palabra.
the written word. essays, media appearances, and scholarship on housing justice, critical race theory, community building, and the places our neighborhoods need.
the written word.
community ownership as coming home
reparation is not a check. it is the return of place — the bookstore, the housing, the gathering space — to the people it was taken from.
what medical schools won’t teach you about race
health disparities are not mysteries. they are the direct result of centuries of policy. medicine has to teach the systems, not just the symptoms.
the central district isn’t coming back — it’s being rebuilt
the neighborhood of tomorrow will not look like the neighborhood of 1960. it will look like what the people who live there today decide to build.
the podcast — in conversation
long-form conversations with organizers, builders, and scholars on race, place, and the work of building institutions communities own.
listen on spotify↗in conversation.
what community ownership of land actually looks like in seattle
2025the central district rebuilds itself — this time on its own terms
2025estelita’s library is a bookstore. it is also a study in how neighborhoods survive.
2024a conversation on beacon hill, belonging, and building
2024the visual log.
images from the neighborhood, from the library, from the build sites. a visual log of the work.