OPB's "The Evergreen" continues its quest to learn about the interesting jobs of people in the Pacific Northwest. This latest installment follows a park ranger, a food pantry worker and a fitness coach.
Please enjoy my Studs Terkel "Working" references, and if you'd like to check out more from our At Work With series, there's plenty to choose from here!
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Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen: our latest At Work With stories, where we ask PNWers what it’s like to do what they do. We meet a food pantry worker who provides access to cultural foods, a park ranger who protects an urban forest, & a fitness coach who prioritizes strength over weight loss:
I've seen it probably 100 times, but in a theater the sound is great & the split screen shots of her performing are like, ok, CINEMA, go off!
Also, there was a little girl who came dressed in a sparkly purple Selena outfit who was taking pictures with everyone.
It was awesome 😭
I saw Selena (1997) last night in a packed theater & I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Everyone singing to all the songs, going "ooooh" during romantic scenes, cheering for EJO's speech about MexAms, booing the hell out of Yolanda every time she's on screen. Audible sniffles at the end. Would do this every week!
Happy OP-Bday :)
My Western Edge co-founder @leahsottile.bsky.social obtained the 911 calls related to this death. A worker who called for an ambulance described a man who was bleeding from some type of headwound and was blue in the face while some employees were told to keep working.
(two of mine that came to mind when we were making this episode: One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry & Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón)
In our episode, we pose a question to listeners: what books have you read that made you feel seen & why?
If you'd like to take a break from [waves arms around at everything] & tell us about meaningful books in your life, we (& I personally) would love that. Reply or email theevergreen-at-opb.org. 📚
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view.
Workers I spoke to are pissed.
For our latest At Work With, we met a fitness coach at an inclusive gym who loves helping folks find out how strong they can be:
"When people exceed their own expectations, when people do more than they thought they could... people will surprise themselves. And it's always so much fun when they do."
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When Renée Watson was a kid in NE PDX, her 2nd grade teacher predicted she’d be a writer someday. Today, she’s fulfilled that vision as an award-winning children’s & YA author. She wants her readers — especially young Black girls — to see themselves in her books:
Last week, a worker one of Amazon's Portland area facilities died on the warehouse floor. Employees were told to look away and keep working.
A new story by @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for @thewesternedge.bsky.social - reporting this news first.
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People have all kinds of motivations for hitting the gym — mental health, weight loss, building strength or finding community to name just a few. Sometimes, finding the motivation to keep going can be tough. That’s where a coach can come in.
I have said it before and I'll say it again: Oregon's news climate has been absolutely decimated. This leaves Douglas County with no newspaper in an area of the state that already had very few reporters.
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Surprised that ProPublica is on strike? SO ARE WE! The contract we're being offered is NOT in line with the values of the place we love. For me, this is about job protections and AI protections for future generations of journalists. Read more about how we got here: www.propublicaguild.org
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The history of logging is often associated with manly, flannel-clad lumberjacks. But in the forests of Eastern Oregon, new archaeological research recognizes the important contributions of women and families to the early lumber industry in mill communities like the Baker White Pine Mill.
And if you'd like to learn more about OR's early logging industry, check out our recent episode about the multiracial community of Maxville. We follow Gwen Trice as she digs into her family history: she learned her father came to Oregon from Arkansas in a boxcar to live & work in the logging town.
This is the 2nd installment of a series we're doing w/ historical archaeologist Chelsea Rose, in collaboration w/ Oregon Experience, the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology & Jefferson Public Radio.
Our first installment was all about the history of Chinese cowboys in Eastern OR!
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The history of logging is full of tales of lumber barons & lumberjacks: manly men doing manly things in the woods. But in eastern Oregon, archaeologists have learned more about the important economic contributions women & families made to the early lumber industry.
bluesky is and has always been a posting retirement home for elder millennials
On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.
It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
My pinned post tells the story of being 14 and ending up on the enemies list of the White Aryan Resistance, via Tom Metzger’s hotline, The Aryan Update. This episode features the first audio that I’ve heard of said hotline since calling it myself back then.
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WHOA - that is wild!!! I shared this & the link on your page with the team behind OPB's documentary about Mulugeta Seraw & our Evergreen episodes. Thank you for your kind words about the podcast and for sharing & listening 🙏
Today on @opb.org's The Evergreen:
We continue our exploration of how the racist murder of Mulugeta Seraw changed Portland. This week: how anti-racist youth & community activists confronted growing white supremacy in the city, & a landmark legal case that addressed the roots of the violence.
When systems of control benefit from social isolation; public togetherness & expression of shared values - confirming one is not alone - empower & sustain
This may be the biggest protest turnout I’ve seen in Portland. Just a sea of people at the waterfront. #NoKings @opb.org
