Susan Balbas
Susan Balbas is the co-director of the Na’ah Illahee Fund, an organization based in the Pacific Northwest which focuses on supporting Indigenous communities and environmental conservation efforts.
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Tracy Rector
Tracy Rector is a storyteller, educator, filmmaker, coordinator, co-founder of Longhouse Media non-profit organization, multi-media artist, and a 2016 Stranger Genius.
Velma Veloria
In 1992, Veloria became the first Filipina in the United States to be elected to a state legislature.
Yolanda Alaniz
Chicana socialist working for women, LGBT, workers’ and immigrant rights
Odessa Brown
She worked tirelessly to convince Model Cities to develop a Central District Pediatric Clinic in Seattle.
Trish Bostrom
American tennis player who fought for equal treatment of female athletes
Rosalie Fish
Rosalie Fish is a Native American woman who fights for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Monae Smith
Monae Smith, known as Medusa, is the Queen of Underground Hip Hop in the Pacific Northwest.
Michele Storms
Michele Storms is a leader of civil rights organizations and established racial justice in the Pacific Northwest.
Yvonne Swan
When she was found guilty of murdering her attacker and known predator in 1972, she was convicted by an all-white jury and became a symbol of women’s self-defense