Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA
This is the pond at Point defiance Park in Tacoma, WA.
How We Got Here: A Reckoning with U.S. and Tacoma history
The video investigates how the U.S. and Tacoma region were shaped by racist laws, policies and discriminatory practices and argues these systems can only be dismantled through strategies of recognition, restitution, reconciliation and a sustained commitment to equity.
Tacoma Parks
Tacoma's parks offer lots to do on a warm day.
POP QUIZ ANSWERS:
1. Lion statue at Wright Park (I know, that's cheating)
2. Ducks in the Wright Park pond
3. Squirrel in Spanaway Park
4. Red wolf at the zoo
5. Jellyfish at the acquarium
6. Chimp at the zoo
7. Polar bear at the zoo
8. Sharks/fish in the tank at the acquarium
9. Canadian goose on the waterfront
10. Raccoons along the road on the Five Mile Drive
11. Deer in Point Defiance Park
12. Dog in Wapato Park.
Did you see them all?
MUSIC
Hackbeat by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Succotash by Silent Partner
OTHER STUFF
Of Race and Reconciliation
KBTC presents and hour long program called, Of Race and Reconciliation. It chronicles the Chinese experience in America around the year 1885. That was the year the Chinese residents of Tacoma were forcefully expelled from the city against the backdrop of increasingly alarming and even violent tensions between American citizens caught in an economic downturn and Chinese immigrants seeking opportunity in “Gum San,” or the Land of the Golden Mountains they had heard about in America.
Join us as we travel through six states to take an unflinching look at this period in time, but also document how the tensions between American citizens and immigrant populations provide relevant lessons in today’s political climate, and in Tacoma’s case, how far efforts toward reconciliation have come.
Washington, USA - May 2018
All filmed using my Samsung Galaxy s8!
Edited on iMovie.
~Locations filmed~
SEATTLE
0:36-0:41 -- Dr. Jose Rizal Park (great view of the skyline)
0:48-1:21 -- Space Needle, Chihuly Glass Museum, MoPop (all in same area)
1:22-1:38 -- Pike Place Market (no i didn't stand in line at the first ever starbucks, coffee is coffee lmao)
1:39-1:51 -- Gas Works Park (another amazing skyline view)
1:52-2:01 -- Seattle Japanese Garden
2:02-2:12 -- Arboretum in a park near Bruce and Brandon Lee's burial site
2:14-2:24 -- Chinatown District/Wing Luke Museum
TACOMA
2:31-2:36 -- Chinese Reconciliation Park
lil bit of wlad dancing in the beginning is at the Tacoma Art Museum
POULSBO
2:46-2:50 -- Suquamish Clearwater Casino and Resort
2:52 -- Downtown Poulsbo
SHELTON
2:53-End -- Alpaca Farm we found thanks to Airbnb!
NOT FILMED - Seattle Art Museum, wedding we attended (the reason for going lmao), cool ass arcade in Tacoma called dorky's, and walking near on the pier near the market.
rip Bruce Lee! Visit the Wing Luke Museum if you ever get the chance!
Song: Caleb Belkin - Water (extended edition)
Tacoma, Washington | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:12 1 History
00:02:21 1.1 Early history
00:05:13 1.2 Early 20th century
00:06:32 1.3 The Great Depression
00:07:46 1.3.1 Tacoma's Hooverville
00:09:18 1.4 Post-WWII
00:10:51 1.5 Downtown revival
00:12:10 1.6 Crime
00:13:29 2 Geography
00:14:48 2.1 Climate
00:15:13 2.2 Surrounding cities
00:15:22 3 Demographics
00:16:12 3.1 2010 census
00:18:54 4 Government
00:20:51 5 Commerce and industry
00:22:55 5.1 Top employers
00:23:11 6 Transportation
00:26:52 6.1 Roads and highways
00:27:41 6.2 Public transportation
00:29:55 7 Public utilities
00:32:27 8 Parks
00:35:07 9 Architecture
00:35:46 9.1 Historic landmarks
00:38:01 10 Education
00:40:43 11 Cultural attractions
00:43:16 12 Mass media
00:45:01 13 Sports
00:46:16 14 Notable people
00:47:13 15 Neighborhoods
00:49:23 16 Sister cities
00:49:33 17 See also
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Tacoma ( tə-KOH-mə) is a midsized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle (of which it is the largest satellite city), 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third-largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region, which has a population around 1 million.
Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Takhoma or Tahoma. It is locally known as the City of Destiny because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. The decision of the railroad was influenced by Tacoma's neighboring deep-water harbor, Commencement Bay. By connecting the bay with the railroad, Tacoma's motto became When rails meet sails. Commencement Bay serves the Port of Tacoma, a center of international trade on the Pacific Coast and Washington's largest port.
Like most industrial cities, Tacoma suffered a prolonged decline in the mid-20th century as a result of suburbanization and divestment. Since the 1990s, developments in the downtown core include the University of Washington Tacoma; Tacoma Link, the first modern electric light rail service in the state; the state's highest density of art and history museums; and a restored urban waterfront, the Thea Foss Waterway.
Tacoma has been named one of the most livable areas in the United States. In 2006, Tacoma was listed as one of the most walkable cities in the country. That same year, the women's magazine Self named Tacoma the Most Sexually Healthy City in the United States.Tacoma gained notoriety in 1940 for the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which earned the nickname Galloping Gertie.
Live: Amtrak Train Derailment in Washington State
CBSN Live coverage of the Amtrak train 501 derailment in Washington. Train cars have spilt off an overpass onto the highway below, blocking car traffic on Interstate 5 along the Amtrak Cascade route. Follow updates, at
Local Initiatives Tacoma Mayor Strickland
The phrase think global, act local is a call to arms of local activist. It is probably most strongly associated with environmental issues, but has been applied as well in many other policy realms, including trade, immigration, transportation, healthcare, and education. Mayor Marilyn Strickland argues that there has been a shift from national to local governments such as Tacoma in seeking progress on these issues.
Speaker
Marilyn Strickland, Mayor of Tacoma
Marilyn Strickland is serving her second term as Mayor of Tacoma. Her pro-growth agenda focuses on creating family-wage jobs by improving education and workforce training, promoting entrepreneurship, investing in transportation and attracting international investment. Born in Seoul, she is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds an MBA from Clark-Atlanta University. Prior to elected office, she worked in both the private and public sectors. Mayor Strickland’s regional and national board leadership includes Sound Transit, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Democratic Mayors Association. Strickland has appeared on Meet the Press, National Public Radio and is a trustee with the Urban Land Institute. She has been recognized by the National League of Cities Women in Municipal Government for outstanding local leadership and was recognized as the 2015 Washington Trade Hero by the Washington Council on International Trade.
Seattle City Council 11/25/19
Agenda: Presentations; Public Comment; Payment of Bills; Res 31917: recognizing the importance of our healthcare workers; CB 119703: relating to City employment - collective bargaining unit agreement; CB 119667: authorizing acceptance of funding from non-City sources; CB 119668: amending Ordinance 125724 - 2019 Budget; CF 314436: 2020 Proposed Budget; CF 314437: 2020 - 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program; CB 119669: relating to fees and charges; CB 119670: related to the Traffic Code; CB 119671: relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation - 2019-2020 fee schedule; CB 119672: relating to the solid waste system of Seattle Public Utilities; CB 119673: relating to contracting indebtedness; CB 119674: relating to the electric system of The City of Seattle; CB 119675: relating to the financing of Cable Television Franchise Fund programs; CB 119676: relating to the financing of Equitable Development Implementation Plan projects; CB 119677: relating to the financing of the Central Waterfront Improvement Program; CB 119678: relating to the financing of the Central Waterfront Improvement Program; CB 119679: relating to the financing of the Mercer West project; CB 119680: relating to the financing of the Seattle Streetcar operations; CB 119699: related to the Traffic Code; CB 119681: relating to Sweetened Beverage Tax revenues; CB 119682: relating to the business license tax; CB 119683: relating to taxation; CB 119684: relating to taxation; CB 119685: relating to transportation network company fees; Res 31914: adopting a spending plan for the proceeds of the Seattle Transportation Network Company tax; CB 119686: relating to transportation network company drivers; CB 119687: relating to transportation network company driver labor standards; CB 119688: relating to an employee giving program for City employees; CB 119690: relating to interfund loans; Res 31916: acknowledging the inherent responsibility of the City to reduce unnecessary justice system involvement; CF 314438: City Council Changes to the 2020 Proposed Budget and the 2020 - 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program; CB 119689: adopting a 2020 budget; CB 119691: relating to the levy of property taxes; CB 119692: authorizing the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2020; CB 119704: relating to the Seattle Streetcar; CF 314422 Petition of Willow Crossings, LLLP for street vacation; CB 119288: relating to the City's criminal code.
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Public Comment - 1:18
Payment of Bills - 53:35
Res 31917 - 54:05
CB 119703 - 1:02:38
CB 119667 and CB 119668 - 1:04:46
CF 314436 and CF 314437 - 1:06:05
CB 119669, CB 119670, CB 119671, CB 119672, CB 119673 - 1:06:49
CB 119674, CB 119675, CB 119676, CB 119677, CB 119678 - 1:09:21
CB 119679, CB 119680, CB 119699, CB 119681, CB 119682, CB 119683 - 1:11:34
CB 119684 - 1:16:24
CB 119685 - 1:51:48
Res 31914 - 1:52:25
CB 119686, CB 119687, CB 119688, CB 119690, Res 31916 - 1:55:21
Reconsideration of CB 119699 - 1:58:20
CF 314438 - 2:04:24
CB 119689 - 2:05:05
CB 119691 - 2:53:51
CB 119704 - 2:54:56
CF 314422 - 2:56:15
CB 119288 - 2:57:45
Comments on Councilmember Pacheco - 2:58:25
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