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An Ode to the Occidental Square Ice Rink
Gray Harrison
Athletic Arts, holiday activities, Holiday Trading Post, Occidental Square, Pioneer Square, Seattle, ice skating, geeky, Comedic Arts, family-friendly
An Ode to the Occidental Square Ice Rink
Gray Harrison
Athletic Arts, holiday activities, Holiday Trading Post, Occidental Square, Pioneer Square, Seattle, ice skating, geeky, Comedic Arts, family-friendly

There was one person doing laps around the rink with speed and grace and not falling on her back every three steps like the rest of us. I jealously wondered if she had brought her own skates, and if the blades had been sharpened, unlike our dull footwear. Someone told me that this is what professional figure skaters train on, which confused me even more. Because HOW??

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Gray Harrison
Athletic Arts, holiday activities, Holiday Trading Post, Occidental Square, Pioneer Square, Seattle, ice skating, geeky, Comedic Arts, family-friendly
What Does Accountability Really Mean?
Kristel Chua
Solidarity Arts, Intersectional Arts, The Station, SPD, SPOG, Seattle, accountability, community, justice, LGBTQIA+, sexual harassment, police brutality, Christian Nelson, Jack Paleli, BIPOC, SAARPR, transitional justice, transformative justice, restorative justice, SAPP, Castill Hightower, Kwame Ture
What Does Accountability Really Mean?
Kristel Chua
Solidarity Arts, Intersectional Arts, The Station, SPD, SPOG, Seattle, accountability, community, justice, LGBTQIA+, sexual harassment, police brutality, Christian Nelson, Jack Paleli, BIPOC, SAARPR, transitional justice, transformative justice, restorative justice, SAPP, Castill Hightower, Kwame Ture

The word “accountability” seems impossible to avoid for anyone paying attention. Repeatedly, people with power abuse their position. Repeatedly, communities clamor for accountability, a just outcome for all affected persons, and satisfying solutions that will excise the rot from which harm festers and breeds. It is difficult not to feel disillusioned by the usual wishy-washy or dismissive responses, feigned ignorance, and lack of material progress in terms of repairing harm and promoting safety. How are we supposed to hold people accountable, so to speak, if they won’t take accountability?

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Kristel Chua
Solidarity Arts, Intersectional Arts, The Station, SPD, SPOG, Seattle, accountability, community, justice, LGBTQIA+, sexual harassment, police brutality, Christian Nelson, Jack Paleli, BIPOC, SAARPR, transitional justice, transformative justice, restorative justice, SAPP, Castill Hightower, Kwame Ture
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