Nosotros somos esenciales ("We are essential")

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.

Nosotros somos esenciales

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.

Diversifying the great outdoors

Our nation's parks and forests have struggled with a diversity problem for decades. A long history of racism and exclusion in the great outdoors has left a deeply ingrained message about natural spaces: People of color don’t belong. Today, a group of dedicated nature lovers in Wenatchee hopes to change that. Team Naturaleza is making Central Washington's outdoor spaces more bilingual, one hike at a time.