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Join us as we explore issues of equity and access
with local Puget Sound area speakers.
Our speakers represent key partners in creating equity and access, join us in learning how to continue to build our community. These short and powerful presentations get at the heart of Pierce County's collaboration on unity.
You can register for as many events as you want, by adding a "1" next to the event during registration.
The Sound of Equity, April 28, Noon-12:15pm
Speaker: Jacques Colon, Strategic Manager, City of Tacoma
Watch It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By9W_lsjawg
Meet Jacques Colon: In January of 2019, Jacques was brought onto the City of Tacoma with an eye on the future. As Manager of the Tacoma 2025 Strategic plan, this Duke and Johns Hopkins alum with a BA in biological anthropology and anatomy, and an MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy, took the lead in implementing the strategy and oversight of the program, processing development and training, researching and analyzing collected data, and conducting performance reporting. With five years as the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s health equity coordinator, he has been an integral part of identifying and disassembling systemic disparity in our community, across the past eight years.
The Sound of Equitable Lending, April 21, Noon-12:15pm
Speaker: Sandhya Nakhasi, Co-Founder and CIO, Community Credit Lab
Topic: Shifting power within the financial system
Watch It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6xhOBXJYsY&t=62s
Meet Sandhya Nakhasi: An alum of NYU, and University of Michigan, Sandhya took her MBA in strategy and finance, and put it to work in credit operations work from Virginia, to Portland, and Seattle, with Freddie Mac, Capital One, and Lighter Capital. In 2019 she co-founded Community Credit Lab with Ryan Glasgo, to facilitate lending programs that increase affordability, and access, and shift power within the financial system. Their work on systemic change includes analyzing the root causes of financial inequality, piloting new examples of equitable lending programs, communicating analysis and findings with their greater community network, and hosting productive discourse and conversations. Check out Sandhya and Ryan on last June’s podcast episode of Revolve for more info.
The Sound of Full Employment, April 14, Noon-12:15pm,
Speaker: Katie Condit, CEO, WorkForce Central
Topic: Closing the gap between skills and demand in the trades.
Watch It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZeFp3ZMbOw
Meet Katie Condit: As featured in South Sound Business in November, Katie is an alum of both UPS and Notre Dame, with a Master's in Sociology. While a National Science Foundation research fellow, she examined the impact of alternative school pathways on students of color, young people with disabilities, and those involved in the juvenile justice system. Moving onto Better Together Central Oregon, she spent the next five years as their Executive Director, helping build public/private partnerships that generated career paths and internship opportunities for young people across six school districts. July 2020 brought Katie back home to the South Sound, joining WorkForce Central as their Chief Executive Officer, helping build a plan to put 48,000 residents back to work.
All proceeds from this event will go to Sound Outreach. Advancing unity through equity and access to financial & employment knowlege and coaching.
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