Third Place for Social Issues reporting in the Society of Professional Journalists of Western Washington’s 2006 Excellence in Journalism Competition. After nearly 40 years, members of the ground breaking Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party organized a reunion with the intent of passing on their knowledge of successful organizing to today’s young generation of community activists — “[Our principles] might be put toward another situation, another form of struggle,” former Seattle Chapter Black Panther Party lieutenant of information Ron Johnson observed. “The same things that we did to deal with hunger can be used now. The same things we did to deal with a lack of housing can be used now. We see these same problems rising up today.”
