Seattle Denim Day

Honoring Indigenous Women

Seattle City Hall BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES ROOM 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

8:30am—11:30am

Thank you to our co-sponsors:

8:30am NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS provided by Off the Rez

9:00am WELCOME

• Prayer by Elder Cecile Hansen, Duwamish Tribe Chair

• Song by Indigenous Sisters Resistance

• Audrey Buehring, Seattle Human Services Deputy Director

• Mariko Lockhart, Interim Director, Seattle Office for Civil Rights

9:15am OPENING REMARKS

• City of Seattle

9:25am PANEL DISCUSSION: Sexual Violence of Native Women

• Facilitated by Marta Idowu, Seattle Office of Civil Rights

Panelists:

• Chelsea Hendrickson, Pathways to Healing, Cowlitz Indian Tribe

• Norine Hill, Founder and Executive Director of Mother Nation

• Claudia Kauffman, Former State Rep. and Founder of the Native Action Network

• Arlene Red Elk, Circle of Life Workshop Series Master Designer and Facilitator, Mother Nation

10:30am FEATURE PRESENTION: Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization

• Introduction by Idabelle Fosse, Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence and Co-Chair of the Seattle

Women’s Commission

• Presentation by Deborah Parker, Activist, Former Vice Chair of Tulalip Tribe, National Indigenous

Women’s Resource Center

11:00am ANNOUNCEMENT—DENIM DAY EVENING EVENT

11:10am CLOSING SONG

• Indigenous Sisters Resistance

11:30am END OF EVENT

Please note: media will be present at the event