Often when we think about social justice leadership, the people we celebrate are the firebrands, the orators, the ones in front of the microphone.
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The past few years Covid has loomed large over clubs and activities at Franklin. The pandemic forced every group to adapt. This year they are not only getting back to normal, but they are also even better. Two reemerging clubs include Mock Trial and the Theater Department. I talked to students in these programs about how they adapted to the pandemic, and what is new this year in the return to normalcy.
James Rasmussen stood on the steps that descended below street level at the corner of 1st and Jackson for over a decade -- a head above the sidewalk. On those steps he watched the world go by, first as an employee and later as the owner of Bud’s Jazz Records in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square.
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