Diane Pien
Diane Pien is a retired developmental psychologist. She was on the faculty in the Psychology Department of University of Oregon. She left the university to work with children with hearing impairments and hearing/visual impairments in Chicago and Seattle. She worked at the Children’s Alliance, and retired from the City of Seattle Human Services Department planning programs for children and families of color, refugee/immigrant families, and homeless youth and children.
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Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program (1969-1980)
In 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense to address police oppression of blacks in Oakland, California. Because community...
Carolyn Downs (1953-1978)
Carolyn Downs was a member of the Seattle, Washington Chapter of the Black Panther Party (SCBPP) founded by Elmer and Aaron Dixon in 1968. She was born...
Israeli Black Panther Party (1971-1977)
In 1969, Sa’adia Marciano and Charlie Biton—along with four other Moroccan-Jewish youth living in the poor Moroccan-Jewish section of Jerusalem, Israel—started meeting...
British Black Panther Party (1968-1973)
Inspired by the Black Power movement in the U.S., the Nigerian playwright, Obi Egbuna, founded the British Black Panthers (BBP) in 1968 in London’s Notting Hill. In...
Mangrove Nine Trial (1970-1972)
The Mangrove Nine Trial was Britain’s most influential Black Power trial. In Britain, descendants from the Caribbean, Africa, or South Asia, who were mainly immigrants...
Liberty Bank Seattle Washington (1968-1988) and Liberty Bank Building
Liberty Bank was Washington State’s first primarily black-owned bank. It opened on May 31, 1968 in Seattle’s Central District (CD) at 24th...
Dalit Panther Movement (1972-1977)
Educated youth from the slums of Mumbai, India started the Dalit Panther Movement (DPM) in June 1972, inspired by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and the...
Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics (1969-1975)
In 1966 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party (BPP) to fight police oppression of blacks in...
