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Soo Ing-Moody moved to Twisp Washington in the Methow Valley and became the small town’s mayor about ten years ago. Since she has been in office, the town has survived two major wildfires and is currently navigating through the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Soo Ing-Moody walks down the towns main street in May. Twisp has turned into an artist’s enclave and is a stone’s throw from Winthrop and Sun Mountain in North Central Washington. Photographed on May 28, 2020. 213236
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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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Soo Ing-Moody moved to Twisp Washington in the Methow Valley and became the small town’s mayor about ten years ago. Since she has been in office, the town has survived two major wildfires and is currently navigating through the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Soo Ing-Moody walks down the towns main street in May. Twisp has turned into an artist’s enclave and is a stone’s throw from Winthrop and Sun Mountain in North Central Washington. Photographed on May 28, 2020. 213236

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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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Seattle artist Mari Shibuya paints a portrait of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medial technician who was killed when shot eight times in her apartment by Louisville, Kentucky police in March of this year. Mari said she is painting the portrait to bring visibility to Breonna’s memory and her story. The mural is on a piece of plywood covering a window of Eastern Cafe in Seattle’s International District. The cafe is still open for business. Around 200 volunteers have volunteered to paint murals on plywood covering the windows of 140 businesses in the International District as part of the Beautify & Protect project. On the second day the volunteers were out, Monday June 8, around 80 artists shared their talents by painting the murals. Another “Mural Painting Day” will take place this weekend. 214188
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