Panel Discussion – PLACEHOLDER: Roots, Rupture + Regeneration

Join us for a community conversation held in conjunction with the current exhibit at Columbia City Gallery, PLACEHOLDER: Roots, Rupture + Regeneration. This gathering brings together voices from across communities and organizations engaged in local place keeping and anti-displacement efforts.

Moderator: Lia Yaranon Hall, Curator
Featuring Panelists:

Cynthia Brothers, Vanishing Seattle
Asia Tail, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective
Daniel Smith, Artist
Mateo Quispe, Poet Laureate of Auburn

James Lovell,Chief Seattle Club

As the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan moves forward—shaping how neighborhoods grow, change, and endure for generations—this moment invites reflection and action. Together, we will explore themes of rematriation, cultural stewardship, and community self-determination, centering lived experience, collective memory, and community-led futures.

This event offers space for dialogue, listening, and connection across disciplines and communities working to protect cultural presence and belonging in Southeast Seattle and beyond.