Carrie Unick and Amy’s Place
Carrie Unick. photo: Kathryn Fentress Amy’s Place is a drop-in center on Friday and Saturday nights for [Read More...]
Jeni Miller and the Bellingham Food Bank
Jeni Miller loving life in the 'ham! Photo: Michael James, Noggin Branding by Kathryn Fentress Jeni Miller moved here in August 2010 from Seattle for a smaller town experience. She loves the beauty of the Northwest and the more open and [Read More...]
Junga Subedar and the Whatcom Civil Rights Project
by Kathryn Fentress Junga Subedar with Norbu, one of her wolf pack. photo: Edward Subedar Junga Subedar volunteers [Read More...]
Bill Distler, Vietnam Vet and Peace Activist
by Kathryn Fentress Bill Distler at the downtown Community Food Co-op. Photo: Kathryn Fentress Bill Distler, 69, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Bellingham in 1980. He is married and has a 16-year-old daughter. He volunteers with the Alternatives to Military Service Program and [Read More...]
Julianna Fischer: Student Activist
by Kathryn Fentress Julianna Fischer by the ocean in her home state of Maine. photo: Tess Johnson Julianna Fischer is a 22-year-old senior at Western Washington University who is graduating with a degree in Environmental Policy and minors in Energy Policy and Economics. She is being honored with [Read More...]
Juanita Jefferson: Lummi Elder and Activist
Juanita Jefferson photo: James K. [Read More...]
Lorena Havens: Writer, Teacher, Activist
Lorena Havens, a Whatcom Watch founder with Chico. photo: Carl Franz by Kathryn Fentress Lorena was recommended for this column as one of three women who had the original vision for the Whatcom Watch. She is an activist, a journalist, a meditation teacher, and writer. She and [Read More...]
Bill Sterling and the Center for Self Reliance
by Kathryn Fentress Bill Sterling, 63, was born in Bellingham and has lived here his whole life. He attended Sehome High School and Fairhaven College at Western Washington University. He has three adult sons and five grandchildren. He has been working in the environmental movement all of his adult life. [Read More...]
Mathilda (Mattie) Wheeler and the Bellingham Threshold Singers
by Kathryn Fentress Mattie Wheeler and her husband Andy located here 24 years ago to raise a family. She is currently finishing her thesis novel for a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts through the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. She loves creating art and acting in community theater and is [Read More...]
Kurt Prassé and Bellingham Repair Café
Kurt Prassé, Manager of the Café. by Kathryn Fentress Kurt Prassé, a native of Austria, has lived on four continents and moved to Bellingham this year. He has a three-year-old son who lives with him half time and he is in the process of rebuilding a house in [Read More...]