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  • caption: A photo of Amadou Gaye (right), May Gueye (middle) and Idrissa Gaye (left) at an amusement park in Dakar, Senegal, in 2011.

    The best of both cultures: How one teen embraces his Senegalese-American identity

    For many first-generation Americans, it can be hard to balance multiple cultures. Amadou Gaye was the first member of his Senegalese family to be born in the United States. Growing up, his mom stressed the importance of prioritizing his education while maintaining a connection to his Senegalese heritage. RadioActive’s Idrissa Gaye has this story about what he learned from his older brother.
  • caption: One of Mokihana Melendez’ hula students gives another student a piggyback ride after enjoying class together on Feb. 26, 2023.

    How one kumu keeps her hula lineage

    When you think of hula, you might picture dances you’ve seen in Disney movies, or on a summer trip to Hawaiʻi. But that’s just scratching the surface of what hula is. There’s so much more. And RadioActive Youth Media’s Terina Papatu is here to show you.
  • caption: Winona Hollins-Hague and Maya Angelou together during an Odessa Brown patient's monumental sickle cell transplant, an operation carried out by both Odessa Brown Clinic and Fred Hutchinson. Year unknown.

    The legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic

    Growing up, RadioActive's Indigo Mays loved going to the doctor’s office. She went to the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Central District. But that location has been closed for more than a year. Now, Mays explores the history, recent controversy, and legacy of the Odessa Brown Clinic.
  • caption: Rogan Shannon (left) and Kellie Martin pose after the closing performance of Deaf Spotlight’s Short Play Festival at 12th Avenue Arts in Seattle, WA on March 5, 2023.

    Deaf creatives put a springtime spin on Seattle theater

    A festival featuring six plays written, produced, and performed by Deaf creatives is back. Deaf Spotlight, a Seattle arts non-profit, hosted its third Short Play Festival in March. It was in-person this year, after moving online due to the pandemic. RadioActive’s Dash Pinck takes us there.

  • caption: Digital art depiction of Rita Meher with a movie film strip in the background. Meher is the co-founder and executive director of Tasveer, a Seattle-based arts organization that hosts the largest South Asian film festival in the country. Meher recently went public with her experiences facing caste discrimination as an Adivasi person, helping galvanize change.

    Seattle leader ignites change in sharing caste identity

    In February, the city council voted to make Seattle the first city in the country to ban discrimination based on a person’s caste. The vote was a watershed for those who say that caste discrimination exists even in the United States. And for one supporter of the measure, it was a chance to open up about an identity that she had kept hidden.

  • caption: A colorful collage. From top left, clockwise: A hand holds a smartphone with a smiley face on the screen. RadioActive youth producer Rhea Beecher holds a rainbow Pride flag with a power fist. RadioActive youth producer Eva Solorio with her sister.

    Showcasing RadioActive’s experimental stories

    What happens when RadioActive youth producers can make *anything* they want? Some weird and wonderful radio magic, that’s what. Listen to an hour of our creative, experimental, and just-plain-weird audio stories on this RadioActive showcase.

  • caption: Abdul Nasir.

    Our housemate is an Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban

    In August 2021, the United States’ longest standing war came to an end as the military withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban fundamentalist group returned to power. Thousands of Afghan people became refugees and came to the U.S. One of those people is Abdul Nasir. RadioActive’s Micah Riggio lives with Abdul, and has this story of how his family hosts refugees like Abdul as they begin new lives in Seattle.
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