Wingate, a 70-year-old retired bus driver and Air Force veteran, was walking to Seattle’s Central District to purchase a newspaper, using a golf club as a cane for the
10-mile trek like he had for 20 years. But when Whitlatch spotted Wingate with his club, she pulled over her squad car, exited the car and told him to drop the club.
Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization.
Only three women of color have won Best Female Actor in a TV Drama at the SAG Awards and they all come from shows Shonda Rhimes produces
Sandra Oh won for her role as Christina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy in 2006
“…and I want to thank, especially to our creator Shonda Rhimes whose casting vision I believe in so wholeheartedly, I’m really proud to be on a show whose casting is a little more representative of how I think the world is. To all my fellow Asian-American actors out there, I share this with you, and be encouraged and keep shining. Thank you very much.”
Chandra Wilson won for her role as Miranda Bailey in Grey’s Anatomy in 2007
“…thanks for this award, especially on behalf of my daughters, who I want to know, with this nose, this height, this color skin, these arms.. look what you can accomplish.”
Viola Davis won for her role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder in 2015
“…thank you for thinking that a sexualized, messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old, dark-skinned, African-American woman who looks like me.”
“Hopi Dry Farming” Ahkima’s Field Hopi Reservation
Here Ahkima show how the Hopi for thousands of years have used no irrigation for growing of there corn, bean, squash, etc. This field is a few miles down a dirt road north of Kykotsmovi.
A Seattle, Washington high school history teacher who was pepper-sprayed by police moments after speaking at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally is suing the city for $500,000.
Attorneys for Jesse Hagopian filed the claim against Seattle on Wednesday, nine days after the incident unfolded during, ironically, an anti-police brutality protest held in tandem with similar rallies across the United States on the holiday named for the slain civil rights leader.
