Brave Practice Activating Community Stories

Pat Tassoni: Community Roots, Liberation Cafe

Pat Tassoni

Peter Bohmer: Community Roots, Liberation Cafe

Peter Bohmer

Courtney Bennett: Community Roots, Liberation Cafe

Courtney Bennett (Photo from Liberation Cafe archives)

Liberation Cafe Archive: Community Roots

Liberation Cafe (aka Olympia's Political-Cultural Education Center) in the '90s

Keith Eisner: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare

Keith Eisner

Bonnie Coate: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare

Bonnie Coate

Donna Simon: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare

Donna Simon (Driftwood Archive photo pictured)

Ingrid Gulden: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare

Ingrid Gulden (Driftwood Archive image)

Selena Kilmoyer: Community Roots, Camp Quixote

Selena Kilmoyer

Rob Richards: Community Roots, Camp Quixote

Rob Richards

J Mar Hapa: Community Roots, Camp Quixote

Glenmar "J Mar" Hapa

My Mother's Shoes

I Smell Popcorn

Burnt Adobo

I Love You So Much, I'm Going To Give You Dessert

Where Gardens Grow

I Smell Popcorn

Mother Needed Some Help

Lefsa Be Friends

I Love You So Much, I'm Going to Give You Dessert

Dan McKinstry: The Third Thirty, Story 7

Ed Mayeda: The Third Thirty, Story 8

Debe Edden: The Third Thirty, Story 1

image credit: Molley Gillispie

Harvest Moon: The Third Thirty, Story 6

Harvest Moon

Pat Holm: The Third Thirty, Story 4

Thelma and Nat Jackson: The Third Thirty, Story 2

Lyn Hertz: The Third Thirty, Story 5

Tom Anderson: The Third Thirty, Story 3

InhaleExhale Episode 2: Kristin Meyer, Death Doula

InhaleExhale Episode 2: Kristin Meyer, Death Doula

InhaleExhale Episode 3: Jennifer Furl

InhaleExhale Episode 3: Jennifer Furl

InhaleExhale Episode 4: Threshold Singing

InhaleExhale Episode 4: Threshold Singing

InhaleExhale Episode 5: Karen Lohmann, Chaplan

InhaleExhale Episode 5: Karen Lohmann, Chaplan

InhaleExhale Episode 1: Rozanne Rants on Death with Dignity

InhaleExhale Episode 1: Rozanne Rants on Death with Dignity

Ann Lindquist: 2018/19 Series

Carla Lindquist (oral historian) with Ann Lindquist

Evan Ferber: 2018/19 Series, "Some Reflections On My Life"

Evan Ferber

Cathy Kernen: 2018/19 Series, "Until The Work Is Done, You Can't Go Out To Play"

Amanda Mackison, Oral Historian, with Cathy Kernen

Rozanne Rants: 2018/19 Series

Jean Gant Delastrada, Oral Historian, with Rozanne Rants

John Worcester: 2018/19 Series, "One Human Family"

Martha Worcester, Oral Historian, with John Worcester

Russell Fox: 2018/19 Series, "I Knew It Would Happen Eventually"

Loretta Seppanen, Oral Historian, with Russell Fox

Annie Cubberly: 2018/19 Series, "How We Need to Be"

Martha Worcester, Oral Historian, with Annie Chubberly

Ed Zabel: 2018/19 Series

Oral Historian, Joan Swanson (right), interviews Ed Zabel

Lonnie Locke: 2018/19 Series

Oral Historian, Debe Edden (left), with Lonnie Locke (right)

Jill Severn: 2018/19 Series

Oral Historian, Kris Tucker (left), with Jill Severn (right)

Mohammed Bentlemsani​​: 2018/19 Series

Oral Historian, Eric Trimble (right), with Mohammed Bentlemsani

Thurston Conservation District Outreach Video

What Makes Communities Work: A Conversation About Homelessness

​Layers of Meaning: Mapping Home on the Harbor

Using a StoryMap application, we invited Harbor residents to participate in a community mapping project to tell their story of what makes the Harbor home.

​Giving Voice to Experience: Building Resilience through Oral History

A Blue Collar Kaleidoscope of the Eisenhower Era

Excerpts from an interview with John Hughes. Interviewed by Julie Taylor and read by Christian Christian Carvajal.

In or Out?

Excerpts from an interview with Jen Gillies, Grays Harbor College Staff. Interviewed by Jessica Lovelady and read by Debe Edden

Avid Volunteer

Excerpt from an interview with Mary Ann Quigg

Finch Acres

Excerpt from an interview with Lou Messmer, Interviewed by Mike Maki and read by Christian Carvajal.

Should We Park in the Kitchen or the Bedroom?

Excerpts from an interview with Doreen Parker. Interviewed by Ryan McClure and read by Debe Edden.

The House on Cheery Street

Excerpts from an interview with Sue Gabot. Interviewed by Jessica Barragan and read by Debe Edden.

Oyster Bay Farm

Scatter Creek Farm

Voices from Underwater: Reflections from a Geoduck Dive Harvester

Voices from the Deck: Reflections from a Geoduck Diive Harvest Tender

Voices from the Night: Reflections from the Winter Night Harvest