SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER

Monday, April 3, 2023, 5:30PM

The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus
1210 6th Avenue, Tacoma

Join The Conversation 253 and the Institute for Black Justice as they present an important program on bias in the civil justice system.

Vonda Sargent, with a Washington State Supreme Court unanimous ruling, won an important milestone in case law regarding racism in the courtroom. She continues to be a force for justice in our criminal legal system in WA and beyond.

Monet Carter-Mixon is the sister of Tacoma’s Manny Ellis, who was killed by TPD officers on March 3, 2020. Monet and her family continue to fight a fierce fight for justice in her bother’s name, even as the three TPD officers named in his death remain on the TPD payroll.

The story is profiled in a podcast, The Walk Home, produced by KNKX News and The Seattle Times.

https://www.knkx.org/podcast/the-walk-home