From left, former Franklin High School students Amina Dawud, Tina Nguyen, Miles Grant, and Art of Resistance & Resilience co-adviser Lauren Holloway worked with Franklin’s after-school art-and-activism club in 2018 to create a 40-foot mural honoring the legacy of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. The sign was was vandalized earlier this year, and has been repaired recently. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Former Franklin High School students Amina Dawud, Tina Nguyen, Miles Grant, and Art of Resistance & Resilience co-adviser Lauren Holloway stand near the 40-foot mural of the Black Panther Party that was vandalized this year. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Tina Lewis, with The Salvation Army, picks up items that will be placed in bags as stocking stuffers for children at the Lumen Field event center Monday, December 14, 2020. She said she feels like an elf in Santa’s warehouse. Salvation Army employees and volunteers worked on assembly lines, sorting and bagging toys as part of the organization’s annual toy drive for needy children. On Thursday, needy families will pick up the toys via a drive-through at the exhibition center. Approximately 1,100 families will receive the gifts for their children. The number of donations and number of volunteers helping out is lower this year due to COVID-19. Most donations come from Toys for Tots, Bartell Drugs and donation boxes left at local businesses. 215780

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Friday, December 11, 2020 FUND FOR THE NEEDY Judith Mercado a Latino youth and family support specialist at Youth Eastside Services joined Latino H.E.A.T., a youth Eastside Services leadership group when she was a freshman at Sammamish High School. She is now a Latino youth and family support specialist at Youth Eastside Services; which works with youth and families in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish. 215876

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Javier Calderon with the Washington Army Nation Guard checks contents of bags filled as they’re readied for delivery from ACRS (Asian Counseling and Referral Service). Among items in the grocery bags are rice, onions, bok choy and beans. ACRS brings 2,200 meals and 2,100 grocery bags to seniors and other vulnerable residents each week. Fund for the Needy ACRS staffers and volunteers prepare food/care bags for hundreds of clients who are staying home due to COVID-19. Miguel Saldin. Washington State National Guard members volunteering. Friday Nov. 20, 2020 215700

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A migrant looks for belongings in the snow covered burnt out Lipa camp northwestern Bosnia, near the border with Croatia, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. Hundreds of migrants are stranded in a burnt-out squalid camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the country and temperatures dropped during a winter spell of bad weather after fire earlier this week destroyed much of the camp near the town of Bihac that already was harshly criticized by international officials and aid groups as inadequate for housing refugees and migrants.(AP Photo/Kemal Softic) XKS111 XKS111

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) gets swallowed up and sacked by Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Samson Ebukam (50) during the second half of the NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA on Nov. 15, 2020. The Rams won 23-16. (Andy Bao/For The Seattle Times)

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WHEEL Women in Black and a small crowd gathered in evening rain showers for their annual winter solstice vigil for ‘National Homeless Persons Memorial Day’ at City Hall Plaza Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. The organization, which does not solely rely on King County’s official count, reported all-time high record of deaths – 139 people whose deaths occurred outside, in a public place or by violence- in King County throughout around mid-December. Last year, the organization reported 112 people died under those circumstances the last year. King County has reported higher numbers of homeless people who died in the past. WHEEL Women in Black’s list of deaths include anyone they could find who died outside OR in a violent way – including suicide. The organization compiled the list using King County Medical Examiner reports, as well as through newspaper reports and word-of-mouth from families and friends of those who died. Local faith leaders led the vigil, where the names of the deceased are read aloud. WHEEL Women in Black, which began the vigil more than 20 years ago, have honored more than 1,200 people since 2000. The organization says community members who are homeless have seen increased hardship this year, with the change of shelter system due to pandemic and loss of low-barrier shelter capacity. 215956
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Santa smiles behind a mask at A. Vang, 4, visiting his booth. Community members gather for the opportunity to take a photo with Black Santa and get some gifts for children at the Rainier Beach Community Center Saturday December 19, 2020. The free event was organized by K-Hart of FB2T Photography and Moe Vegan food truck, in collaboration with Holiday Hangout, a group that gathered donations to provide 350 toys for distribution that day. 215949
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LINESONLY The Gitler children – from left, Mendy, 7; Shaina, 4-1/2; and Zev, 8 – pop out of the family’s sunroof as they get ready to embark on a Menorah Parade around Seattle and Bellevue. The MMSC day school with Chabad centers from all over Seattle and Bellevue set out to bring the light of Chanukah with a parade of menorah mounted on the roofs of several dozen cars Tuesday evening.  Children at the school are encouraged to be “Lamplighters”, which means they should bring light to the world through faith. 215919
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Hot air balloon pilot Eliav Cohen sends up a burst of propane-fueled flame to keep the tethered balloon upright at City Hall Park in Normandy Park on Saturday night. Two ten-story balloons from Seattle Ballooning were set up, tethered and given flame-bursts to keep them upright and given a glow. Ref to more photos online Saturday Dec 12, 2020 Two balloons from Seattle Ballooning ‘Light The Park!’ Free Drive-by Hot Air Balloon Glow will be in Normandy Park this Saturday two ten-story hot air balloons! LO Linesonly 215898
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