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The Race Card Project
1:29 am
Wed March 13, 2013

Six Words: Ask Who I Am, Not What

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A submission to the Race Card Project, which asks people to describe their experience with race in six words.
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Jessica Hong, second from left, at brunch with friends. "Though I am clearly the lone Asian person, I don't think I've ever felt like the 'Asian friend' amongst these girls," she says.
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Charley Sullivan is the associate head coach of men's rowing and a doctoral candidate in Southeast Asian History at the University of Michigan.
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Sullivan (left) dancing Hanuman, the white monkey role in a Javanese dance performance in Jakarta in about 1970.
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Originally published on Thu March 14, 2013 6:46 am

This month NPR begins a series of occasional conversations about The Race Card Project, where people can submit their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Thousands of people have shared their six-word stories and every so often NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris will dip into the trove of six-word stories to explore issues surrounding race and cultural identity for Morning Edition.

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Poetry
8:16 am
Tue March 12, 2013

Poet Carolyne Wright's "Ghazal For Emilie Parker"

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Poet Carolyne Wright.
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It can be hard to know how to respond to tragedies on the scale of the Newtown, Conn. shooting. We want to do something, but what?

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Lightning Talks
8:00 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

Five Minutes Onstage At Ignite Seattle

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Ignite Seattle.
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Crowd participation during an Ignite Seattle event.
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Roberto Hoyos on stage at Ignite Seattle 11.
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Monica Guzman hosting Ignite Seattle 7.
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If you had five minutes on stage, what would you say? That's the premise of Ignite Seattle, a regular worldwide event where presenters get five minutes and 20 slides to get a point across. Speakers at this month's event touch on a variety of topics, including viral videos, online dating and how to give up cheese. Ignite Seattle 19 took place at Town Hall on February 20, 2013.

The talk was moderated by The Seattle Times columnist Monica Guzman.

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Dementia And Creativity
7:00 am
Wed March 6, 2013

94-Year-Old Seattle Alzheimer's Patient Discovers New Artistic Talent

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One of Jean Raichle's paintings. When she finishes a piece she often has no memory that she did it.
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One of the hardest things for families dealing with Alzheimer’s disease is loss -- loss of memory, loss of a loved one's ability to recognize family, and sometimes, loss of the ability to communicate. The changes can be devastating. But one Seattle woman found a way to be part of her mother’s new world.

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