770 results for: Activism
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People of Color Against AIDS Network brochure, 1992
The People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) is a social service organization serving Seattle and King County's marginalized communities, including Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander. POCAAN was founded in 1987 and originally focused on HIV/AIDS prevention, but its work has expanded to address issues associated with marginalization and health disparities, such as substance abuse, incarceration, sexually transmitted…
ID Number:2002.23.5.45.1
Date:1992
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Anti-authority, anti-oil state bike ride flyer, August 7, 1993
In the summer of 1993, Seattle-area bike riders organized several “anti-authority” rides along the Burke-Gilman Trail, starting in Gas Works Park and ending with picnics on Lake Washington.This flyer sports a drawing of a dog pedaling a bicycle and advertises an early August ride to Matthews Beach. The meeting place, route, and date are handwritten below, along with the statements…
ID Number:2002.23.5.70.1
Date:1993
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Dyke March poster, June 25, 1994
This poster was printed to "celebrate lesbian visibility" and to encourage participation in Seattle's annual Gay Pride Parade.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture, Donald Charles "Don" Paulson (1933-2012), in a collection he "dedicated to everyone who ever participated in a protest March, attended a Vigil, campaigned for Peace,…
ID Number:2002.23.6.4.1
Date:1994
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Flier for Asian Lesbian & Bisexual Alliance (ALBA) and Queer & Asian (Q&A), 1996
This flier was created by two queer Asian groups, the Asian Lesbian & Bisexual Alliance (A.L.B.A.) and Queer and Asian (Q&A). Created in 1996, the flier describes the mission of each organization on behalf of queer Asian men and women. ALBA was a new organization that used “outreach, increased visibility, advocacy, political action, leadership development, networking, education, and many excellent…
ID Number:2002.23.6.25.1
Date:1996
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The Right to Marry order form, 1996
This flier describes the video "The Right to Marry," a documentary film about the struggle for legal marriage equality for same-sex couples, created by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples in Seattle and produced and directed by Demian. The bottom of the flier is an order form to purchase a copy of the video.This item is one…
ID Number:2002.23.6.33.1
Date:1996
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Action Alert: U.S. Congress aims to outlaw same-sex marriage, 1996
Pictured here is a flier opposing "The Defense of Marriage Act," legislation proposed in Congress to create a federal definition of marriage excluding same-sex couples. The flier was printed and distributed by the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington, a group founded in 1995.This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and chronicler of local drag culture,…
ID Number:2002.23.6.33.2
Date:1996
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Q-Safety Patrol brochure, 1997
This brochure describes the activities of Q-Safety Patrol or Q-SP, which was founded in 1990 to respond to violent hate crimes against queer people in Seattle. Q-SP volunteers patrolled streets to offer escort and reassurance to anyone in need, and physically respond to violence if necessary. The brochure also advertises Q-SP's other services - self-defense classes, distribution of food and…
ID Number:2002.23.6.38.1
Date:1997
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Reparations 2000 march flier, Seattle, November 30, 1999
This flier advertises a march organized by the Reparations 2000 Coalition and the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center (AAHM&CC), to take place on the first evening of the WTO rallies. The march was set to end at the vacant Colman School, where an encampment for anti-WTO activists would be established. Omari Tahir-Garrett and other activists first occupied this…
ID Number:2002.23.6.42.1
Date:1999
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PeaceWorks Park "Support Our Troops" flier, 1990
On August 26, 1990, a spontaneous peace rally against US intervention in the Middle East developed after a "peace concert" at Gas Works park. A handful of protesters remained in the park overnight, and a 24-hour vigil dubbed "PeaceWorks Park" which would endure until nearly the end of the Gulf War in February 1991, was begun. The vigil had no…
ID Number:2002.23.7.6.1
Date:1990
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Support for Desert Storm Rally flier, Seattle, January 25, 1991
A “Support for Desert Storm” rally was held on U.W.’s Red Square several days after large anti-war protests formed in response to the U.S. involvement in the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. Attended by about 300 people, the event was significantly smaller than the multiple anti-war protests in Seattle which drew thousands of participants. Anti-war activists were also in attendance…
ID Number:2002.23.7.16.1
Date:1991