Alex Su | The Seattle Collegian On October 8th, a very compelling talk about Chief Seattle was held via Zoom at 12 PM. The event featured David M. Buerge, a biographer and historian to the Duwamish Tribe, from Humanities Washington. He focused on Chief Seattle’s life and visions as well as the history of Seattle. Buerge started off by talking about…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian On February 27th, a talk in the Conversations on Social Issues (COSI) series about restorative justice was held in Room A at the Seattle Central Library. The event featured Community and Youth Organizer of Washington Building Leaders of Change (WA-BLOC), Jerrell Davis,aka Rell Be Free. The talk focused on the importance of the trauma-informed approach…
Bianca Rathel | The Seattle Collegian Have you ever noticed targeted ads appearing in your Facebook or Instagram feeds after searching for a particular product online? Why are textbooks so costly? Dave Ellenwood, librarian, presented The Problem with Commodifying Information at Thursday’s COSI. The word commodity brings to mind tangible goods and raw materials for sale or trade. In the digital…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian More than 50 people filled conference room A on Thursday at noon. Opening and hosting the discussion was Clarence Moriwaki, who boasts many titles such as founder of the Japanese Exclusion Memorial, and former aide to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Moriwaki began the COSI talk with a brief history of Bainbridge Island, which for 11,000…
Astro Pittman | The Seattle Collegian The most recent COSI event on Thursday, October 10th, welcomed Chelsea Hendrickson (an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho and Cup’iq people) as well as several guest speakers to lead the discussion on the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in Canada and the US. Awareness of the epidemic, which affects Native communities…