Northwest Passages: Spokane Black Voices Symposium

Shadle Park grad and Hollywood producer Mandi Price, former Spokane NAACP president and Spokesman-Review columnist Kiantha Duncan, and Spokane author Stephaine Courtney in conversation with high school students presenting their artistic perspectives on Black lives in Spokane.

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Wed., Feb. 15, 2023

Shadle Park grad and Hollywood producer Mandi Price imparts advice to the younger generation of Black youth gathered at the Northwest Passages Spokane Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Presenters at Spokane Black Voices, left to right, Dante Crawford, Talina Moore, April Eberhardt, Mandi Price, Stephaine Courtney, Kiantha Duncan, Nwannediya Kalu, Grace Kellogg, Hawwi Jebena, Dontae LaMere, Donalda Brantley and Aisha Rodriguez pose Wednesday for a photo before the Northwest Passages’ Black Voices Symposium event at Central Library.

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Stephaine Courtney, author of “Our Community: Black Leaders in Spokane,” speaks Wednesday at the Northwest Passages’ Black Voices Symposium at Central Library.

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Donalda Brantley, a junior a Rogers High School, on left, speaks to moderator Nwannediya Kalu about her writing at the Northwest Passages Spokane Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Moderator Kiantha Duncan, far left, gathered young and older generations Black voices so that they could share messages of strength and purpose during the Northwest Passages Spokane Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Shadle Park grad and Hollywood producer Mandi Price, on left, and former Spokane NAACP president and Spokesman-Review columnist Kiantha Duncan, pose for a photo before at the Northwest Passages Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Hawwi Jebena, a junior at Gonzaga Prep, on left, speaks to moderator moderator Nwannediya Kalu about her art at the Northwest Passages Spokane Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.at the Northwest Passages Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Dante Crawford, a junior at Shadle Park High School, reads his poem ÒBright Flame at the Northwest Passages Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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Presenters at Spokane Black Voices, left to right, Talina Moore, Dante Crawford, Aisha Rodriquez, Donalda Brantley, Dontae LaMere, Grace Kellogg, and Hawwi Jebena at the Northwest Passages Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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A crowd gathers to hear a variety of Black voices at the Northwest Passages Spokane Black Symposium event on Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, at Central Library.

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