Since 2011, Tacoma nonprofit Alchemy Skateboarding has been transforming the lives of local young people through its skate-based programming. Read more in our FREE digital issue in IG bio link or FB comment.
1st photo: Alchemy Skateboarding Executive Director Taylor Woodruff.
2nd photo: Reuben Tweet (left), 17, gets help from Program Director Travis Stull drilling a skateboard deck at Alchemy Skateboarding.
3rd photo: Cheef Williams (right), 18, and Alchemy Skateboarding Executive Director Taylor Woodruff skate the half-pipe at Alchemy Skateboarding in Tacoma.
Photo credit: Jason Redmond (@fotojay )
Writer: Daniel O’Neil (@daniel.v.oneil )
Alchemy Skateboarding (@alchemy_skateboarding )
Fans of all ages attend the Seattle Seahawks’ Superbowl LX victory parade and trophy ceremony in Seattle on February 11, 2026. (Photos by Jason Redmond / AFP)
Seattle Seahawks fans celebrate in Pioneer Square after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LX, in Seattle, Washington, on February 8, 2026. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP)
People carry signs during the “Tacoma May Day - Stand Up for Worker and Immigrant Rights!” march and rally outside the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington on May 1, 2025. (Photos by Jason Redmond / AFP) @afpnewsagency
Farmworker organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez carries a flag to the steps of the John A. Cherberg Building at the Washington State Capitol during a Farmworker Tribunal event in Olympia, Wash. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Juarez, 25, was arrested by ICE on Tuesday and is being held at the Northwest ICE Process Center in Tacoma, Wash., according to news reports. (Jason Redmond for Cascade PBS)
People hold signs and Palestinian flags as they protest the arrest of former Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil and show support for Palestinians during a “Fight for Our Rights” demonstration by Shut It Down for Palestine (SID4P) and various local groups at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, on March 15, 2025. Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent faces of Columbia University’s protest movement that erupted in response to Israel’s conduct of the war, was arrested on March 9, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on X. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) @afpnewsagency@afpphoto
Check out the truly amazing work happening at PAWS’ Cat City facility in Seattle’s University District in our My Workspace story in the Feb/March 2025 1889 Magazine issue found on stands or, better yet!, in your mailbox. Thank you, Mick Szydlowski and PAWS for all of the wonderful work you do. Such a heartwarming story. 🐈⬛ ☀️ 🥰
📷: Jason Redmond @fotojay
Two Tesla cars drive by as a counter-demonstrator in the street makes a straight-arm hand gesture towards people participating in a “TeslaTakedown” protest against Elon Musk outside of a Tesla showroom in Seattle on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and was speaking at the White House with Trump, who has in recent weeks issued a flurry of orders aimed at slashing federal spending. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) @afpnewsagency@afpphoto
People march along Alki Avenue against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a “Get our Gente Out of Guantanamo Bay!” rally in Seattle, Washington, on February 8, 2025. The US is starting to fly detained migrants to Naval Base Guantanamo in Cuba as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migration, officials said on February 4, 2025. (Photos for @afpnewsagency@afpphoto )
