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Business Spotlight: Lawtiwa Babersalon

Meet Deanna Teasley, hair care extraordinaire and owner of Lawtiwa (pronounced like brow tea jaw) Barbersalon in Burien, WA. Lawtiwa Barbersalon is a Native and Black-owned business that specializes in all types of hair from all ages, ethnicities, and gender. When you walk into the quirky salon, you'll see Deanna's family photos adorning...

The In-TEN-tionalist Guide to Filipinx owned businesses in San Francisco

Across the United States, Filipinx American History Month is celebrated in October to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos on the continent in the sixteenth century. Flilipinx people make up 35% of the population in San Francisco, California, which makes Fil-Am History Month is an...

Chicana-Owned Business Offers Nurturing Spiritual Refuge Amid Widespread Turbulence

Maria Muñoz, owner of Light Owl Healing When Maria Muñoz moved her business and spiritual space, Light Owl Healing, to a private, green building in Fremont, she noticed something interesting. Situated on the north edge of Fremont, near the Woodland Park Zoo, she’d expected to feel some...

Salvadorean Bakery: Building Community From the Ground Up

Salvadorean Bakery owners and sisters Aminta Elgin and Ana Castro trace their passion for baking back to the brick oven their grandfather built in El Rosario de La Paz, El Salvador. Their grandmother ran a well-known bakery from the back of her house where they made everything from scratch —...

Economic allyship + Cristian Roldan

This year athlete activism supporting social justice and calls for economic allyship have reached a crescendo. In August, Seattle Sounders FC announced the launch of, "We Are All Sounders," to fight racism, defend the right to play, stand for LGBTQ+ equality and protect our planet. Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Cristian Roldan is among the...

Latinx Heritage Month: Juntos Latinx

It’s Latinx Heritage Month, and we’re excited to celebrate the many ways that together, the diversity of Latinx-owned businesses make our communities better - Juntos Latinx. In addition to the health impacts of COVID-19, according to a Stanford University survey, from February to April 2020, the number of Latinx-owned businesses dropped by...

Retail Therapy Owner Reflects on Art, Activism, and Adapting to Evolving Community Needs

Amid the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Wazhma Samizay booked an international trip with her long-accumulated vacation hours. Unbeknownst to her, that vacation would alter the course of her life forever. Recalling her visits to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, she said that she learned...