Grief Rituals:
reflections on migration
and mourning
Grief Rituals is a multi-sited activation and migration procession.
We depart from A Resting Place, in the Chinatown International District,
on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
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Migration Procession Itinerary
Saturday October 3, 2026
*all times approximate and subject to change
11:30 AM / Gathering and Petition at A Resting Place / 670 South King Street
12:10 PM / Departing A Resting Place
1:20-1:30 PM / Arriving King Street Station Plaza / 303 South Jackson Street
2:00-2:30 PM / Arriving Arts at King Street Station Gallery / 303 South Jackson Street, Floor 3
3:30-3:45 PM / Departing Arts at King Street Station Gallery
4:00-4:20 PM / Arriving Migration Stage / 199 Alaskan Way
5:30 PM / Communal Reflection Prayer on Habitat Beach
9:00 PM to midnight / Grief Rituals After Party / 12th Avenue Arts, 1620 12th Avenue
Migration Story Voice Message Archive
Imagine the places where you have migrated in your lifetime. What are those place names for you? Can you think of one place that was particularly difficult for you to leave? How has leaving that place shaped who you are in this moment?
Grief Rituals is
artistic direction | Little Brown Language
collaborating ancestors | Phoebe Dizon, Veronica Laureta, Susana Remerata Blackwell, Baby Christine
collaborating spaces | A Resting Place, Hing Hay Park, King Street Station, Migration Stage, Habitat Beach
co-directors | Milvia Pacheco Salvatierra and Naomi Macalalad Bragin
dancers | Akoiya Harris, marco farroni, Milvia Pacheco, Naomi Bragin, Nia Amina Minor
spiritual attendant | Farrah Rivera
grief guides | Mariyah Hicks, Sophia Olvera, Audrey Perry, Caleb Tecleab, Grace Fagbenro, Isaiah Hicks, Kelly Sommerfeld, Queeness Francis-Alagoa, Victoria Muni
poet | Jasminé Smith
costume design | Jocelyn King (Black Earth United)
canvas design | Milvia Pacheco
sound design | Fox Whitney, Naomi Bragin
photography | Michelle Smith-Lewis
tech directors | Alex Harding, Fox Whitney
project consultant | Ellen Sebastian Chang
executive assistant | LaCara Reddick
community partners | Derek Dizon, Iris Viveros and Seattle Fandango Project, Movimiento AfroLatino Seattle
special thanks | Angela Angel, Aviona Rodriguez Brown, Jas Moultrie, Brandon Woodward
Funded by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture, Simpson Center for the Humanities, and University of Washington Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences.
Akoiya's Canvas by Milvia Pacheco Salvatierra
