In this photo taken on Friday, June 26, 2020, Natasha Scott, right, provides flyer information about the Peacekeeper Society to Patricia Randall, center, and Floraine Gardee, left, during a drive-thru distribution of food and emergency supplies at Harrah City Hall in Harrah, Wash., during the coronavirus pandemic. (Amanda Ray/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)
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From left, Bella Ruyle, Daryl Benson, Ashlyn Griepp and Holly Williams, all 16, listen to singer Oya Storms (Seattle’s Ariana Steen) put on a powerful rendition of Andra Day’s song “Rise Up” during 4th The Culture, a gathering at Jefferson Park for performance and music on Saturday July 4th, 2020. The event was put on by Eastside 4 Black Lives, a youth-led community organization working to amplify Black and brown voices while pushing for policy change, like eliminating school resource officers on local campuses. 214425
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Bil Thorn CQ points out flowers that will soon turn into fuzzy kiwis at Sky Island Farm near Humptulips, Wash. on the Olympic Peninsula. “Sky Island Farm is one of very few Black-owned farms in the Pacific Northwest,” says Thorn. “Our primary motive is to help people however we can-whether it be serving low-income communities, hospitals or educating- we are always looking for opportunities to serve our community.” 214337

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Bil Thorn CQ points out flowers that will soon turn into fuzzy kiwis at Sky Island Farm near Humptulips, Wash. on the Olympic Peninsula. “Sky Island Farm is one of very few Black-owned farms in the Pacific Northwest,” says Thorn. “Our primary motive is to help people however we can-whether it be serving low-income communities, hospitals or educating- we are always looking for opportunities to serve our community.” 214337

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LO LADY LIBERTY ON KITE HILL FOR THE FOURTH 070410 Michael Chandler with One Reel helps give Lady Liberty a face lift Firday to help stabilize the front of the approximately 28-foot-tall head which is to scale with the actual Statue of Liberty New York City (according to One Reel spokeswoman). She first went up in Gas Works Park in 1995 and is an annual icon for the Fourth of July festivities and fireworks there.

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Laine Anderson tends to her plants at the UpGarden P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle’s lower Queen Anne neighborhood, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Anderson weeds around her carrots, peas, raspberries, strawberries, cherry tomatoes and green onions. At right is the garden’s famous 1963 Ford Galaxie planter, filled with Rosemary and even a fruit tree. According to the p-patch’s lead coordinator Bob Grubbs, the UpGarden is raising money to eventually temporarily move several garden plots along the south, north and middle so a garage renovation planned for November can install gutters. The garden has 60-90 members at any given time. 214251
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