This week we release the tenth and final episode of the Shelf Life podcast! We wrap up the podcast with stories about Resistance and Community Leadership. Learn about the Panthers, The Congress of Racial Equality, Tyree Scott and the United Construction Workers Association, Mothers for Police Accountability, and Dr Martin Luther King’s visit to Seattle. Hear stories about the community organizations that brought people together and the acts of civil disobedience that defined the Central District...
Jul 18, 2018•38 min
On this episode, we'll hear about community media in the Central District. Black newspapers, radio, and even TV, held the community together. Hear stories from Don Dudley, Vivian Phillips, Robert Stephens, Leon Carter, Frank Barrow, and others!
Jul 11, 2018•35 min
This week's episode is about work and employment. What kinds of jobs were available to Central District residents? How did the community organize to challenge job discrimination? Hear stories from Mike Tagawa, Vivian Phillips, Michael Fox, Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, Inye Wokoma, and others.
Jul 05, 2018•30 min
This week's episode is about growing up in the Central District. Community storytellers describe a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone and children felt safe to explore; a neighborhood where adults made sure kids had structure and support. What was it about the Central District that enabled that sense of community and safety? How have changes in the neighborhood impacted the way kids experience childhood? Hear stories from Aretha Basu, Gregory Scott, Phyllis Beatty-Yasutake, Mark Cook, JJ ...
Jun 27, 2018•30 min
This week's episode of the Shelf Life podcast is all about education! Black student unions, school boycotts, the well-intentioned failure of bussing, freedom schools, and racist teachers. Hear stories from parents who had to march into the principal's office every week; stories from the kids who got bussed across town and the ones who didn't; stories from the students who sat in, walked out, and stood up for Black Student Unions in their high schools and universities. Hear stories from Stephanie...
Jun 20, 2018•30 min
This week's episode of the Shelf Life podcast is all about housing. Through community stories, we'll explore where Central District residents could and couldn’t live, how they organized to fight housing discrimination, and how decades of segregation laid the groundwork for the displacement impacting Central District residents today. Find the podcast on iTunes, Soundcloud, and the Shelf Life website: https://www.shelflifestories.com/podcast/
Jun 13, 2018•30 min
This week's episode of the Shelf Life podcast is all about FOOD in the Central District. Through community stories, we'll explore the ways that food has brought neighbors together. Whether we're hearing stories about family gatherings, first jobs, the Promenade Red Apple, or the Black Panther breakfast program - food is the common denominator. Through food, the neighborhood forged community, built an economy, and resisted discrimination. How To Listen: Find the podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud or...
Jun 07, 2018•28 min
This week's episode is about Migration and Arrival. Many of the people we interview describe the Central District as the neighborhood where all the people of color lived. This is where African Americans, Filipinos, Japanese, and others raised their families and made a living. But in this episode, we ask - where did people live before they came to Seattle, why did they come here, and did this city even welcome them? One common thread in everyone’s stories is that people often came here to leave i...
May 31, 2018•28 min
What if neighborhood stories could change the way we think about community - what it means to have it, and what it means to lose it? Shelf Life is a podcast that uses community stories to amplify, preserve, and learn from the voices, experiences, and histories of Seattle’s Central District neighborhood - also known as the CD!! On today’s episode of the Shelf Life Podcast, we hear stories about entrepreneurship and small businesses in the Central District. We'll learn how residents built a thrivi...
May 23, 2018•28 min
What if neighborhood stories could change the way we think about community - what it means to have it, and what it means to lose it? Shelf Life is a podcast that uses community stories to amplify, preserve, and learn from the voices, experiences, and histories of Seattle’s Central District neighborhood - also known as the CD!! When most people think of Seattle and music, a few big names come to mind: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Kenny G, maybe Sir Mix-A-Lot and likely Macklemo...
May 17, 2018•30 min
What if neighborhood stories could change the way we think about community; what it means to have it, and what it means to lose it? Starting May 17th, the Shelf Life Podcast will bring you stories from Seattle’s Central District. Hear from the people who built the neighborhood that shaped this city. Their stories are funny, heartbreaking, and really relevant to what is happening in our city today. Find the podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. More information on Twitter @ShelfLifeStory, on Instagra...
May 14, 2018•3 min
