WEBVTT 00:00:00.834 --> 00:00:10.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:00:10.834 --> 00:00:19.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:00:20.501 --> 00:00:26.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Vehicles passing ] 00:00:40.701 --> 00:00:43.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The idea behind taking ownership 00:00:43.167 --> 00:00:46.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of what was just a restaurant and a bar 00:00:46.501 --> 00:00:50.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was to create a space where the neighborhood 00:00:50.167 --> 00:00:55.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% can come together and share with each other. 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Door creaks ] 00:01:01.033 --> 00:01:04.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The actual word "hidmo," in Tigrinya, 00:01:04.167 --> 00:01:07.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% the language spoken in Eritrea, where I'm from, 00:01:07.033 --> 00:01:08.801 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% they are the traditional huts 00:01:08.801 --> 00:01:13.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that you would find in the countryside in the villages. 00:01:13.033 --> 00:01:16.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It literally means "home," like a home, 00:01:16.234 --> 00:01:20.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we like to say here that Hidmo means "home," 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we like that Hidmo is a home for lots of different things 00:01:22.901 --> 00:01:24.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in the Central District. 00:01:24.100 --> 00:01:27.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Speaking Tigrinya ] 00:01:27.534 --> 00:01:29.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Thank you. 00:01:34.267 --> 00:01:36.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Bell rings ] 00:01:37.434 --> 00:01:38.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Indistinct conversation ] 00:01:38.667 --> 00:01:42.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Our doors are open to any individual, organization, 00:01:42.501 --> 00:01:46.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or entity that exists whose goal it is to build community. 00:01:46.801 --> 00:01:48.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And just so you guys know, because it's an all-ages show 00:01:48.934 --> 00:01:50.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and the bar's not gonna be open, 00:01:50.167 --> 00:01:52.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm gonna do last call like at 7:00, 00:01:52.167 --> 00:01:54.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which is in about 20 minutes, so... 00:01:54.834 --> 00:01:56.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Yeah. 00:01:56.467 --> 00:01:58.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Whoo! 00:01:58.100 --> 00:01:59.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Yeah. 00:01:59.601 --> 00:02:00.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Ah, yeah ♪ 00:02:00.667 --> 00:02:02.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Ah, ah, yeah ♪ 00:02:02.667 --> 00:02:04.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Ah, ah ♪ 00:02:04.167 --> 00:02:06.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Singing indistinctly ] 00:02:06.334 --> 00:02:10.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -[ Singing in foreign language ] 00:02:10.567 --> 00:02:12.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Whoo! 00:02:12.033 --> 00:02:16.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Hidmo is also a space where the untold stories can be told. 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Obviously, it's no secret that the Central District 00:02:19.534 --> 00:02:22.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is being heavily gentrified right now. 00:02:22.067 --> 00:02:26.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I mean, since 1983, this area has gone through drastic change, 00:02:26.567 --> 00:02:29.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and so we thought it would be really good 00:02:29.734 --> 00:02:33.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for everyone to have the chance to participate 00:02:33.234 --> 00:02:35.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and have a voice in what happens. 00:02:35.701 --> 00:02:39.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And we do it here through, you know, art and music 00:02:39.167 --> 00:02:41.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and just allowing, you know, a space to exist 00:02:41.501 --> 00:02:43.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that kind of honors that history. 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:45.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -How are you all feeling tonight? 00:02:45.167 --> 00:02:47.133 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% [ Cheers and applause ] 00:02:47.133 --> 00:02:48.801 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Damn straight. 00:02:48.801 --> 00:02:50.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% That's more like it. 00:02:50.968 --> 00:02:54.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -[ Rapping ] ♪ And not even tell me that I can't do it ♪ 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:55.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Yes, I'm a woman ♪ 00:02:55.601 --> 00:02:57.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ A black woman, and I'm questioning everything ♪ 00:02:57.667 --> 00:03:00.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It's a community center without being a community center. 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I tell people, like, "This is really a community center 00:03:02.901 --> 00:03:04.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% masquerading as a restaurant." 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:06.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I know there's kids that used to be scared 00:03:06.701 --> 00:03:08.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% walking from Washington Middle School 00:03:08.834 --> 00:03:11.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% to their house at the Manor just like three blocks away, 00:03:11.534 --> 00:03:14.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and when they found that they could come into Hidmo, 00:03:14.033 --> 00:03:16.234 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% they felt safe on that walk all of a sudden. 00:03:16.234 --> 00:03:18.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Prophetic revise, division revise, 00:03:18.834 --> 00:03:20.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% rewritten comprised, sort of divides, 00:03:20.868 --> 00:03:22.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% neatly surmised and categorized, 00:03:22.501 --> 00:03:26.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% stole your prize with that demise was quite simply put 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:27.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% a token. 00:03:27.334 --> 00:03:29.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -♪ Yes, I got a lot of tricks up my sleeve ♪ 00:03:29.934 --> 00:03:31.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ It's so damn good ♪ 00:03:31.834 --> 00:03:34.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Around our first-year anniversary, 00:03:34.467 --> 00:03:37.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we had a community officer come in and tell us 00:03:37.767 --> 00:03:40.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that some of the neighbors were feeling 00:03:40.901 --> 00:03:43.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that our existence on 20th and Jackson -- 00:03:43.634 --> 00:03:46.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Hidmo's existence on 20th and Jackson -- 00:03:46.334 --> 00:03:50.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was creating a negative vibe, basically. 00:03:50.567 --> 00:03:53.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They called us an "attractive nuisance." 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Drums playing ] 00:03:55.801 --> 00:04:01.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:04:01.601 --> 00:04:03.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So while we thought we were brining in all this art 00:04:03.834 --> 00:04:05.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and all this music 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:07.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and providing a space for youth and providing a space for women, 00:04:07.434 --> 00:04:11.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we found out that our neighbors thought we were a huge nuisance. 00:04:11.167 --> 00:04:12.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:04:12.167 --> 00:04:15.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -We're trying to do positive things. 00:04:15.367 --> 00:04:17.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's all-ages events here in a time 00:04:17.934 --> 00:04:21.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% when there's not many things for kids to do after school. 00:04:21.501 --> 00:04:25.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We're trying to make this a safe place in an unsafe world. 00:04:25.868 --> 00:04:28.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% We want to create more of those, 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:30.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and not just in Hidmo but throughout Seattle. 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Where are you? 00:04:34.534 --> 00:04:35.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% You're two minutes away? 00:04:35.734 --> 00:04:37.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Okay, everything better be tuned and ready to go 00:04:37.334 --> 00:04:39.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because you guys are supposed to be on like right now. 00:04:39.801 --> 00:04:42.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% They were tuning the drums. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They're on their way here. He said he's two minutes away. 00:04:45.400 --> 00:04:48.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Ugh, they're gonna give me a heart attack! 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:49.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Oh, my gosh! 00:04:49.234 --> 00:04:52.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I was born in a little country called Eritrea. 00:04:52.934 --> 00:04:56.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's in northeast Africa, north of Ethiopia, 00:04:56.334 --> 00:04:58.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and right on the coast of the Red Sea. 00:05:00.701 --> 00:05:06.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% When I was born, it was a province of Ethiopia, 00:05:06.834 --> 00:05:10.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and there was a really, really bitter civil war happening, 00:05:10.334 --> 00:05:14.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which my dad was a rebel fighter in. 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:20.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Both my parents took all at the time six of us kids 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and left Eritrea. 00:05:21.767 --> 00:05:25.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We were refugees in Khartoum, Sudan, 00:05:25.334 --> 00:05:28.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and after, you know, 2 1/2 years, 00:05:28.133 --> 00:05:29.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there was no way for us to get educated 00:05:29.467 --> 00:05:33.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and there was no way for us to just live outside 00:05:33.167 --> 00:05:37.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and free as Christians in Sudan at the time. 00:05:37.133 --> 00:05:39.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And so, my dad gave up the idea 00:05:39.834 --> 00:05:41.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of waiting out the war in Khartoum 00:05:41.834 --> 00:05:47.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and applied for asylum in Germany and in the U.S., 00:05:47.334 --> 00:05:49.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and our U.S. papers came in first. 00:05:49.667 --> 00:05:53.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so we ended up coming to Seattle. 00:05:53.300 --> 00:05:55.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Guitar playing ] 00:05:55.133 --> 00:05:59.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We were settled in an apartment on MLK and McClellan 00:05:59.334 --> 00:06:02.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in August of 1983. 00:06:02.167 --> 00:06:05.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% At the time, there were seven kids, 00:06:05.033 --> 00:06:09.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% two parents, and my little baby brother Tommy was on the way. 00:06:09.334 --> 00:06:11.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And he was actually born in that two-bedroom apartment 00:06:11.801 --> 00:06:12.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% on MLK and McClellan. 00:06:12.801 --> 00:06:14.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -[ Speaking Tigrinya ] 00:06:14.901 --> 00:06:18.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Are you gonna talk in English to me? 00:06:18.501 --> 00:06:20.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Conversing in Tigrinya ] 00:06:20.767 --> 00:06:21.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Mm-hmm. 00:06:21.834 --> 00:06:23.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% In a lot of families that immigrate, 00:06:23.834 --> 00:06:25.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's this huge cultural divide 00:06:25.834 --> 00:06:29.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% between the kids and the parents because the kids are growing up 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as a different culture than their parents are, 00:06:32.434 --> 00:06:36.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and so one of the things that I started doing last year 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is running the East African Club at Mercer Middle School. 00:06:41.501 --> 00:06:44.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think it's important for them to have 00:06:44.367 --> 00:06:47.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% older East African women in their lives. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:49.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Even though I don't speak in my mother's tongue, 00:06:49.501 --> 00:06:52.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% let there be no confusion about where I come from. 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:55.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You couldn't tell I'm Ethiopian, born in a foreign land, 00:06:55.200 --> 00:06:58.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Scottish and Irish dad, had more indigenous roots further back. 00:06:58.667 --> 00:07:01.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I barely knew them, though, who were mostly in my mom's family. 00:07:01.501 --> 00:07:06.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Hidmo's not only the physical space on 20th and Jackson. 00:07:06.200 --> 00:07:08.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It exists to increase dialogue 00:07:08.367 --> 00:07:11.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and kind of broadens the dialogue. 00:07:11.033 --> 00:07:14.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It allows more people to be involved in the dialogue. 00:07:14.868 --> 00:07:21.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -[ Singing indistinctly ] 00:07:21.501 --> 00:07:25.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Had an accidental rhythm ♪ 00:07:25.534 --> 00:07:27.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Yeah ♪ 00:07:27.701 --> 00:07:30.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -If you don't know what to write, that's okay. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But just put the pen to the page and write anyways. 00:07:33.067 --> 00:07:35.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Even if you write, "I don't know what to write." 00:07:35.968 --> 00:07:39.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I've started songs saying, "I don't know where to begin." 00:07:39.334 --> 00:07:40.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% That was the beginning 00:07:40.734 --> 00:07:43.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of one of my favorite songs I've ever written, so... 00:07:48.067 --> 00:07:50.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Sometimes, you might not be a writer, 00:07:50.934 --> 00:07:53.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but when you read other people's writings 00:07:53.167 --> 00:07:54.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and when you listen to other songs, 00:07:54.767 --> 00:07:57.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you start thinking, like, "Man, I got a story like that." 00:07:57.167 --> 00:07:58.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -This is yours. 00:07:58.234 --> 00:08:00.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% I hope I do it justice. 00:08:00.234 --> 00:08:04.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She's very unhappy because her hair is very nappy. 00:08:04.334 --> 00:08:07.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% In case you don't feel the same, look at your face. 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She was told she was awesome, but she lost some. 00:08:10.067 --> 00:08:13.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She didn't eat much food because she was from the hood. 00:08:13.501 --> 00:08:16.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She didn't go to school, just stood on a stool. 00:08:16.501 --> 00:08:21.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She didn't have much money and wasn't very funny. 00:08:21.167 --> 00:08:24.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Cheers and applause ] 00:08:24.667 --> 00:08:27.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Mine's called "The Hidmo." 00:08:27.501 --> 00:08:28.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Hey! 00:08:28.501 --> 00:08:30.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -[ Clears throat ] 00:08:30.601 --> 00:08:33.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Man, the food and the cakes got a real good taste. 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:36.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You could tell that I'm happy by the look on my face. 00:08:36.133 --> 00:08:38.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% All my friends eat there, so the time is spent 00:08:38.667 --> 00:08:40.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in the kitchen, where the cook is so confident. 00:08:40.968 --> 00:08:44.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% She can make you a dish sophisticated, 00:08:44.267 --> 00:08:46.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it might take a minute, so get some patience. 00:08:46.601 --> 00:08:48.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I might order me some tea while I be waiting. 00:08:48.968 --> 00:08:51.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's so awesome-tasting, totally amazing, 00:08:51.133 --> 00:08:54.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I ain't just trying to get you to eat there. 00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:56.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You might not go, but you will see me there. 00:08:56.701 --> 00:08:59.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Cheers and applause ] 00:08:59.701 --> 00:09:01.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Applause ] 00:09:01.167 --> 00:09:03.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -I see everybody's face. 00:09:03.534 --> 00:09:05.834 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% I see everybody's face! 00:09:05.834 --> 00:09:07.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Hidmo! What's up? 00:09:07.534 --> 00:09:09.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Cheers and applause ] 00:09:09.601 --> 00:09:13.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so Ladies First is a project of ours. 00:09:13.300 --> 00:09:15.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's the grassroots expression of our mission, 00:09:15.501 --> 00:09:18.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which is to undermine rape and violence in our community. 00:09:18.767 --> 00:09:21.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Hip-hop music playing ] 00:09:21.167 --> 00:09:23.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Ladies First is a monthly all-women showcase 00:09:23.801 --> 00:09:28.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that shares the art and the music and the stories of women. 00:09:28.734 --> 00:09:30.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:30.501 --> 00:09:33.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a ♪ 00:09:33.501 --> 00:09:34.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:34.834 --> 00:09:36.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:36.267 --> 00:09:39.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a ♪ 00:09:39.267 --> 00:09:40.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:40.601 --> 00:09:42.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:42.033 --> 00:09:45.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a ♪ 00:09:45.033 --> 00:09:48.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ I like to sing-a ♪ 00:09:48.667 --> 00:09:51.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I've never been to a place in Seattle 00:09:51.234 --> 00:09:53.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that has been more, like, just -- 00:09:53.501 --> 00:09:55.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you just feel at home when you come in. 00:09:55.667 --> 00:09:58.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -♪ Dancing machine with my right foot, left ♪ 00:09:58.334 --> 00:10:00.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The crowds are always so different, 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and it's like all ages. 00:10:01.467 --> 00:10:04.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like, this is a place that I have been waiting for 00:10:04.133 --> 00:10:05.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for a long time. 00:10:05.601 --> 00:10:08.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like, the mixture, and you're all people from all over town 00:10:08.467 --> 00:10:10.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that just are here to just chill. 00:10:10.234 --> 00:10:11.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It's the village. It's the village. 00:10:11.400 --> 00:10:12.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Exactly. 00:10:12.701 --> 00:10:13.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -[ Rapping ] ♪ What happened to community? ♪ 00:10:13.834 --> 00:10:16.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Hip-hop is not a fraternity ♪ 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ I'm not an accessory to your crime ♪ 00:10:17.334 --> 00:10:18.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ A riverbank to your flow ♪ 00:10:18.667 --> 00:10:20.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ The sound is polluted ♪ 00:10:20.133 --> 00:10:22.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Have you forgotten the source of your own currents? ♪ 00:10:22.501 --> 00:10:24.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Currently, hip-hop is a monopoly ♪ 00:10:24.834 --> 00:10:26.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -♪ They don't want us to pass "go" ♪ 00:10:26.334 --> 00:10:27.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Step up to be heard ♪ 00:10:27.667 --> 00:10:29.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Step back to reflect ♪ 00:10:29.067 --> 00:10:31.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ We in the right direction, but we ain't there yet ♪ 00:10:31.567 --> 00:10:32.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ So what comes next? ♪ 00:10:32.801 --> 00:10:34.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ First, look us in the eye ♪ 00:10:34.367 --> 00:10:36.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Won't stop the music, time to realize ♪ 00:10:36.634 --> 00:10:37.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Step up to be heard ♪ 00:10:37.634 --> 00:10:38.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Step back to reflect ♪ 00:10:38.834 --> 00:10:40.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ We in the right direction, but... ♪ 00:10:40.334 --> 00:10:43.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -We thought just our existence was a community-building thing, 00:10:43.667 --> 00:10:45.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% so we didn't feel the need to, 00:10:45.334 --> 00:10:48.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like, say, "Hey, Hidmo -- we build community here." 00:10:48.300 --> 00:10:51.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But going through that experience with our neighbors, 00:10:51.868 --> 00:10:54.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we decided to organize an open house. 00:10:54.534 --> 00:10:56.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Well, the open house turned into, you know, 00:10:56.667 --> 00:10:58.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% somebody just kind of grabbed the mike 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and started saying, "Well," you know, 00:11:00.334 --> 00:11:02.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% just pouring their heart out 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% about how important Hidmo was to them, and then 00:11:04.634 --> 00:11:06.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% another person got on the mike, and then another person, 00:11:06.601 --> 00:11:08.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then somebody who'd never been at Hidmo was just like, 00:11:08.834 --> 00:11:11.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "I feel," you know, "I feel the love." 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And the neighbors were present, 00:11:12.834 --> 00:11:15.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the assistant city attorney was present, 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:16.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and police officers were present. 00:11:16.901 --> 00:11:18.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Here for dinner? 00:11:18.734 --> 00:11:20.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -I'm here to... 00:11:20.501 --> 00:11:21.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Oh! You are... 00:11:21.868 --> 00:11:26.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Us going through that experience resulted in thinking about 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what we could possibly do about it, 00:11:27.634 --> 00:11:30.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but the gentrification is obviously such a huge issue. 00:11:30.334 --> 00:11:32.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so we came up with something called 00:11:32.334 --> 00:11:34.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the Hidmo Community Empowerment Project. 00:11:34.868 --> 00:11:36.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We're gonna canvass the neighborhood 00:11:36.834 --> 00:11:40.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and find out what issues the people are thinking about. 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:43.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We're just gonna take on a different topic 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to talk about as neighbors every month, 00:11:46.234 --> 00:11:49.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and so, say if, like, safety is an issue, 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:51.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what does safety mean to each individual person? 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And depending who the person is, where they're coming from, 00:11:53.334 --> 00:11:54.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where they live, how long they've lived here, 00:11:54.868 --> 00:11:56.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what race they are, what gender they are, 00:11:56.334 --> 00:11:59.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, that safety is gonna mean something very different, 00:11:59.334 --> 00:12:01.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and so trying to find out if there is a way 00:12:01.834 --> 00:12:04.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we can all kind of live together 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and get to know each other 00:12:05.133 --> 00:12:06.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and, you know, build a sense of community 00:12:06.834 --> 00:12:08.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% where it doesn't seem like 00:12:08.234 --> 00:12:10.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a strong sense of community existed anymore. 00:12:10.634 --> 00:12:12.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ My mother's homeless ♪ 00:12:12.667 --> 00:12:16.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ My brother's hopeless ♪ 00:12:16.334 --> 00:12:21.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Never had a daddy, so I guess he don't matter much ♪ 00:12:21.501 --> 00:12:24.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Most of the people that come into the Hidmo 00:12:24.934 --> 00:12:29.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% have come from marginalized of the marginalized communities. 00:12:29.434 --> 00:12:31.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Our lives are not pretty. 00:12:31.567 --> 00:12:34.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Our histories are not pretty. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:35.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -We spoke of peace. 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% He pulled out his piece 00:12:36.167 --> 00:12:38.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and made everyone get down on their knees. 00:12:38.767 --> 00:12:40.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Those stories are here, 00:12:40.267 --> 00:12:44.167 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and you can't make that look good, you know? 00:12:44.167 --> 00:12:48.334 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% But what is good is that if you really want a community, 00:12:48.334 --> 00:12:50.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% then those voices need to be heard, 00:12:50.634 --> 00:12:53.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and so if the neighbors want a model 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:56.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for things that are possible in the city of Seattle, 00:12:56.400 --> 00:12:58.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they should truly look to the Hidmo. 00:12:58.901 --> 00:13:02.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -[ Rapping indistinctly ] 00:13:02.234 --> 00:13:03.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:13:03.567 --> 00:13:05.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I always told her, like, if we ever blow up 00:13:05.834 --> 00:13:07.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and make it really big, like, 00:13:07.267 --> 00:13:09.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we're gonna give Hidmo the best that we got 00:13:09.501 --> 00:13:12.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because we owe Hidmo basically our careers. 00:13:12.167 --> 00:13:14.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Yeah, basically. 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:15.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Love Hidmo. 00:13:15.601 --> 00:13:17.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Both laugh ] 00:13:17.400 --> 00:13:18.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% [ Gabriel Teodros and Toni Hill's "Lovework" plays ] 00:13:18.400 --> 00:13:20.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ 'Sup, y'all? ♪ 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ It's just the sunshine after the storm ♪ 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:27.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% [ Woman vocalizing, indistinct rapping ] 00:13:27.167 --> 00:13:29.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ We strive to get free like my most style ♪ 00:13:29.667 --> 00:13:32.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ So fake, just a little bit of know-how ♪ 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Music raised me, the grace of my first child ♪ 00:13:34.334 --> 00:13:36.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ It's ageless, y'all I want to ask God how ♪ 00:13:36.667 --> 00:13:39.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ She put me back together and release what comes out ♪ 00:13:39.167 --> 00:13:41.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ My mouth 'cause it ain't me, I thank she ♪ 00:13:41.667 --> 00:13:44.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ But these niggas came through and they saved me ♪ 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Work is love, and it forced out of face me ♪ 00:13:46.501 --> 00:13:48.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And of course, I've been lazy before ♪ 00:13:48.501 --> 00:13:50.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ But lately, been chasing my heart through a war ♪ 00:13:50.834 --> 00:13:53.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Until the day comes that it don't hurt no more ♪ 00:13:53.334 --> 00:13:55.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Either way, y'all, I ain't never been poor ♪ 00:13:55.667 --> 00:13:58.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Even though I never had no money to show ♪ 00:13:58.167 --> 00:14:00.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ I've come to know that this flow is priceless ♪ 00:14:00.501 --> 00:14:02.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ No money can buy it, and no rapper can bite it ♪ 00:14:02.667 --> 00:14:05.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ We spit good medicine, it shows that you aspired ♪ 00:14:05.334 --> 00:14:07.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ Loveworks ♪ 00:14:07.167 --> 00:14:09.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Live life ♪ 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:21.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪♪