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This is a dream come true! Filmmaking is for everyone. We’re making sure of it! Thanks you @chamidaeford for sharing our story 🙏🏽 southseattleemerald.com/2021/08/28/ree…

The new space will largely be populated by patients already at Providence (this also serves as a welcome-to-The-Herald tweet to @GoldsteinStreet bit.ly/3wuI7gd

Congratulation to @RoxanaNorouzi, recently announced as the new executive director @weareoneamerica! Roxana, we deeply appreciate your partnership over the years. Well-deserved! ow.ly/eMUI50FjyZz @chamidaeford

@EsteyChen thankful for u estey!!!

Proud to co-lead the final special section of this year with the creative genius, inimitable @chamidaeford <3

A belated congratulations to all of the @UW '21 graduates. this one's for y'all! dailyuw.com/special_sectio…

On Sunday morning, Jean Veldwyk, 89, died peacefully in her sleep. Veldwyk was a staple to the community, regarded as a determined and focused woman who broke many glass ceilings in her lifetime. southseattleemerald.com/2021/05/20/rai…

“When I came to Seattle, I had tons of ideas...they were accepted...funded...and it was like, ‘Oh shoot! So this is what it’s like to actually be able to work as an artist and not feel like you are just kind of throwing your soul out there for free?’”southseattleemerald.com/2021/05/22/loc…

.@michelawrong with @chamidaeford on In The Moment Podcast, Ep. 96. Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and An African Regime Gone Bad. Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts. bit.ly/3dYGwsO

“I’m hoping that [people] have a feeling stirred in them to act on behalf of the ecology of our state. I feel like poetry is wonderfully sneaky like that.” —Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/27/sta…

“Our vision for the organization is envisioning a future of Black liberation through food sovereignty in spaces built on cooperation and connectedness with the environment and community, where our knowledge and creativity are boundless.” southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/28/tow…

“We were founded in 1987 with the mission of partnering with families and communities to break the cycle of social, material, and spiritual poverty,...” —B.J. Stewart, chief operations officer southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/29/urb…

WEED EDITION: It’s job-hunting season, and you may feel pressure to choose between the job and the ganja, the career and the cannabis. @chamidaeford lets you know just how accepting businesses really are. dailyuw.com/special_sectio…

“Black Lives Matter, to me, is we are expanding our voices more clearly, being more forceful, more resilient, and we’re doing it in a different way.” —Robert L. Horton, artist and transit operator southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/05/kin…

“We’re really just a group of activists who have seen the decisions that have been made without our voices. We really try to work against that. We try to use our voices a lot and really just stand up for what we believe is right.” southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/07/cle…

Currently, farmworkers do not receive overtime pay. Edgar Franks, the political director for Familias Unidas por la Justicia, believes SB 5172 represents a stepping stone for getting agriculture workers more rights. Chamidae Ford reports. ✍southseattleemerald.com/2021/04/08/his…

“Historically, I’ve been just a man of action,” Sharp said. “I know that sounds like a cliche, but the way that I am, when I see something that needs to be fixed, or it needs to be addressed, I kind of just do it.” southseattleemerald.com/2021/03/29/tos…

As the world continues to cave in on itself, @chamidaeford has had an overwhelming urge to revert to a fetus-like state, unaware of the world around her and free from the anxiety. Read about her first immersion in a sensory deprivation tank. dailyuw.com/pacific_wave/a…

“The struggle of the people exists within every stroke.” @chamidaeford sums up Jacob Lawrence’s work perfectly.

PACIFIC WAVE: A pair of star-crossed lovers — new shoes and anti-capitalist theory. @chamidaeford describes the tension found between her growing rejection of consumerism and the love for maximalism that she’s nursed her whole life. dailyuw.com/pacific_wave/a…