Black Well-being

Event Program

The Black Well-being: Moving Toward Solutions Together statewide community gathering is our opportunity to dream together about what’s possible, share ideas for community-centered approaches, and wrap ourselves in the love and wisdom of community. Our incredible line-up of speakers and panelists are just the folks to set the stage for this future-shaping experience.

Speakers

 

Special Guests

 

Resmaa Menakem
Healer, New York Times best-selling author, trauma specialist

Venneikia Williams
Free Press Media 2070 campaign manager

 
 

Education Conversation

Mayet Dalila
Black Star Line

Kellen Hagans
University of Puget Sound

T’wina Nobles
Tacoma Urban League

 

Health Conversation

AyeNay Abye
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom

Wendy Barrington, PhD, MPH
UW Center for Anti-Racism & Community Health

Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH
UW Professor Emeritus

 

Economics Conversation

Hamdi Abdulle 
African Community Housing & Development

Anthony Peterson
Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Washington

Inye Wokoma
Wa Na Wari

 

Public Safety Conversation

Christopher Anderson
Think Ideas

Erin Bryant-Thomas
Community Organizer

Sean Goode
Choose 180

 

Civic Engagement Conversation

Dian Ferguson
Central Area Senior Center

Jordon Jeffries
Think Ideas

Tisha Marie
Legally BLACK

Yordanos Teferi
Multicultural Community Coalition

Black-owned Restaurants

We’ve put together a list of local Black-owned restaurants from which you might be able to order food and enjoy while taking part in the Black Well-being: Moving Together Solutions Together gathering. Please let us know if there are others we should add.

Seattle

Kent

 

Spokane

 

Tacoma

 
 

Yakima