RSJI Summit
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Register for Community Day Livestream on March 24
Thursday, March 23: City of Seattle Staff Day | 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Employees from the City of Seattle gathered for a dynamic roster of hybrid (in person and virtual) racial equity workshops and mixers, dreaming solutions for a better Seattle.
Friday, March 24: Community Day | 4:00 - 7:30 PM
How can life in Seattle improve as federal relief for COVID ends? Artists, activists, change makers, and city leaders joined this livestream to center healing and belonging as we recover from COVID.
Opening Program: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Music by Khingz
- Young Women Empowered on the Pandemic Recovery
- Know Your Rights with Sahar Fathi, Michele Storms (ACLU-WA), Yurij Rudensky (Brennan Center), and Tess Honan
- RSJI Summit Highlights with Ana Pinto da Silva
- Transformative Justice
- Since I Been Down, by Filmmaker Gilda Sheppard
- Edwin Lindo, Co-Founder Estelita's Library, Assistant Dean, University of Washington School of Medicine
- And More!
Reflections Dance Festival (Pre-Recorded): 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The third annual Reflections Dance Festival returns like a ray of light to close out the RSJI Summit with dancing and performing arts. Hosted by Perla Perez and Khingz.
- Elise Beers (Unangax), “Anax̂ The Sky Woman - Falling to New Heights"
- Akoiya Harris, “When Tomorrow Comes"
- Naomi Bragin and Milvia Pacheco, “Umalalengua Okan”
- Moonyeka, “Sigh-rens: a wail, a cry, a threat”
Register for Community Day Livestream
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day Celebration
January 16, 2023
The 2023 RSJI Summit campaign kicked off with the MLK Unity Day Celebration! It featured a sneak peek of the Summit, performances from songstress Josephine Howell, and remarks from:
- Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell
- Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales
- Seattle Office for Civil Rights Director Derrick Wheeler-Smith
Past Summits
- 2022 RSJI Summit
- 2021 RSJI Summit (Coming Soon)