“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
— Dr Martin Luther King Jr
The Outspoken Narrative is a docuseries that I am creating with a group of my high school friends. This series aims to have conversations about important issues taking place across the world. Each episode we tackle a different issue. We tell the story through the facts, and through the first-hand experiences of people on the ground. This is the Outspoken Narrative.
Synopsis
Our third episode focuses on CHOP/CHAZ.
CHOP/CHAZ was an autonomous zone in Seattle, Capitol Hill. This zone began on June 8th and lasted for several weeks. In this episode, we detail all the aspects of the CHOP zone. We interviewed Adam Schluter for an in-depth understanding of what the CHOP zone was, and how it functioned.
The CHOP zone had its positives and negatives, and we covered both. As a direct result of CHOP, Seattle proposed and passed a bill which included a 50% defunding of the police. Some may consider this to be bad news, but we want to emphasize that this bill is to ultimately make people feel safe within their communities, and currently, civilians don’t feel safe due to the increasing militarization of the police.
This episode includes interviews with
Adam Schluter – Insta @connectingtohappiness
Behind the Scenes
