Much of our natural landscape still bears evidence of colonization in the names. Some of our most beloved places, such as Mount Rainier, serve as reminders of injustices committed against Indigenous communities. While fixing history goes beyond giving these spaces new titles, acknowledging Native languages and names is an important first step.

Un 40% de Seattle es agua, pero no todos los cuerpos de agua son creados iguales. Hace 60 años, el lago Washington fue limpiado a expensas del río Duwamish y los residentes que dependen de él. Luego de décadas de contaminación, una comunidad de migrantes e indígenas en su mayoría se lleva la peor parte de los estragos ambientales.

Seattle is about 40% water, but not all of our bodies of water are created equal. Sixty years ago, Lake Washington was cleaned at the expense of the Duwamish River and the residents who rely on it. Decades of pollution have left a largely immigrant and Indigenous community to bear the environmental burden.

A middle school teacher and son of farmworkers spends endless hours rallying around Washington state and a family mourns the loss of their father. As the coronavirus spread throughout Washington's rural and agricultural communities, Yakima County accrued the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 infections on the entire West coast. In the essential task of working the land to put food in our nation's grocery stores, Latinx farmworkers and their families fight for their lives to be valued over profits.

Un maestro de secundaria, hijo de trabajadores agrícolas, dedica innumerables horas a organizar manifestaciones en distintas partes del estado de Washington, mientras una familia llora la pérdida de su padre. Con la propagación del coronavirus en las comunidades rurales y agrícolas de Washington, el condado de Yakima sufre del índice más alto per cápita de casos de COVID-19 de toda la Costa Oeste. Trabajadores agrícolas latinx y sus familias realizan la labor esencial de cultivar la tierra para suministrar alimentos a la nación a la vez que luchan para que se valore su vida sobre las ganancias.