Nikkita Oliver: Difference between revisions

Oliver has worked as an organizer for Seattle’s No Youth Jail and Black Lives Matter movements.<ref name="seattle_met_profile">{{cite news |title=Candidate Profile: Nikkita Oliver |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2017/07/candidate-profile-nikkita-oliver |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=Seattle Met |date=July 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Race, Justice & Democracy: Where do we stand? |url=https://www.seattlechannel.org/videos?videoid=x62677 |publisher=Seattle Channel |accessdate=June 28, 2020}}</ref> They work as co-director of Creative Justice Northwest, a nonprofit organization that offers programs to youth most impacted by the school-to-prison pipeline.<ref name="crosscut_090318">{{cite news |last1=Cain |first1=Sheila |title=The healing spaces of Creative Justice |url=https://crosscut.com/2018/09/healing-spaces-creative-justice |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=CrossCut |date=September 3, 2018}}</ref> Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oliver helped organize and spoke at numerous protests in Seattle.<ref name="vanityfair_061120">{{cite news |last1=Uitti |first1=Jacob |title="Building People Power": Nikkita Oliver on Seattle's Extraordinary Protests and What Comes Next |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/nikkita-oliver-on-seattles-extraordinary-protests |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nikkita Oliver on Letting the Vision Lead the Movement |url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/739574209/k-e-x-p-s-sound-vision |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=NPR |date=June 18, 2020}}</ref> During a closed-door meeting with Mayor Jenny Durkan, Police Chief Carmen Best, and other community leaders, Oliver live-streamed the discussion.<ref name="kuow_060920">{{cite news |title=In Seattle, the revolution will be live-streamed |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-revolution-in-seattle-is-being-live-streamed |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=KUOW |date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> Oliver has been an advocate for de-funding the police and civic investment in community-based public health and public safety strategies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alicea |first1=Simone |title=Nikkita Oliver talks about defunding Seattle police |url=https://www.knkx.org/post/listen-nikkita-oliver-talks-about-defunding-seattle-police |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=KNKX |date=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Seattle-area protests: March during sixth day of action after George Floyd's killing draws massive crowd around City Hall |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-area-protests-mayor-jenny-durkan-to-meet-with-protest-leaders-today-as-demonstrators-prepare-for-sixth-day-of-action-after-george-floyds-death/ |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times |date=June 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name="politico_061520">{{cite news |last1=Scigliano |first1=Eric |title=Don't Listen to Fox. Here's What's Really Going On in Seattle's Protest Zone. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/15/dont-listen-to-fox-heres-whats-really-going-on-in-seattles-protest-zone-321507 |accessdate=June 28, 2020 |work=Politico |date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>