Engage
This is what community engagement means at KUOW.
Our Community Engagement team ensures that KUOW has a meaningful and interactive relationship with the dynamic communities of the Puget Sound region and beyond. We are committed to amplifying your voice, listening to your feedback and ideas, and creating innovative opportunities to connect you to our newsroom.
We welcome diversity in all of its forms in all of our endeavors.
Here are a few examples of our projects. Ask A is our series of gatherings building empathy one one-on-one conversation at a time. Curiosity Club is our nerdy supper club that is investigating the possibility that great food and compelling storytelling can transform a group of strangers into a community. Meet The Newsmakers is our series of free public conversations with KUOW reporters at the University Book store and libraries across the region that invites listeners to ask questions, offer feedback, and share ideas for what our newsroom should be covering.
We're eager to hear from you so don't hesitate to reach out. You can email us at engage@kuow.org and connect with us on Twitter at @KUOWengage.
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Top Contributors
Stories
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Ep. 6: Are We Going to Be OK? Seattle’s goddess of psychedelic soul finds inspiration in quarantine
Artist SassyBlack finds new ways to reach fans and explores the meaning of creative genius with Malcolm Gladwell during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Ep. 5: Are We Going to Be OK? Covid-19 adds another obstacle to traveling while Black
'For Colored Girls Who Travel' blogger Jodi-Ann Burey finds new adventures and old racism while rediscovering Seattle's wild spaces during the pandemic.
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Ep. 4: Are We Going to Be OK? Faith, fasting, and community-building during a pandemic
For interfaith leader and Harvard grad Aneelah Afzali, the coinciding of Covid-19 and Ramadan brings unexpected opportunities and challenges.
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Ep. 3: Are We Going to Be OK? Does wearing pants during Zoom calls count as self-care? Ishea Brown says yes.
Curiosity Club's resident style icon says finding your inner fashionista might be the first step to feeling better in quarantine.
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When in need, design a mask and print it: A coronavirus success story
How one local music store has joined the efforts to help protect health care workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Your stories of surviving Covid-19 – from the frontlines to sheltering at home
KUOW's Ross Reynolds takes listener calls about getting creative during the crisis.
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Ep. 2: Are We Going to Be OK? Seattle scholar considers a return to Singapore to escape Covid-19
Author Ruchika Tulshyan weighs the risks of staying in the US as the pandemic spreads while also navigating lockdown with her three-year-old.
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Ep. 1: Are We Going to Be OK? Rethinking art and education during Covid-19
"Art comes out of pain," says Seattle's Youth Corps director James Miles. What we do with that art once the pandemic passes is up to us.
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Groups and individuals look for ways to spread kindness during crisis
‘Hopefully when all this is over, we can be closer to each other as a community.’
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What's good? Silver linings in the time of coronavirus
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in our state, we’ve heard of so many selfless acts that we decided to start a blog to recording them, hoping these stories bring light into your day. Have you witnessed or experienced a random act of kindness? Write to engage@kuow.org with “What’s Good’ in the subject line, and we’ll feature it here.
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My 71-year-old mom is a nurse on the front lines of Covid-19. I’m worried. She’s not.
I asked her if she feels scared going to work since the coronavirus outbreak. She said if nurses are afraid, they won't be able to do their jobs.
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We asked the youth about love. They did not disappoint.
Get out a box of chalky Sweethearts and some tissues and prepare to take a few notes, grownups.