Azurite and Corey talk to Lorenzo and Oceana about the significance of culture in this episode. Notably, how the exploration of one’s own cultural ways allows for a kind of rootedness beyond place.

Azurite is a biracial Black, neurodivergent, artist, community organizer and mother. Azurite was born and raised in the Southwest before moving to Port Townsend where she has lived for the better part of two decades. Azurite has been working with PGM youth and families in community settings through the BIPOC Family Excursion Program alongside Corey Chin and with Tonia Burkett and Zhaleh Almea as a member of the Community Equity Initiative. Azurite also works within the Port Townsend School District co-facilitating the Port Townsend School district’s BIPOC student unions with other PGM community members. Azurite hopes to continue  ...