2022 Black Well-being Final w links for Web 11.29.22 - Flipbook - Page 18
BLACK WELL-BEING REPORT 2022
BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND
Contextual Factors Related
to Civic Engagement
Who has a seat at the table
The conversation about a “seat at the table” has shifted dramatically.
For generations, we’ve worked to influence fellow decision-
Among various tactics, polls show that working to get more Black
makers with reason, empathy, and proximity. We’ve focused on
people elected has been viewed as a less effective strategy to
representation — Black voting rights and positioning Black political
achieve equality. The reality is, representation matters, but it does
leaders. Representation can be an important way to have our needs
not function alone — the social and political environment impacts
raised and advocated for in the legislature. In 2022, we have eight
what is possible.
representatives and two senators, more Black legislators in office at
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the same time than we’ve ever had in the history of the state.28
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Washington State’s Black Legislators’ Time In Office
25
20
15
10
5
*David Hackney
*Brandy Donaghy
*April Berg
*Jamila Taylor
*T’wina Nobles
*Kirsten Harris-Talley
*Jesse Johnson
*Debra Entenman
*Melanie Morgan
Kristine Reeves
Roger Freeman
David Simpson
Eric Pettigrew
*John Lovick
Dawn Mason
Vivian Caver
Rosa Franklin
Jesse Wineberry
William (Bill) Smitherman
Micheal K. Ross
George Fleming
Marjorie Pitter-King
Samuel (Sam) J. Smith
Charles M. Stokes
John H. Ryan
William Owen Bush
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*Indicates legislators in office through 2022.
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