SEATTLE
CHAPTER MEMBERS
Monique Malson, Board President
Monique Malson has been a member
of NCBI Seattle since 2002, joining the board of directors in 2004. She also
coordinates the NCBI African Heritage constituency work in the Seattle area.
When not volunteering with NCBI, Monique works in the field of Civil Rights.
Stephen
Singer, Board Treasurer
Stephen Singer joined NCBI Seattle
in January of 2006 and soon assumed the position of Treasurer. He graduated
from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work with a Masters
and now is an adult mental health therapist at Consejo Counseling and Referral
Services. He also takes part in Big Brothers, Big Sisters and teaches Sunday
School at Temple De Hirsch.
What drew Stephen to NCBI was the commitment to making our community more inclusive
and just. Through the workshops put on by trainers, people have a chance to
look inside themselves and learn to grow and get past prejudices and discrimination.
Stephen has enjoyed all of the trainings he has taken part in and looks forward
to continued offerings for a diverse population of people wanting to change.
Jelena Hasbrouck, Board Secretary
Jelena Hasbrouck was born and raised
in San Jose, CA and is a graduate of Humboldt State University’s Sociology
program. While Seattle has become her home, California is where she got her
start in activism and education. Over the years, Jelena has been a preschool
teacher, an editor and writing consultant, a tutor training coordinator, and
a GED teacher, and strived to incorporate social justice into each of these
roles. She has facilitated and participated in anti-racist activism, union work,
and done healing work between Native American community members and students,
staff and administrators on a college campus. Jelena is passionate about anti-oppression
work, and feels one of the most important roles for her is to work with other
white people around recognizing privilege and doing their part to end racism.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, exploring the outdoors and filmmaking.
“My grandmother got me started in this work, and growing up in a family
that supported and participated in social justice was a real foundation for
me. When I came to NCBI, I was looking for a supportive community to continue
work around ending oppression. What I found was not only that, but an organization
that has an extremely well thought-out approach to their work. NCBI recognizes
and works with the interconnectedness of multiple forms of oppression, something
I’ve found to be vital for change.”
Katherine
Augustin, Board Member
Katherine Augustin, active in NCBI
since spring 2006, currently serves on the board of directors. Outside of her
work with NCBI she is devoted to furthering community understanding and commitment
to addressing issues of environmental racism and gentrification in Seattle.
Previously she has done a variety of advocacy work for women and girls on issues
of health and reproductive rights, domestic violence, and youth empowerment.
Katherine has a B.A. in Communication with an emphasis in organizational systems
from the University of Colorado, Boulder, as well as a minor in Women’s
Studies and a Certificate in the Study and Practice of Community Leadership.
“Growing up my family moved a lot. I lived in an immigrant neighborhood
in Long Island NY, a small agricultural community in northern OH, and a liberal
university town on the front range of the Colorado Rockies. Over the years I
often found myself trying to make sense of the contradictory cultural values
and norms that defined my friendships. At school and in my neighborhood I would
play peacemaker or ambassador between different groups of kids yet never felt
like I quite belonged in any one group. Today these experiences inform my life’s
passion of bringing people to together and celebrating how difference while
sometimes challenging ultimately expands our capacity for living with full consciousness
and connectivity.
“I was drawn to NCBI for its commitment to supporting coalition building
between sometimes unlikely partners. Through my involvement I hope to continue
the invaluable work of creating a safe place where a diversity of perceptions
and life experiences can come together and build understanding in a way that
leads to a more just and sustainable world community.”
Kyla Lackie, Board Member
Kyla Lackie joined NCBI as a board
member in 2006. She has worked with several social justice organizations focused
on immigrant rights and education. She is particularly interested in infusing
critical reflection and anti-racist efforts into all her work. She is currently
working on her Masters in Public Affairs at the University of Washington’s
Evans School. Kyla also loves hiking, biking, and traveling.
Her undergraduate coursework in Ethnic Studies and Sociology challenged her
to not only examine her own perceptions and experiences but also those of other
groups. The process of understanding her own racial identity was instrumental
in moving her from paralyzing feelings of guilt to a more productive understanding
of privilege and race. Kyla joined NCBI because she believes that people must
be provided the space in which they can explore their own identity.
“I find the work of NCBI to be incredibly inspiring and extremely important,
creating space for discussing emotional and often silenced issues while also
teaching methods of creating common ground and alliances. These conversations
can be so powerful if a skilled leader facilitates them. Providing training
for community leaders to effectively engage others, especially through challenging
discussions, is so valuable.”
Chris Anibarro
Christian Anibarro currently works
for the YWCA Youth Options Program in Renton, helping youth with pre-employment
training. He spent the previous two years teaching US Foreign Policy, US History,
and American Government at Kentridge High School.
Before becoming a high school teacher, Christian coordinated a peer education
program at Washington State University that facilitated workshops around all
issues of oppression. He currently is a program facilitator for the American
Friends Service Committee's GLBTQ Youth Panels, and is assisting a Fundamentals
of Co-Counseling class.
"I see NCBI as key in bringing all parts of my life together because it
affirms pride in all of my identities. NCBI addresses healing in all of the
areas that are necessary for me to keep moving toward liberation."
Raphi Arviso
Fabienne
Brooks
Fabienne Brooks retired in August 2004 with over 26 years of service as Chief
of the Criminal Investigations Division with the King County Sheriff’s
Office (Seattle, Washington).
Fabienne Brooks has been a certified trainer with the National Coalition Building
Institute (NCBI) since 2006. She has a passion for building on and improving
on-going relationships between law enforcement officers and community members.
She believes NCBI training is the vehicle to accomplish this. She is working
with the NCBI HQ Office on the law enforcement product team that is developing
specialized training for law enforcement officers. She has extensive experience
in the development of regional partnerships with law enforcement and community
organizations to achieve common goals and is an international trainer. She
recently trained a local Washington state Fire Department in awareness of
harassment and hostile work environment. Chief Brooks is on the Steering Committee
for the Criminal Justice Institute and since 2001has been a national trainer
and a technical advisor with National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC).
She has worked with the
National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) in Austin, Texas on a faith and law
enforcement leader collaboration entitled, “Building Bridges: Brick by
Brick”. This event was conducted in partnership with the Faith and Service
Technical Education Network (FASTEN). Chief Brooks has provided training with
the Office of Public Management in London, England to community members and
law enforcement officials on the topics of Policing for Safer Communities,
Policing through Partnerships and From Difference to Diversity. She also facilitated
the Washington Working Group, established in 2002 after the tragic death of
an African American male by an off-duty deputy. This incident resulted in
riots, protests, and other acts of civil disobedience in the Seattle area.
This group continues
to come together to forge a process to begin meaningful dialog on resolving
issues of race between law enforcement and the minority community. She chaired
the KCSO committee on unbiased policing that developed a publication to educate
citizens on what to do when stopped by police (the brochure is being translated
into languages predominate in the Seattle area) and also served as co-chair
of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs’ (WASPC)
Racial Profiling Task Force that helped to develop a state-wide policy on
Unbiased Policing. Chief Brooks also served on the WASPC Task Force that developed
policy involving Officer Involved Domestic Violence.
Chief Brooks is married to a retired Seattle Fire Department Captain. They
have a blended family of four adult children and eight grandchildren.
Joyce Fagel
Ms. Joyce Fagel has been an active
NCBI Associate in Seattle since the start of the Seattle chapter in 1993. She
has presented NCBI Prejudice Reduction Workshops at the University of Washington
as well as other organizations and educational settings. Joyce is currently
the facilitator of the Parents and Children Group. This group supports activists
in their role as parents and helps us incorporate our activism into our family
life.
Ms. Fagel's formal training is in Counseling Psychology (M.A.) and she works
full-time for both the University of Washington and Shoreline Community College
as an academic advisor for students attending Shoreline Community College. Ms.
Fagel grew up in the Netherlands and immigrated to the USA at age 18. She is
married and has two young children.
"I have learned so much from my training in NCBI. It has helped me begin
to understand the cultural restrictions (oppressions) of growing up as a woman
in a northern European culture and how I was trained to further the oppressions
of many peoples. Being an immigrant and a parent of biracial, multicultural
children, I am naturally passionate about the future that they face in our society.
I am learning to extend that passion to fight for all the people in my community,
indeed our whole world. My focus is on helping bring a higher level of understanding
of oppressions and a passion for change to other Europeans/European-Americans."
JackaI
In 2004 Jackal became the Raised Poor
/ Working Class constituency Coordinator for NCBI Seattle. He is also a member
of the Board of Directors.
"Growing up in a mostly Black and culturally diverse neighborhood in an
L.A. suburb, I experienced the impact of an oppressive society firsthand. My
journey of social justice has taken me through the punk scene, anarchist community,
GLBT, activism, and anti-racism work. Everything fell short for me until I found
the model of emotional healing and support that NCBI offers. I feel I have found
a home for my heart."
Jackal has been a member of NCBI since 2002.
Darlene Lee
Darlene Lee has been a lead
trainer for NCBI Seattle since 2001. In addition to her role with NCBI Seattle,
Darlene co-directs the Asian Heritage Constituency within NCBI International
and serves on the NCBI International Board of Directors.
Before joining NCBI Seattle, Darlene worked in a variety of fields, including
biotechnology, community health, and refugee/immigrant youth work. She is the
daughter of Chinese immigrants and was born and raised in the Los Angeles area,
also spending many years in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Seattle.
Darlene is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and received her MSW from the University
of Washington. She currently serves on the board of the Asian and Pacific Islander
Community Leadership Foundation as one of her many community activities.
"NCBI has connected me with other people who not only believe that all
people's liberation is interconnected, but who put these ideals into practice
as fierce ally-ship on each other's behalf. The work we do gives us an opportunity
to rebuild ourselves from the losses caused by oppression and to thus work more
energetically towards ending it. I'm proud to lead NCBI work in Seattle and
feel lucky to be part of such an amazing community of people."
Rosetta Lee
Rosetta Lee is a faculty
member with the Seattle Girls' School, teaching such diverse subjects as science,
math, technology, art, carpentry, model building, and more. SGS is an innovative
school for Junior High School girls, highlighting science, math, and technology,
and dedicating its energies to a diverse community of students and faculty,
an anti-bias mission, and an integrated curriculum. Rosetta currently serves
as Vice President on the Board of Directors of SMARTGirls (Science and Math
At the Right Time for Girls), an organization encourages girls to excel in
math, science, and technology
through programs like the Seattle Expanding Your Horizons conferences and
SMARTgirls @Work programs.
She also serves on the
Board of Directors of the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR),
with which organization she is also developing ethics curriculum funded by
the National Institutes of Health. Rosetta is recipient of the 2005 Distinguished
Teacher Award for the Washington Federation of Independent Schools.
Rosetta is a first-generation
Korean American who immigrated to the United States when she was ten years
old. A graduate of Harvard University, her academic pursuits were biology,
chemistry, and mathematics, among others. Her extra-curricular passion, theatre,
led to her eight-year career as a stage manager with the Actors Equity Union,
during which time she also taught and eventually led the Day Program with
the Exploration Summer Program at Wellesley College, one of the foremost enrichment
programs in the country for Junior High School students. When not teaching
or volunteering, Rosetta enjoys art, cuisines, learning, movies, and volleyball.
What brought me to NCBI:
"I have always been an individual activist. Whether its shifting the
perspective of a colleague or opening the eyes of a student, I believed the
world changed one person at a time, and I wanted to be a contributing force.
It lifted my spirits to find an organization that believed the same and that
gave me the support and forum to heal, grow, and renew my energy for ending
oppression."
Anna Markee
Anna Markee has been a member of NCBI
Seattle since the Spring of 2004. During that time, she has led workshops, increased
her understanding of identity and oppression, and developed her leadership skills.
One major area of focus for her is the Raised Poor/Working Class constituency
group.
Besides her work with NCBI Seattle, Markee works as a Case Manager at FareStart,
a local agency supporting homeless adults. She is also involved in the Seattle
queer community and the effort to develop an HIV Vaccine.
"I have studied a lot of thought on oppression and activism and have been
through trainings by many different organizations. The reason NCBI works for
me and why I chose to get involved is that within the NCBI model I first stand
proud in my identity as a young, white, able-bodied, queer, American woman.
With that as a foundation, I can be an effective ally to communities of color
and work to uproot racism in a healthy way rather than out of guilt or obligation.
Truly, as NCBI affirms, 'every issue counts'."
Sally McLaughlin
Carrie Roche
Carrie Roche has been active in NCBI
Seattle since 1998. Prior to her current position in the training department
of a foster care foundation, Carrie was Associate Director of NCBI Seattle,
child-care provider, and counselor. In the past she has taught Multicultural
Studies and Sociology at Shoreline Community College and has been a counselor
at residential treatment centers for young people in the Seattle and Boston
areas.
A primary passion for her is working with other white people to interrupt the
cycle of racism. To this end, she leads NCBI Seattle's Healing White Racism
workshop.
A graduate of the University of Washington's Master of Social Work program,
Carrie is committed to working on issues of social and economic justice in every
realm of her life. She feels especially committed to this effort as a means
to create a positive place for her children to grow.
"I was introduced to the NCBI model of coalition building in 1998, at a
time when I was feeling overwhelmed by the inequality in the world around me.
I was struggling with finding some way to take action on these issues, rather
than just talk about them, and NCBI was exactly what I needed."
Hear Carrie interviewed on the radio here!
Conner Sharpe
Conner Sharpe has been active in anti-oppression
work for the last 15 years, with particular focus on Whites and racism, sexism,
and heterosexism. Currently, he is a co-leader of NCBI’s Healing White
Racism workshop and is a participant in the LGBTQ workshop.
Professionally, Conner has been an advocate of homeless youth for 10 years in
multiple capacities including direct services, program management, policy, and
youth leadership development. Currently he is the director of Seattle Youth
Garden Works, a local non-profit that uses organic market gardens as a means
to provide employment and business training to youth experiencing poverty, homelessness,
and other challenges. He firmly believes that each person has immense inner
strength and has the capacity to be a remarkable and effective leader. Conner
lives in the Seattle are and enjoys DJ-ing, cooking, backpacking, gardening,
and life as a divorcé.
Hear Conner interviewed on the radio here!
Lisa Stuhley
Throughout my training and experience
being a preschool teacher for the past 8 years (and counting!), I have learned
a tremendous amount about the value of teaching anti-bias, diversity, and compassion
to young children.
NCBI offers me an avenue to share my passion with other adults of like minds.
It teaches ideals to adults that I am teaching our children today, and for our
future proving that it is never too late to learn and grow!
Najja Taylor
Deborah Terry-Hays
Deborah Terry-Hays; International
Women's Constituency Leader, International Board Vice President, Associate Director
of Regional Development, formerly Seattle Chapter Director.
I was born in Seattle in 1952. At that time there were only three hospitals
in Seattle that would admit African Americans as patients. My father was the
first African American man to teach in the State of Washington. My mother was
the first African American to graduate from Seattle University's School of Nursing.
Peace, Justice, and Liberation work is in my bones! I grew up in the Mt. Baker
community which grew more diverse as I got older.
My first eye-opening experience of racism happened in Kindergarten, (1957).
I was walking to John Muir elementary school with a white girl in my class.
We were talking and she looked at me and innocently said, "We are moving
to Mercer Island because my daddy says there are too many colored people moving
into this neighborhood."
Since she was my friend and I knew we liked each other, I gave her the benefit
of the doubt. I still to this day believe she was not aware enough to know I
belonged to the group of people her daddy feared. I decided at a young age,
that people didn't like each other because they didn't know each other. I had
never met her daddy, and he had never met me!
What I love about NCBI is that we fight for each other's liberation by building
genuine relationships with each other. I have close relationships with people
all over the planet.
When I am not working for peace, justice and liberation, I love to read, see
films, hang out with friends and family, play the piano, and exercise with my
dog.
Linda Zahava
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