“One day, I heard, 'Ugh, here come the kids from the childcare center..." And it became my mission to turn that around to: 'Hey, here come the kids from the childcare center!' It took us a long time to do that, years to do that, but we did. It was great.”

Retired Director at The Children's Center at The Evergreen State College

“One thing I think that happens in society is we have a very limited historical memory. In the United States there's been a lot of oppression, but there's always been resistance. To me I think of education a lot, not just formal, but informal. And again, this idea of trying to do education, not in a top down way, but more where you respect the people and you try to build on their experience and have them understand it more deeply. But I think that’s so important that people have some knowledge of what people have done, so we can learn from mistakes, but also strengthen them. Nothing is ever exactly the same, but I think historical memory is really important.”

Member of the Faculty at The Evergreen State College

One of the founding members of the Liberation Cafe in the ‘90s

The Liberation Cafe was an activist space that formed in 1996 as a place for people to work, collaborate, host events, and engage with community. See the full PDF archival of materials that were preserved and scanned by Liberation Cafe co-founder Pat Tassoni. Thank you, Pat, for sharing these materials with us!