Shelf Life Podcast Shelf Life Community Story Project

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 for decades. While this episode barely scratches the surface, we hope listeners will come away curious to learn more about the community leaders and social movements that shaped this city. Hear stories from the late Dr Reverend Samuel B McKinney and his daughter Rhoda, from Mike Tagawa, Harriet G Walden, Michael Fox, Hayward Evans, and others!

This podcast was produced by Mayowa Aina, Jill Freidberg, and Domonique Meeks. Original score by Bubba Jones. Funding from King County 4Culture. Also, and important, the podcast is just one part of the Shelf Life project. Stay tuned to learn about Shelf Life’s next steps. If you have stories to share, or want to participate in the project, contact us through our website. Follow us on Instagram, FB, and Twitter. And thank you for listening!

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!

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.

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 Jackson, and others.

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 Johnson-Toliver, Steve Sneed, Vivian Phillips, Zola Mumford, Mark Cook, Harriett Walden, and others!

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.
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https://www.shelflifestories.com/podcast/