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Advancing economic and racial equity in Seattle is the primary aim of the first Seattle Equity Summit, convened by Seattle’s Satterberg Foundation and Technology Access Foundation . The summit, to take place from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on April 26, will focus on three of the greatest challenges for Seattle, all of which have a disproportionate impact on communities of color: housing, education, and economic mobility.
Civic, business, and philanthropy leaders are invited to join community advocates and practitioners, to better understand systemic inequity and act on ways to change it.
“This summit is for the community to hold a cross-sector dialogue on how we can move the city toward equity and prosperity for all. Our hope is that the summit will lead to collaboration and support for action to improve the lives of Seattle’s communities of color and other underserved folks,” said C’Ardiss Gardner Gleser, summit co-chair and program officer of the Satterberg Foundation.
Experts and community leaders from Seattle and across the United States will highlight the summit’s timely theme, “A Community Collaboration for Justice.” Among the 30 speakers and panelists are Shay Stewart-Bouley, of Black Girl in Maine, Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White, Phyllis Turner Brim of Starbucks, Rahim Rajan of the Gates Foundation, Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth, Michelle Merriweather of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (Seattle, WA), and Keisha Sopher Scarlett, Ph.D., of Seattle Public Schools.
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