Evento

Nikkita Oliver performing "Pebbles In My Shoes"

Harbor School Race Equity Committee, Vashon Artist in Schools (VAIS), and Vashon Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) are hosting Nikkita Oliver. She will perform for the general public as part of the Vashon Island First Friday Gallery Cruise at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 17708 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA.
Doors open at 6pm, with delicious local food and beverages, and an opportunity to purchase signed copies of Nikkita's newly released book, Pebbles In My Shoes. The performance begins at 6:30pm, and will feature excerpts from the book.

Working at the intersections of arts, law, education, and community organizing, Nikkita strives to create experiences which draw us closer to our humanity. Her work asks us to engage with what we see happening now and to imagine what we hope to see in the future. As a poet, musician and teaching artist, she hopes to cultivate spaces where young people can explore their creative gifts and discover their personal power to build the world they most need to see. Nikkita is also a case manager for Creative Justice, an arts program aimed at transforming the criminal legal system and at providing space for young people to be self-empowered and self-determined. She is also the co-creator with Nikki Etienne and Dj Rise of the Ringside, a monthly poetry slam & artist showcase. She has opened for Cornel West and Chuck D of Public Enemy, performed on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert, and has been featured on The Breakfast Club and KUOW's The Week in Review. Her writing and poetry have been published in The Moss, South Seattle Emerald, Crosscut, the Establishment, Last Real Indians, The Seattle Weekly, and The Stranger. She organizes with No New Youth Jail, the Seattle Peoples Party, THRIVE, and the Black Organizing Collective. Nikkita was the first political candidate of the Seattle Peoples Party to run for Mayor of Seattle, in 2017.