ChrisTiana ObeySumner

Founder and Principal Consultant, Epiphanies of Equity LLC

Contact Information

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Gender Equity/ Reproductive Justice

'I believe': Christine Blasey Ford supporters gather in Seattle for mid-hearing rally
Seattle Women's March 2019: Equality still 'not an easy fix'
'Believe Survivors': Seattle rallies in support of Ford in Kavanaugh hearing

Seattle Opera

BLACK INCLUSION AT SEATTLE OPERA

Housing and Urbanism

Seattle Is Changing Who Gets A Say At City Hall. Could Austin Learn A Thing Or Two?

Rideshare Activism

Council’s Taxi Committee Considers Legislation to Restrict Ridesharing
Taxis vs. rideshares: Issue prompts rally outside City Hall
Ridesharing fans will petition Seattle council to reconsider proposed regulations
City of Seattle to consider proposed rules for ride sharing
Accountability, Action, and Implementation: A Call to Action in Support of WA I-1000
'This is democracy at work:' Thousands take part in Seattle Women's March
Juneteenth 2018 Speech
Coronavirus shows everyone what people with disabilities have known all along
Discrimination Still Exists During COVID-19
MLK RALLY Speech
Starbucks Responds To The Backlash From Their Plastic Straw Ban Announcement
Demanding Intersectionality in Disability Justice Movements
Could the coronavirus reset society? Questions we should be asking about postpandemic life
City councilmember takes steps for rent control in Seattle
A Dog Walks into a Grocery Store
Voices from the 2019 Seattle Womxn’s March
Disabled, Not Disposable – ChrisTiana
BLACK WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTER THEIR VOICES AT #SAYHERNAME MARCH
From Ally to Accomplice: Do the Thing!
Seattle stories that humanize mental health struggles
The Womxn’s March Unites with the MLK March to Bring Change
Meet the Seattle Renters’ Commission: ChrisTiana ObeySumner

Features and Earned Media

Reimagine Seattle: ChrisTiana ObeySumner - Front Porch
Reimagine Seattle: ChrisTiana ObeySumner - Front Porch
Epiphanies of Equity Founder ChrisTiana ObeySumner Drives Social Equity Initiatives for Organizations Across the Country
Epiphanies of Equity Founder ChrisTiana ObeySumner Drives Social Equity Initiatives for Organizations Across the Country
Lyft Community Solutions: Everyday Freedom
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: ALUMNI BUSINESS OWNERS
(RE)IMAGINE CIVIC THEATER
Finding Life’s Purpose: Reflections of Praxis
How to get tested for coronavirus in Seattle if you don’t have a car
PARENT SEMINARS: HEARING FROM THOSE WHO LIVED IT
ChrisTiana ObeySumner to lecture at URI on racialized ableism
24 reactions | Disability Justice CVS Invite | Too many of our neighbors with disabilities are made invisible through our policies and processes. I'm hosting a Disability Justice Community Visioning... | By Kirsten Harris-Talley | Facebook
24 reactions | Disability Justice CVS Invite | Too many of our neighbors with disabilities are made invisible through our policies and processes. I'm hosting a Disability Justice Community Visioning... | By Kirsten Harris-Talley | Facebook
WSMA Presents: Tools & Resources for Serving Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
WSMA Presents: Tools & Resources for Serving Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
Intersectionality Panel: Race & Disability
Intersectionality Panel: Race & Disability
Claudia Alick and Calling Up Justice
Claudia Alick and Calling Up Justice
On Intersectionality
On Intersectionality
Disability Employment Awareness Month Panel: Advocating for accessible, equitable workplaces
Embedding Inclusion and Belonging with Jesyka Simpson, Founder of 10k Collective
Embedding Inclusion and Belonging with Jesyka Simpson, Founder of 10k Collective
Disability Pride Month – Artistic Justice Showcase: Both/And: Sharing Stories of Race and Disability
Disability Pride Month – Artistic Justice Showcase: Both/And: Sharing Stories of Race and Disability
Inspire Washington presents: Seattle City Council Cultural Candidate Forum (Districts 2, 3, 5)
Inspire Washington presents: Seattle City Council Cultural Candidate Forum (Districts 2, 3, 5)
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, candidate for City of Seattle, Council District 5
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, candidate for City of Seattle, Council District 5
Intersectionality Panel: Race & Disability — Extreme Kids & Crew
Black Disabled Lives Matter
Black Disabled Lives Matter
Black Voices in Response to PORGY AND BESS
Black Voices in Response to PORGY AND BESS
Disability Justice Week
Foundations of Implicit and Unconscious Bias | Medbridge
Foundations of Implicit and Unconscious Bias | Medbridge
Equity is the Engine: The "Pimp my Ride" Parable
Equity is the Engine: The "Pimp my Ride" Parable
Disabled people are underrepresented in politics. A new organization aims to change that.
Disabled people are underrepresented in politics. A new organization aims to change that.
Omar G. Encarnación with ChrisTiana ObeySumner: The Case for Gay Reparations
URI Honors Colloquium 2020 - ChrisTiana ObeySumner
URI Honors Colloquium 2020 - ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Intersectional Disability Justice: An Interview with ChrisTiana ObeySumner
2023 Accessible Virtual Pride Christiana ObeySumner
2023 Accessible Virtual Pride Christiana ObeySumner
Racialized Ablism  September 15, 2020
Under the Rainbow features ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Under the Rainbow features ChrisTiana ObeySumner
A Conversation with ChrisTiana ObeySumner! (Part 1)
A Conversation with ChrisTiana ObeySumner! (Part 1)
Podcast
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August ‘21: DEIA and Internal Changes — Pottery Northwest
August ‘21: DEIA and Internal Changes — Pottery Northwest
ChrisTiana ObeySumner to lecture at URI on racialized ableism
ChrisTiana ObeySumner to lecture at URI on racialized ableism
Disabled people are underrepresented in politics. A new organization aims to change that.
Disabled people are underrepresented in politics. A new organization aims to change that.
ChrisTiana ObeySumner – The Seattle Globalist
Cross-Cultural Collaboration Skills in Healthcare | Medbridge
Cross-Cultural Collaboration Skills in Healthcare | Medbridge
Discussing Race and Disability with ChrisTiana ObeySumner
A Conversation with ChrisTiana ObeySumner of Epiphanies of Equity!
Highline College Library: Disability Justice: Home
Opening Doors, Season 1, Episode 4 ChrisTiana Obeysumner: Intersectionality
ChrisTiana ObeySumner Amplifying Social Equity | AllVoices
Race and Politics: Intersectional Barriers & Opportunities with David Cobb and ChrisTiana ObeySumner – Green Party of Washington
Seattle Opera - Cultured Conversations
Seattle City Council Debates 2023 - District 5 - ChrisTiana ObeySumner and Cathy Moore
Seattle City Council Debates 2023 - District 5 - ChrisTiana ObeySumner and Cathy Moore
In this Seattle City Council race, both candidates claim experience. But which kind matters more?
In this Seattle City Council race, both candidates claim experience. But which kind matters more?
Watch: Seattle City Council District 5 debate
Watch: Seattle City Council District 5 debate
VIDEO: Seattle City Council candidate ChrisTiana ObeySumner
VIDEO: Seattle City Council candidate ChrisTiana ObeySumner
ChrisTiana ObeySumner’s Council Campaign Keeps Pace Despite Ableism, Health Insurance Issues, and All These Damned Stairs
ChrisTiana ObeySumner’s Council Campaign Keeps Pace Despite Ableism, Health Insurance Issues, and All These Damned Stairs
ChrisTiana ObeySumner — LPAC
ChrisTiana ObeySumner — LPAC
Where Seattle's District 5 council candidates differ the most
Where Seattle's District 5 council candidates differ the most
Seattle City Council District 5 candidate ChrisTiana ObeySumner talks to Real Change
Seattle City Council District 5 candidate ChrisTiana ObeySumner talks to Real Change
ChrisTiana ObeySumner for Seattle City Council District 5
ChrisTiana ObeySumner for Seattle City Council District 5
North Seattle Council candidates are miles apart on police funding, drug law
North Seattle Council candidates are miles apart on police funding, drug law
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, Candidate for Seattle City Council District 5 — Hacks & Wonks
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, Candidate for Seattle City Council District 5 — Hacks & Wonks
Seattle City Council District 5: Cathy Moore vs. ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Seattle City Council District 5: Cathy Moore vs. ChrisTiana ObeySumner
ChrisTiana Obeysumner Is Running to Replace Debora Juarez on City Council
ChrisTiana Obeysumner Is Running to Replace Debora Juarez on City Council
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, MPA, MNPL (they/them) | Medbridge
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, MPA, MNPL (they/them) | Medbridge
Advisory Board: Welcome ChrisTiana ObeySumner
ChrisTiana ObeySumner for Seattle City Council – Green Party of Washington

Systemic Change Work

OPINION: THE VIOLENCE OF HOSTILE ACCOMMODATIONS
Seattle Opera checks its privilege
EQUITY IS THE ENGINE: THE “PIMP MY RIDE” PARABLE
Need to address diversity, equity and inclusion in your workplace? Here's where to start
A day off work and 'Zoom-free Fridays' aren't going to cut it. Here's how to really tackle burnout.

Intersectional Equity

Racialized Ableism September 15, 2020
Racialized Ableism in the Age of COVID Part 2 ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Racialized Ableism in the Age of COVID Part 1 ChrisTiana ObeySumner

Panels and Speeches

Entrepreneurship panel at CASA Latina
Talk on Intersectionality and Autism at Autistics Presents preview.
Seattle NOW Dec 2018 meeting Spoken word
LGBTQ+ Pride: What is Gender Identity and Expression?
Discussing Race and Disability with ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Opening Doors - Episode 4
LGBTQ+ Pride: What is Gender Identity and Expression?
The Unique Wisdom of Intersectional Identities: A Panel With Local Queer and Disabled Leaders
URI Honors Colloquium 2020 - ChrisTiana ObeySumner
DIS2018: ChrisTiana Obey Sumner, "My Story of Institutional Racism and Ancestral Deliverance"

Candidacy for Seattle Council - D5

Tonight: Meet the People Who Want to Fill Tim Burgess's Temporarily Empty Council Seat
Two Cantankerous Old White Men Talked Over Everyone at the First Forum for Filling Tim Burgess’ Seat
Will Nick Licata return to the Seattle City Council? Decision coming Friday
DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS INSPIRED THIS SEATTLE RESIDENT TO CONSIDER RUNNING FOR OFFICE
https://www.wliha.org/blog/guest-post-why-i-ran-seattle-city-council
ChrisTiana ObeySumner’s Council Campaign Keeps Pace Despite Ableism, Health Insurance Issues, and All These Damned Stairs
ChrisTiana ObeySumner’s Council Campaign Keeps Pace Despite Ableism, Health Insurance Issues, and All These Damned Stairs

Disability Justice and Antiracism

Lessons on Empowerment from the Disability Intersectionality Summit
Considering 'Porgy & Bess,' Part 1: “Full of Black Excellence”
Seattle Opera’s ‘Aida’ spurs discussion of ways black people are misrepresented — or not represented — in opera
Sex Ed for Folks with I/DD
ADDRESSING WHITE PRIVILEGE: AN OPEN LETTER AND CALL TO ACTION
EPIPHANIES OF BLACKNESS: AN UNSPOKEN RITE OF PASSAGE
Black Communities Are Reclaiming Space Outdoors, From Backyard Gardening to Mountain Climbing
ChrisTiana ObeySumner on ‘Porgy and Bess,’ Humanity in Institutions, the Canon
BLACK AUTISTICS EXIST: AN ARGUMENT FOR INTERSECTIONAL DISABILITY JUSTICE
Understanding Ableism Part III: Racialized Ableism (Ask Me Anything)
King5/ New Day Northwest Interview: What is Ableism
Black Spectrum: Panel of Black Autistic Organizers
MICRO - Pilot Episode 1:No You Didn't!
SOUTH END STEW: OUR WORLD IS CRYING
Shadow Council

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