538 results for: Clubs and Organizations
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People socializing at Links, Inc. fundraiser, Seattle, November 6, 1993
The Links, Incorporated, established in 1946, is an international non-profit volunteer service organization of Black women "committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry." As of 2023, the organization has a membership of over 17,000 professional women of color in 299 chapters.This 1993 photo shows the annual Links…
ID Number:2000.107.19931106.1.15
Date:1993
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Doreen and Ben Nathan studying at the Seattle Indian Center, December 21, 1993
The Seattle Indian Center was founded in 1958 to provide assistance to people in need, especially Indigenous people cut off from their families and cultures. In addition to educational programs, the Center also has a food bank, shelters, and offers community outreach services. This image shows Doreen Nathan (Tsimshian) and her son Ben Nathan studying at the Seattle Indian Center,…
ID Number:2000.107.19931221.15.23
Date:1993
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Volunteer Henry Seaman distributing food at Northwest Harvest food bank, Seattle, December 1996
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.19961211.10.23
Date:1996
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Ken Griffey, Jr. with children at Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club, Seattle, December 16, 1996
Ken Griffey, Jr. played for the Seattle Mariners from 1989-1999 and again from 2009 until his retirement from professional baseball in 2010. He was one of the Mariners' most successful and popular players. In addition to baseball, Griffey was also involved with his community's young people, and was a big supporter of the Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club. He…
ID Number:2000.107.19961216.9.09
Date:1996
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Ken Griffey, Jr. with children at Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club, Seattle, December 16, 1996
Ken Griffey, Jr. played for the Seattle Mariners from 1989-1999 and again from 2009 until his retirement from professional baseball in 2010. He was one of the Mariners' most successful and popular players. In addition to baseball, Griffey was also involved with his community's young people, and was a big supporter of the Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club. He…
ID Number:2000.107.19961216.9.16
Date:1996
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Children stenciling storm drain signs in Bellevue, November 9, 2002
In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.012
Date:2002
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.001
Date:2003
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.002
Date:2003
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The Prom poster, Seattle, May 19, 2001
Lambert House, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, offers year-round programs, activities, resources, and services to LGBTQ youth. Founded in the early 1980s as the Association of Gay and Lesbian Youth Advocates (AGLYA), Lambert House, named after local queer youth advocate Gary Lambert, provides opportunities for LGBTQ youth to socialize with other youth and adults like themselves, including community dinners, social…
ID Number:2001.62.4
Date:2001
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Kung-Fu Exhibition program, May 5, 1984
Established in 1963, the Seattle Kung Fu Club offers traditional martial arts classes for adults and children in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood. The program pictured here is from a Kung-Fu exhibition presented by the club on May 5, 1984, at the Seattle Center Arena (now Climate Pledge Arena). Caption information source: https://www.seattlekungfuclub.com.
ID Number:2001.72.6
Date:1984