Please join Seattle NOW this February in recognition of Black History Month for a panel discussion covering a variety of topics including sex trafficking, reparations and the Seattle Women’s Commission.

Panel

Speakers

Tana Yasu, Chair of the Seattle Women's Commission/Entrepreneur and Artist

Tana Yasu, (She, Her), born and raised in Seattle, is an entrepreneur of 30 years in the Design Industry who has always put Community First. Community partnerships and vast networking skills gives Tana the opportunity to assist women in Seattle who are impacted by poverty, lack of education and domestic violence. This is why she has joined the Seattle Women’s' Commission, to be a “Voice for the Voiceless.”

Mary D. Williams, Real Escape from the Sex Trade (REST)

Mary Dell Williams is a mother, a community advocate and an ordained Priest at Rainier Valley Congregation since 2001. She has been a Community Organizer, Board Member and Peer Educator with several Seattle Nonprofits since 1993. She has explored undoing racism work with The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, the National Coalition Building Institute and Critical Resistance. She returned to school at Seattle Central in 2011 graduating with an AAS and on track to be a Substance Use Disorders Counselor. She has continued in the field of public service as a Clinician and additionally obtained certification as a Recovery Coach, Peer Counselor & Peer Trainer for Washington State. She continues to strive to be at the forefront of organizations who are dedicated to recognizing the worth of every person. Everyone means everyone.

Andra Kranzler, Juris Doctor/Lawyer and Economic Development Planner

Andra Kranzler obtained her urban and regional planning degree, accredited from Eastern Washington University and her Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law. She is the inaugural Justice in Action Fellow focusing on Race Equity and Jobs Advocacy. She has regularly volunteered to support local and state efforts to address criminal, employment and housing injustices and works diligently to advocate for systems change with a race equity lens.