Collective Prosperity is a learning community offering from Communities of Opportunity (COO) designed to learn from the efforts of Community driven programs, projects, initiatives and organizations. This series will highlight efforts in the Solidarity economy, Just transition, and Community power building.
This 3-part series is funded by the COO Learning Community and designed and produced by La Roxay Productions.
About the event
How do we support one another as we work to reclaim, relearn and rebuild within our communities? We will hear from folks who have been building capacity to actively transform the material conditions of their communities and the philosophies that guide their work.
Event information
Please note that masks are required for this event.
Date:
Thursday July 11th
Event time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location:
606 Maynard Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104
Panelists:
JM Wong (they/them) is a queer child of the Chinese diaspora living on Duwamish lands (Seattle) via Malaysia/Singapore and many cities in between. They believe that the point is not to interpret and philosophize the world, but to act to change it
Nina Nobuko Wallace is a writer and community organizer who is passionate about public history, empowered communities, and the stories that connect us. As a core member of the CID Coalition, she works to build intergenerational, collective power to fight displacement in the Chinatown-International District (CID) and beyond.
Moderator:
Karen (she/they) is a policy professional who is passionate about racial, gender, and disability justice. They worked for ten years in various roles in the criminal justice reform field including consulting state governments on criminal justice reform, working to advance reform legislation and policy implementation in Hawai'i, Washington, and Montana. Karen now staffs the Seattle HIV Planning Council, a governing board responsible for determining the service needs of people living with HIV in King, Snohomish, and Island County. She serves on the board of API Chaya, a survivor-led organization serving survivors of sexual violence, human trafficking, and domestic violence. She is also part of a decolonial artist collective of queer Koreans in the Puget Sound called Hansoom.
