On, An Eclectic Church Preaches The Message Of John Coltrane

By NPR News September 27, 2020

Archbishop Franzo King who, with his wife Marina, co-founded the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, in a portrait shot in Jan. 2020. Colin Marshall/NPR

In 1965, two young fans heard the jazz giant John Coltrane play at a San Francisco club and had a religious epiphany. Their church is an idiosyncratic and joyful blend of devotion to the divine — and to jazz. Continue Reading Five Read More