All Window Seat Media Community Stories:
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
Donna Simon: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare
Donna Simon (Driftwood Archive photo pictured)
Ingrid Gulden: Community Roots, Driftwood Daycare
Ingrid Gulden (Driftwood Archive image)
Young Adults Workshop at ASHHO: Stories of Bravery
Brave Practice Playback Theatre Collective
All-Ages Kickoff Workshop at ASHHO: Stories of Bravery
TOGETHER! Clubhouse + Brave Practice
Middle School students gather with Brave Practice members in a circle for an improv game
January Community Storytelling Circle: Just Healing, a book talk about Triangle with Aherlow Kasjaka
Acting + Listening workshop series, ASHHO + Brave Practice
Join us on the 3rd Sundays on the month January - May 2023 (young people ages 14-24)!
November Community Storytelling Circle: Asking for help | Pidiendo ayuda with Cristian Salazar @ CIELO
Grown from The Third Thirty
In September 2022, we launched Community Roots, a series of artist talks, performances, & conversations grown from The Third Thirty oral history project. We invite local artists, activists, and organizers to share powerful stories and ideas, and ask what is possible, today and tomorrow.
TOGETHER! Community Schools + Brave Practice
Offered spring 2022 in partnership with TOGETHER!'s Community Schools program, Brave Practice hosted an 7-week workshop series at a local middle school
Empowerment 4 Girls + Brave Practice
We partnered with Empowerment 4 Girls spring 2022 to affirm the self-worth of all womxn and girls
June Community Storytelling Circle: Finding your Rainbow with Meli Bless
May Community Storytelling Circle: Building Bridges with Lin Crowley
April Community Storytelling Circle: Writing to the other side of healing with Poet Laureate Ashly McBunch
March Community Storytelling Circle: Storytelling with Harvest Moon
Join us for an event honoring Women's History Month: Storytelling with Harvest Moon
February Community Storytelling Circle: An interview with Dr. Thelma Jackson
Brave Practice Celebrates Window Seat Media
Brave Practice performed Dec 17, 2021 at Olympia Lamplighters for Window Seat's Annual Fundraising Event
Debe Edden: The Third Thirty, Story 1
image credit: Molley Gillispie
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
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
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
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.
