Wa Na Wari in Seattle, Washington (all images courtesy of Elisheba Johnson) SEATTLE — In Washington state, Wa Na Wari is reclaiming a historically Black neighborhood that is on the brink of erasure.

“People will come in all the time and say, ‘This is Maunt Birdie’s house,’” said Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson in a recent conversation about the Central District art space‘s history, and its ...

Before pandemic closures hit, Wa Na Wari was hosting community events nearly every day, from yoga to birthday parties to food pop-ups to book readings. The Central District organization was quickly ...

In a small room on the top floor of a house in the Central District, a video plays in a continuous loop. I'm going to tell you about the video, but first I want to tell you about the house. It's ...

Monday, June 20 marks the first official observance of a brand new federal holiday, Juneteenth. Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, when federal ...