109 results for: Paulson, Don
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Homesharing for Seniors brochure, 1979
This brochure promotes Homesharing for Seniors, a service sponsored by the Stevens Neighborhood Housing Improvement Program, in cooperation with the community activist group Gray Panthers. It lists benefits to sharing a home, such as saving money, physical security, and companionship. The Homesharing service matched up seniors who owned homes that were too large for themselves alone with seniors who were…
ID Number:2002.23.4.12.1
Date:1979
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ERA march and rally poster, Seattle, August 23, 1980
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1923 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2002.23.4.24.1
Date:1980
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Free South Africa! poster, 1980
This poster describes a week of anti-apartheid events in Seattle running from October 19 to October 25, 1980. The events described include a performance of Black South African music, dance, and poetry, a documentary about the South African government’s nuclear program, a panel discussion about the role of churches in fighting apartheid, a talk by exiled Black South African journalist…
ID Number:2002.23.4.25.1
Date:1980
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The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes newsletter, Seattle, August 3, 1981
Filipino American labor activists Silme Domingo (1952-1981) and Gene Allen Viernes (1951-1981) were murdered in Seattle on June 1, 1981, while attempting to reform the Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and organizing against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos.At first, authorities thought the murder was an isolated incident and concluded with the…
ID Number:2002.23.4.37.1
Date:1981
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Poster on proposed site for African-American heritage museum, Seattle, 1985
In 1985, several activists occupied the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area, the proposed site for an African American museum, to claim the site and prevent its demolition. They occupied the building for 8 years, until 1993, when the non-profit African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center was formed to oversee the museum project. The Northwest African American Museum…
ID Number:2002.23.4.69.1
Date:1985
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Nelson Mandela's Birthday March flier, 1986
This flier advertises a march to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday in 1986 and to protest his imprisonment by the apartheid regime in South Africa. Mandela was freed in 1990 and in 1994 he was elected President of South Africa in its first post-apartheid election. The march started at the South African consulate near Madison Park and ended at the Colman…
ID Number:2002.23.4.76.1
Date:1986
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Yes on Referendum 7 flier, May 1986
This flier advertises a May Day March for Fair Employment and Multi Cultural Festival. The march occurred on May 3, 1986, beginning at Seattle Center and ending at Occidental Square. It was co-sponsored by several community and activist groups representing marginalized people in Seattle. The purpose of the march was to encourage "yes" votes for Referendum 7, which would maintain…
ID Number:2002.23.4.79.1
Date:1986
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Rally for Equal Access to Red Square flier, May 1990
This flier advertises a rally to support building an accessibility ramp between Red Square and Drumheller Fountain on the University of Washington (UW) campus. The rally was held by the Disabled Students Commission (now called the Student Disability Commission) on May 23, 1990, and it involved protesters presenting a petition signed by 2000 students to UW administrators during the short…
ID Number:2002.23.5.25.1
Date:1990
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Operation Homestead leaflet, 1991
The building of the Seattle Convention Center and other buildings in the 1980s displaced many low-income residents in the downtown area. In 1988, housing activists, displaced and homeless people, and others formed Operation Homestead to take direct action. In 1989 they estimated that the city had 3,000 to 5,000 people experiencing homelessness, and that some 2,000 people had been displaced…
ID Number:2002.23.5.32.1
Date:1991
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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