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Western Washington Gets Real

Western Washington Gets Real

May 13, 2023 at 10:05 am PDT

Gets Real: ‘Paws for Purple Hearts’ trains service dogs for struggling veterans

Gets Real: ‘Paws for Purple Hearts’ trains service dogs for struggling veterans

Gets Real: Musician Turned Entrepreneur Opens South Tacoma’s 1st Queer Bookstore

Gets Real: Musician Turned Entrepreneur Opens South Tacoma’s 1st Queer Bookstore

Gets Real: Seattle Community Fridge fights food insecurity

Gets Real: Seattle Community Fridge fights food insecurity

Gets Real: Connecting with the Pike Street drummer

Gets Real: Connecting with the Pike Street drummer

Gets Real: Jefferson Park Golf Course renamed for legendary Seattle golfer

Gets Real: Jefferson Park Golf Course renamed for legendary Seattle golfer

Gets Real: ’It shocked a nation:’ Emmett Till exhibit on display at NW African-American Museum

Gets Real: ’It shocked a nation:’ Emmett Till exhibit on display at NW African-American Museum

Native artists reclaim land in South Seattle

Native artists reclaim land in South Seattle

Gets Real: Two partners are working to preserve Seattle’s LGBTQ+ history with ‘Come Out Seattle’

Gets Real: Two partners are working to preserve Seattle’s LGBTQ+ history with ‘Come Out Seattle’

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

VIDEO: Bethel High School changes mascot after 70 years

VIDEO: Bethel High School changes mascot after 70 years

Legendary UW diversity advocate still fights for students

Legendary UW diversity advocate still fights for students

VIDEO: UW's first indigenous member of board of regents blazing trail

VIDEO: UW's first indigenous member of board of regents blazing trail

Seattle parents work toward educational equity through school supplies

Seattle parents work toward educational equity through school supplies

celebrating our commmunity

Gets Real: Two boys make singing, dancing debut at Seattle Opera

Gets Real: Two boys make singing, dancing debut at Seattle Opera

Gets Real: Seattle Puppy Raisers volunteer with guide dogs

Gets Real: Seattle Puppy Raisers volunteer with guide dogs

Gets Real: Rise Above uses sport to empower Native American children

Gets Real: Rise Above uses sport to empower Native American children

Gets Real: Mobile clinic ensures all pets get care they need and helps owners, too

Gets Real: Mobile clinic ensures all pets get care they need and helps owners, too

VIDEO: WWGR: Blind Artist

VIDEO: WWGR: Blind Artist

Inequality

Gets Real: Mobile clinic ensures all pets get care they need and helps owners, too

Gets Real: Mobile clinic ensures all pets get care they need and helps owners, too

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Seattle art gallery celebrates cultures often overlooked or underrepresented

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Bumbershoot returns with new internship program focused on diversity

Gets Real: Female veteran says women face unique challenges in US military

Gets Real: Female veteran says women face unique challenges in US military

Local woman shares experiences navigating workforce in wheelchair, helps others understand ‘ableism’

Local woman shares experiences navigating workforce in wheelchair, helps others understand ‘ableism’

racism and bias

Gets Real: Hanukkah different this year amid increased antisemitism

Gets Real: Hanukkah different this year amid increased antisemitism

Attacks on Asian Americans spur Lake Forest Park woman to act

Attacks on Asian Americans spur Lake Forest Park woman to act

Western Washington Gets Real: Running while Black

Western Washington Gets Real: Running while Black

Seattle police recruits share what they’ve learned from new ‘Before the Badge’ training

Seattle police recruits share what they’ve learned from new ‘Before the Badge’ training

Bothell jewelry designer creating ‘cranes for peace’ to fight Asian hate

Bothell jewelry designer creating ‘cranes for peace’ to fight Asian hate

History

Gets Real: Seattle Opera making history with production of ‘X-The Life and Times of Malcom X’

Gets Real: Seattle Opera making history with production of ‘X-The Life and Times of Malcom X’

Gets Real: Trailblazer who invented electric bass guitar getting more notice

Gets Real: Trailblazer who invented electric bass guitar getting more notice

Gets Real: African Americans celebrate their history, culture during Kwanzaa

Gets Real: African Americans celebrate their history, culture during Kwanzaa

Graves of Black miners found near those of whites in Newcastle Cemetery

Graves of Black miners found near those of whites in Newcastle Cemetery

VIDEO: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: The most decorated WWII heroes you may not know

VIDEO: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team: The most decorated WWII heroes you may not know

Healthcare

Gets Real: Nearsightedness rising among children; uptick in screen time blamed

Gets Real: Nearsightedness rising among children; uptick in screen time blamed

CDC report: Black women die from maternal causes at rate nearly 3 times higher than others

CDC report: Black women die from maternal causes at rate nearly 3 times higher than others

African-Americans at high risk for glaucoma, others at risk, too

African-Americans at high risk for glaucoma, others at risk, too

VIDEO: Project underway at Fred Hutch to bring more diversity to clinical trials

VIDEO: Project underway at Fred Hutch to bring more diversity to clinical trials

Doctors working to improve vaccination rates among Black pregnant women

Doctors working to improve vaccination rates among Black pregnant women

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Recall alert: 866K spa pumps recalled

Recall alert: 866K spa pumps recalled

Aldi to hire 13,000 workers, starting pay $23 an hour average for some positions

Aldi to hire 13,000 workers, starting pay $23 an hour average for some positions

Apalachee High School shooting: How did Colt Gray get gun into school?

Apalachee High School shooting: How did Colt Gray get gun into school?

Recall alert: 459K kids Stanley-branded garden tools recalled due to lead levels

Recall alert: 459K kids Stanley-branded garden tools recalled due to lead levels

From edgy black carpet look to thanking Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift dominates MTV VMAs

From edgy black carpet look to thanking Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift dominates MTV VMAs

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Western Washington Gets Real Special: March 22

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Minority Chambers

Ethnic Chambers Coalition

Filipino Chamber of Pacific NW

Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber

King County Hispanic Chamber

Korean American Chamber, WA

Korean-American Grocers of Wash.

Minority Business Development Agency - Tacoma

Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of Seattle

Yakima Hispanic Chamber

Organizations & Programs

African American Elders Program

Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County

Coalition Against Hate and Bias

El Centro de la Raza

King County Equity Now Coalition

King County Immigrant and Refugee Program

King County Office of Equity and Social Justice

Tabor 100

US Office of Minority Health

Washington Commission on Hispanic Affairs

Voting

Register to vote in Washington state

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