Tag: Community Stories
Perché No?
“You don’t have to be Chinese to cook Chinese. If you are a good cook, you are a good cook. Why not?”[More]
Posted: November 9th, 2009 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, Food
Watch It Now: Women Firefighters
In 1978, Barbara “Bonnie” Beers became the first women firefighter in the Seattle Fire Department (SFD). Beers was naïve about her new job in a couple of ways. First, she didn’t think it was any big deal. She found out otherwise when reporters and TV cameras lined up just to watch her[More]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories
Medical Interpreters: A Bridge to Care
Why do medical interpreters matter? “Imagine coming into the hospital. You are sick and you cannot tell the caregiver what is really wrong with you,” says Andrea Shirley-Brown, a Seattle medical interpreter. [More]
Posted: September 28th, 2009 under City Issues, Housing and Human Services, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity
A Warrior’s Journey
This week, Community Stories tells the story of Hassan M. Guyo who grew up in a remote village in Northern Kenya, ended up in Seattle and now is working to give back to his homeland. [More]
Posted: September 21st, 2009 under Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, non-profits