Seattle Occupation Timeline by https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk en-us 2021-07-22 07:59:56 UTC 2021-07-22 20:22:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Beacon Hill School (El Centro de la Raza) jxtian1 https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658113779 1972
-Chicano activists led by Roberto Maestas

-Beacon Hill Elementary School

-Seattle City Council
  Forbes Bottomly (Seattle Public Schools superintendent)

-Civic rights of Latinos

-An accord was finally reached with a five-year lease signed January 20, 1973 at $1 rent annually.
  Maestas takeover of the “crumbling” Beacon Hill School that became El Centro de la Raza.

-El Centro de la Raza is an educational, cultural, and social service agency, continues to serve clients in Seattle, King County and beyond.
  It is considered a significant part of civil rights history in the Pacific Northwest.]]> 2021-07-22 08:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658113779 Fort Lawton military base (Daybreak Star Cultural Center) jxtian1 https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658117162 1970
-A group of activists led by Bernie Whitebear

-Decommissioned Fort Lawton military base in Seattle

-United Indian People’s Council

-Reclaim stolen land of Native Americans

-In the end, the group was able to secure 40 acres, on which they established the Daybreak Star Cultural Center.

-Daybreak Star is a major nucleus of Native American cultural activity in its region, functions as a conference center, a location for pow wows, the location for a Head Start school program, and an art gallery.]]> 2021-07-22 08:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658117162 Colman School (Northwest African American Museum) jxtian1 https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658118692 1985
-Earl Debnam 
  Charlie James
  Michael Greenwood
  Omari Tahir 

-The abandoned Colman School in the Central Area

-School district 
  Seattle’s city government
  Mayor Charles Royer

-Conflict between African-American community activists and city government

-The Northwest African American Museum, part of a complex that also contains 36 apartments dedicated as affordable housing, opened on March 8, 2008.

-NAAM serves to present and preserve the connections between the Pacific Northwest and people of African descent and investigate and celebrate Black experiences in America through exhibitions, programs and events. ]]> 2021-07-22 08:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658118692 Capitol Hill (CHOP) jxtian1 https://padlet.com/jxtian1/up8b7yi46xebq6vk/wish/1658123399 2020
-Thousands of protesters 
  Larry Gossett

-Buildings in Capitol Hill

-Seattle Police Department 
  Fire Station 6
  Kshama Sawant (Seattle City Councilmember)

-Civil rights protest

-The city announced it would transfer ownership of the decommissioned Fire Station 6 in the Central Area to the community to establish the William Grose Center for Cultural Innovation, named for an early pioneer and African American entrepreneur.

-Now, this anarchist jurisdiction faces a legal battle over its handling of CHOP. A lawsuit brought against the city by a collection of developers, property owners, and businesses is slated to go to trial in February 2022.
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