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Tukwila, a once-sleepy suburb, has become a harbinger of the international city of the future. Kindergartners, including Christian Fong, center in blue, wait in line for lunch at Tukwila Elementary School. Students speak about 40 languages, representing 20 countries around the world.

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Freehold's Engaged Theatre Program

Teaching artists Daemond Arrindell and Carter Rodriquez helped eight inmates at Monroe Correctional Facility produce this original play through writing and theatre workshops at the prison for Engaged Theatre, a program by Freehold Theatre of Seattle.