Nikkita R Oliver is an American lawyer, non-profit administrator, educator, poet, and politician.
19 Facts About Nikkita Oliver
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Nikkita Oliver was a leader in the Black Lives Matter, civil rights, and criminal justice reform movements in Seattle, before relocating to Detroit in 2022.
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Nikkita Oliver was born in Indianapolis to a white mother and black father.
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Nikkita Oliver attended Seattle Pacific University and earned a degree in sociology in 2008.
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At Seattle Pacific, Nikkita Oliver became involved with student government and led a racial justice campaign called "Catalyst".
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Nikkita Oliver became involved with the local Black Lives Matter organization.
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Nikkita Oliver earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2015 and Master of Education from the University of Washington College of Education in 2016.
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Nikkita Oliver worked for the American Civil Liberties Union, as an intervention specialist, and as a chaplain at the Youth Detention Center.
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In 2015, Nikkita Oliver was awarded the Artist Human Rights Leader Award by the City of Seattle's Human Rights Commission.
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Nikkita Oliver announced they would be representing the "Peoples Party of Seattle", a collection of community and civic leaders, lawyers, artists, activists and teachers that began organizing after the 2016 presidential election.
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At the time, Nikkita Oliver was a part-time teacher at Washington Middle School and Franklin Middle School and provided mostly pro-bono services as an attorney.
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Nikkita Oliver worked for Creative Justice, an arts-based alternative to incarceration.
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Nikkita Oliver has worked as an organizer for Seattle's No Youth Jail and Black Lives Matter movements.
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Nikkita Oliver has been an advocate for de-funding the police and civic investment in community-based public health and public safety strategies.
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Nikkita Oliver has spoken about outside spending on local political campaigns.
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In 2017, Nikkita Oliver was named one of Seattle's Most Influential Seattlelites by Seattle Magazine.
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Nikkita Oliver co-drafted a resolution for Seattle's divestment from the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017.
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In January 2020, Nikkita Oliver was featured as the keynote speaker for the Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
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In March 2021, Nikkita Oliver declared their candidacy for Seattle City Council position 9, but was defeated.