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    Articles by Samantha Pak
    Proud to be themselves | Windows and Mirrors
    Proud to be themselves | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • July 2, 2019 1:30 am

    June is Pride month and PFLAG Bellevue Eastside has been supporting the local LGBTQ+ community since 1996.

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    Photo courtesy of Nick Wold/Mercer Island High School                                Students from Mercer Island High School’s Margins program met with various nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles, including Watts Towers, where they speak with a representative about the organization’s sustainable garden.
    Closing the margins | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • June 16, 2019 1:30 am

    How a program at Mercer Island High School is helping students affect social change.

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    Best Buddies include everyone | Windows and Mirrors
    Best Buddies include everyone | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • May 17, 2019 1:30 am

    North Creek’s new club this year works to promote inclusion and helps students make friends and connections.

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    Building a community of belonging | Windows and Mirrors
    Building a community of belonging | Windows and...
    By Samantha Pak • May 7, 2019 1:30 am

    LWTech is putting in the work to ensure employees feel welcomed on campus.

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    Samantha Pak/staff photo                                From left, Rachel Ramirez-Silva and Kalika Curry lead a discussion on talking about race at the Eastside Race and Leadership Coalition’s race and equity summit.
    Raising the village: Accomplices wanted | Windows and...
    By Samantha Pak • April 24, 2019 8:30 am

    The conversation around race on the Eastside continues.

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    The difficulty of aging in place | Windows and Mirrors
    The difficulty of aging in place | Windows...
    By Samantha Pak • April 9, 2019 1:30 am

    Living on a fixed income in an increasingly expensive region is not easy.

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    In lieu of a perfect world | Windows and Mirrors
    In lieu of a perfect world | Windows...
    By Samantha Pak • March 27, 2019 8:30 am

    Violence in the world will happen but we shouldn’t just resign ourselves to it.

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    Samantha Pak/staff photo                                Two indigenous performers embrace during a break in their dancing in Plaza Coyoacán in Mexico City.
    Lessons from our neighbors | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • March 13, 2019 1:30 am

    Traveling abroad is an easy reminder to check your ethnocentrism.

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    Samantha Pak/staff photo                                Maryam Griffin (left) of the University of Washington Bothell interviews art curator Alma Salem during her visit to the school on Feb. 7.
    The soul of history | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • February 25, 2019 1:30 am

    Syrian arts curator and cultural advisor shares how art can tell the story of history.

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    From left, KUOW’s “All Things Considered” host Kim Malcolm interviews New York Times journalist Jonathan Weisman about the rise of bigotry in the United States. Samantha Pak/staff photo
    Combating bigotry | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • January 23, 2019 8:30 am

    Author and journalist Jonathan Weisman visited the Stroum Jewish Community Center to as part of the center’s “Words to the Wise” series.

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    Paying twice for their mistakes | Windows and Mirrors
    Paying twice for their mistakes | Windows and...
    By Samantha Pak • January 12, 2019 8:30 am

    Southeast Asians are at greater risk of being deported to countries many haven’t been to since they were young or have never been to.

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    Marknisha Hervol, an eighth grader at Environmental & Adventure School in Kirkland, gets her book signed by Fredi Lajvardi during his appearance at the Peter Kirk Community Center. Samantha Pak/staff photo
    OPINION: What happens when we believe | Windows...
    By Samantha Pak • November 2, 2018 1:30 am

    How an unlikely group of teenagers achieved success through the support of their community.

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    When we ban books | Windows and Mirrors
    When we ban books | Windows and Mirrors
    By Samantha Pak • October 15, 2018 6:30 am

    What message does it send when certain stories are censored?

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    The default in our own stories | Editorial
    The default in our own stories | Editorial
    By Samantha Pak • August 17, 2018 11:00 am

    Senior editor Samantha Pak reflects on what representation in media means to her.

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    Power restored in Olde Town Issaquah following possible equipment failure
    Power restored in Olde Town Issaquah following possible...
    By Samantha Pak • August 9, 2018 3:30 pm

    Puget Sound Energy is investigating equpiment within its West Issaquah Substation.

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    Freedom to feel safe | Reporter’s Desk
    By Samantha Pak • July 3, 2018 1:20 pm

    Let’s not forget that July 4 is a day that celebrates the freedoms we have in this country.

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    Sammamish resident Bob Krulish shares his story of living with type 1 bipolar disorder at the Together Strong breakfast for the Together Center in Redmond (Samantha Pak/staff photo).
    Speakers at Together Center fundraiser focus on importance...
    By Samantha Pak • April 3, 2017 12:34 pm

    At the Together Center in downtown Redmond, much of what the nonprofit organizations do is in the campus’ name.

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    The Landing offers overnight shelter for young adults in Redmond
    The Landing offers overnight shelter for young adults...
    By Samantha Pak • February 3, 2017 3:10 pm

    Editor’s note: This is the second part of a month-long series that focuses on homelessness on the Eastside.

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    Ramiro Valderrama/contributed photo
    From education to traffic congestion, Valderrama is focused...
    By Samantha Pak • July 22, 2016 12:30 pm

    Ramiro Valderrama first became involved in local civic issues when he and other Sammamish residents were concerned about some of the road construction happening in their city.

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    From left to right
    KING 5 trio and Eastside residents, file their...
    By Samantha Pak • May 9, 2016 10:08 am

    For broadcast journalists who are on TV regularly, it is not uncommon for people to approach them as if they know them and treat them as members of their immediate community.

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