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♪♪

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[Julie Chang Schulman] 
So, "On the Block"

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is a all-day monthly event
where we bring together

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local vendors, makers, curators, vintage
folks from our community.

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We have performances,
7 hours of stage for DJs and movement,

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and it is just a way of really
tying together

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not just vendors,
but also the local ecosystem

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with the spaces and the youth
and the creatives...that's "On the Block."

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[Rialto Estolas] The event came from us
talking about having spaces

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to have people come out
and have vendors and music

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for people who don't have spaces to do so
and give people platforms

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and opportunities that they may
not have available.

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(♪♪)

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[Carolyn Hitt] It's open to everybody.

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It's free.

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There's no gates, no fees.

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As well. as it directly supports 
three different

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BIPOC-led creative and community
cultural spaces right here on this block.

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[Diana Adams] Rio Estolas
 owns Throwbacks Northwest.

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Carolyn Hitt runs Blue Cone
Studios and 

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Julie Chang Schulman is a local artist,

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and I'm the owner and operator
of Vermilion Art Gallery and Bar.

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The four of us have been hanging around
for years together on this block

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and we kind of decided
to put our heads together and

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come up with something
that would be community-building.

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♪♪

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"On the Block" is

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supported in part by a grant
from the Office of Economic Development

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from the City of Seattle,
a neighborhood recovery.

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[Roger Maldonado] What's beautiful

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about "On the Block"
is that it's about creativity,

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and it's about amplifying
the local creative scene.

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(♪♪)

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[Jewel Perkins] It's all about showing off
your streetwear, showing off your artwork,

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and having a really good time
with everyone here involved.

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[Julie Chang Schulman]  Thank you for being a part
Second Saturdays "On the Block."

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♪♪