Phyllis Fletcher

July 17, 2018

Phyllis Fletcher is a lifelong Seattleite with roots in rural eastern Washington state. Her career in public radio journalism has been primarily at the service of Northwest listeners, with a detour to Washington, D.C. to report from NPR’s national desk. Artist Support Program 2003: Production of “Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill,”an audio documentary about her […]

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Dominic Black

October 25, 2017

Dominic Black has worked as a writer, oral historian and radio producer for the past twenty years with the BBC and in public radio in the US. As a producer he’s covered a broad range of subject matter from the history of the Alaskan Way Viaduct to the origins and uses of sarcasm. Currently he’s […]

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Rituja Indapure

August 4, 2017

Rituja Indapure is a volunteer, storyteller, activist, artist, and community organizer passionate about women’s education and equality. She currently produces, hosts and edits the podcast- Roti, Kapda aur Makaan which talks to immigrants about the essentials of life – Food, Clothing and Shelter. She has directed Yoni Ki Baat (South Asian version of Vagina Monologues), […]

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Robin Lynn Smith / Freehold
Theatre Lab Studio

August 2, 2017

Robin is a Founding Partner and Artistic Director for Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab in Seattle. She has worked for the past thirty-five years acting, directing and teaching in Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and New York where she directed Curse of the Starving Class Off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre. She has directed in Regional Theatres and is presently […]

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ECOSS / Duwamish Revealed

March 17, 2017

Since the 1990s, ECOSS has been a leading urban environmental nonprofit in Seattle. Formerly known as the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, ECOSS specializes in bridging knowledge and cultural gaps, serving the interests of residents, industry and government. With Co-Artistic Directors Sarah Kavage and Nicole Kistler, they produced Duwamish Revealed, an ambitious program of site-specific, […]

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Josephine Ensign

March 16, 2017

Josephine Ensign is a writer and a nurse with a focus on health inequities for people marginalized by poverty and homelessness. Ensign is the author of Catching Homelessness: A Nurse’s Story of Falling Through the Safety Net, Soul Stories: Voices from the Margins, and most recently, Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness […]

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Steve Rowland

January 6, 2017

Steve Rowland, radio producer and documentarian, uses music, theater and art as windows to explore issues in American history, society, race relations, creativity, and human possibility.  He has won nearly every major award in broadcasting including two Peabody Awards, The Prix Italia, The CPB, & The Ohio State Award and was awarded a Pew Fellowship […]

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Chieko Phillips

January 6, 2017

Chieko Phillips is an initiator, creator, and manager of culture based projects, with a strong commitment to collaboration and civic participation in museum practice. Phillips has dedicated her time in Seattle to uncovering and elevating lesser-known historical narratives in informal learning environments. She is currently the Executive Director of BlackPast, an online resource for global […]

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Leilani Lewis

January 6, 2017

Leilani Lewis is an arts administrator who is passionate about visual arts, community and social justice, and specializes in bridging communities and sparking conversations on the arts and social impact. She has curated art shows at galleries such as the Ethnic Heritage Gallery, Columbia City Gallery, and Lucid Gallery. She is an avid arts programmer […]

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Madeline Crowley

January 6, 2017

Madeline Crowley is an oral historian, writer, and visual artist who has worked on the People of the Central Area & their Stories, an Oral History, Photography and Audio Project since 2012. She is the Oral Historian for Seattle Public Library’s Jazz History of Seattle Project and for Shunpike.org’s Racial Equity Project. She currently teaches […]

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