Stay Woke 2019 Speakers:
2018 Keynotes
Nikkita OliverNikkita Oliver is a Seattle-based creative, teaching artist, attorney, and anti-racist organizer. Her writing has appeared in the South Seattle Emerald, Crosscut, and the Stranger. She holds a J.D. and Masters of Education from the University of Washington. She is a writer-in-residence with Writers in the Schools and the case manager for Creative Justice--an arts-based alternative to incarceration. Nikkita is the 2015 recipient of the Seattle Office of Civil Rights Artist Human Rights Leader Award, the Seattle Poetry Slam Grand Champion 2014, has been on and coached numerous national poetry slam teams at both the youth and adult levels. She opened for Cornel West and Chuck D of Public Enemy and performed on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert. She recently ran for Mayor of Seattle.
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Michele Storms“My job is to help steer the ACLU ship so that we are bringing the full strength of our capable staff, our invigorated members and our vital allies and partners to the fight to establish and maintain our civil liberties and civil rights.”
Michele started her legal career as a staff attorney at Evergreen Legal Services in 1988, focusing on family law, custody and domestic violence. She then worked as a statewide advocacy coordinator at both the Northwest Justice Project and Columbia Legal Services where she coordinated civil legal aid advocacy in the areas of family law, youth and education, housing, elder law, Native American and right to counsel issues. Michele later served as a faculty member at the University of Washington School of Law in the clinical law program where she founded the Child Advocacy Clinic. Before joining the ACLU-WA in 2016, Michele was Assistant Dean for Public Service and Executive Director of the William H. Gates Public Service Law program at the University of Washington School of Law. |
Bob Hasegawa
Bob Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of the 11th District. He grew up on Beacon Hill in Seattle, but bought a home in the Maplewood Heights area of Renton in the 70s. After his parents passed away, he bought the house he grew up in on Beacon Hill, and still lives there.
Bob is a longtime labor and social justice activist. He led many workers struggles, winning top wages and benefits for working families and retirees, and he collaborated in many social justice struggles to protect civil rights, democracy, the environment and our constitutional rights.
Bob believes in lifelong learning. He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1970 and went on to the University of Washington, where he studied physics. He later graduated from Antioch University Seattle with dual areas of concentration in Labor Relations and Organizational and Social Change. He holds an AA degree in Labor Studies that he earned at Shoreline Community College, studied information technology at Seattle Central Community College, and is a seasoned professional commercial truck driver, certified transit operator, and journey-level operating engineer (heavy construction equipment operator). Bob also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
Since he began representing the 11th Legislative District in 2005, first in the House of Representatives through 2012 and now in the Senate, Bob’s priorities have centered around serving as a voice for working families, small businesses and disenfranchised communities.
Bob is a longtime labor and social justice activist. He led many workers struggles, winning top wages and benefits for working families and retirees, and he collaborated in many social justice struggles to protect civil rights, democracy, the environment and our constitutional rights.
Bob believes in lifelong learning. He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1970 and went on to the University of Washington, where he studied physics. He later graduated from Antioch University Seattle with dual areas of concentration in Labor Relations and Organizational and Social Change. He holds an AA degree in Labor Studies that he earned at Shoreline Community College, studied information technology at Seattle Central Community College, and is a seasoned professional commercial truck driver, certified transit operator, and journey-level operating engineer (heavy construction equipment operator). Bob also holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.
Since he began representing the 11th Legislative District in 2005, first in the House of Representatives through 2012 and now in the Senate, Bob’s priorities have centered around serving as a voice for working families, small businesses and disenfranchised communities.
WORKSHOPS
Identity
Student Affinity Clubs, such as Black Student Unions, Native Student Alliances, Latinx Youth Club, Asian American Alliances, Pacific Islanders Clubs, etc, will meet with like clubs from other schools to share ideas and build regional networks of support. |
Diversity
Students from all across the South Sound Region will be in attendance to learn with and from one another about the how to navigate difference and collaborate across ethnicities and identities. |
Justice
We will explore and analyze the impact of systemic racism on our daily lives, challenge stereotypes and bias, and raise awareness about current issues of injustice. |
Action
Stay Woke! Is a call to action. What will you do the day after the conference? |