Tag: Community Stories
Utilizing Buddhist meditation skills taught in a non-religious format, Loving-Kindness Meditation is a therapeutic method practiced all around the world. Last year Dr. David Kearney and Psychologist Tracy Simpson started a pilot program with the Seattle Division of VA Puget Sound Health that teaches this meditation practice to veterans suffering from Post-traumatic
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Posted: November 28th, 2011 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, health, Veterans
On Monday, September 26, at 7:00 p.m., Community Stories profiles Dr. Ruby Inouye Shu, or “Dr. Ruby” as she is affectionately and respectfully known as in the Seattle community. Dr. Ruby was the rare woman and Japanese-American to attend medical school just a few months after Executive Order 9066 was enacted, the
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Posted: September 23rd, 2011 under City Issues, Housing and Human Services, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, Neighborhoods, Public Health
Since 1978, Habitat for Humanity has helped change the lives of more than 30,000 American families and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Rainier Vista neighborhood in Seattle. The South King County affiliate is nearing completion of twelve energy efficient town homes in the Rainier Valley mixed housing development. Eight
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Posted: September 19th, 2011 under City Issues, Housing and Human Services, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, Neighborhoods, non-profits
SEATTLE CHANNEL was honored to receive four Emmy awards from the Northwest Chapter of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) on Saturday, June 11. “SEATTLE CHANNEL’s entire staff shares in these awards. They are dedicated professionals who work very hard to preserve the quality of our programming. The breadth of
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Posted: June 15th, 2011 under City Issues, Parks and Recreation, Take 21.
Tags: City Council, CityStream, Community Stories, Neighborhoods, Seattle Center
SEATTLE CHANNEL was honored to receive 17 Emmy nominations from the Northwest Chapter of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) on Thursday night, April 15. The NATAS region includes five states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The Channel’s nominations include station excellence where SEATTLE CHANNEL, a government access station,
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Posted: April 15th, 2011 under Art Zine, City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: City Council, City Inside/Out, CityStream, Community Stories
In the latest episode, Community Stories profiles midwife Michelle Sarju and the staff of Open Arms Perinatal Services, whose mission is to empower, support and educate women during their first year of pregnancy, birth and childrearing. In their roles of social support and health providers for mothers, midwives and doulas form partnerships
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Posted: March 11th, 2011 under City Issues, Housing and Human Services, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, non-profits
On Monday, January 31, 7:00 p.m., Community Stories profiles the Seattle King Cobras Goalball team. Described as “soccer for the blind”, goalball was created by World War II veterans who wanted to continue to play sports after becoming visually impaired. Teams of three stand on either side of a court marked with
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Posted: January 28th, 2011 under City Issues, Parks and Recreation, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, disabilities, sports
In its latest episode, SEATTLE CHANNEL’s Emmy-award winning program, Community Stories profiles the Seattle Fandango Project, a group dedicated to building relationships and social activism through participatory music. The Spanish word "convivencia" translates into living/being together. The Seattle Fandango Project aims to create convivencia through music, dance and singing. Taking its model
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Posted: December 17th, 2010 under Art Zine, Dance, Music, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories
On Monday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. the SEATTLE CHANNEL’s Emmy-award winning program Community Stories hits the trail to tell the story of the Hat n’ Boots, the distinct and quirky gas station that survived five decades and a four block move thanks to Georgetown residents’ determination to save their beloved landmark.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2010 under City Issues, Parks and Recreation, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, Georgetown, Neighborhoods
SEATTLE CHANNEL’s Emmy-award winning program, Community Stories, is back for another season of stories about the city’s mosaic of cultures and diverse communities. On Monday, September 20, 8:00 p.m., Community Stories profiles the Apna Bhangra Crew, a dance team of young South-Asian American men who combine the traditional dance, costumes and turbans
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Posted: September 17th, 2010 under Art Zine, Dance, Take 21.
Tags: Community Stories, diversity, Fine Arts
