Event Archives

African American Legislative Day 2008

Feb. 4, 2008

Adult Program Photo Highlights

Gov. Chris Gregoire Delivers Keynote to 1,300 people attending African American Legislative Day 2008 in Olympia

African American Legislative Day speakers included, from left:

Commissioner Dennis Payne; Sen. Rosa Franklin, D-23rd District,

Tacoma; Rep. Eric Pettigrew, D-37th District, Seattle; Commissioner

Marian Harris; Commissioner Winona Hollins-Hauge; Commissioner

Anne Houston-Rogers; and Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Rally crowd gathering after lunch.

Nate Miles outlines strategies to support passage of House Bill 2722

during the Legislative Priorities Workshop.

Facilitator Thelma Jackson describes the Black Education Strategy

Roundtable during the Education Workshop in the Columbia Room.

The concurrent health workshop hosted by Commissioner Winona

Hollins-Hague also was over capacity.

African American Commissioner Joe Hooks, King County Executive

Ron Sims, and Tukwila City Councilman De'Sean Quinn each briefly addressed the rally crowd.

Sen. Claudia Kauffman speaks to pastors and ministers about the

"school handcuffing bill" HB 2884.

Twanda Hill, Director of Festival Sundiata and business owner, speaks

out on the challenges Black children and families encounter in the public school system.