In the last year,
Seattle has had a reckoning with racial inequality,
a battle with a devastating pandemic,
and is facing a continued climate crisis.
The question before Seattle voters is straightforward.
Will we continue to rely on the policies of the past,
many of which brought us to this point,
or is it time for a fresh perspective
rooted in community care? I'm Nikkita Oliver.
I use they/them pronouns, and I am running
for Seattle City Council Citywide Position 9.
I'm an artist, adjunct professor
at Seattle University School of Law, an executive director,
and an attorney who has supported clients
through school exclusion, eviction,
and anti-discrimination cases.
When elected, I will govern with a conviction
that those most impacted by the problems facing our city
are those who have the solutions we most need.
A vote for the Nikkita for 9 campaign is a vote
for a city that embodies racial and economic justice,
a city with labor protections for freelancers
and prevailing wages and health care
for frontline workers,
a city that enacts progressive revenue to build housing for all
and meet basic needs of residents,
a city that takes bold action to address the climate crisis,
including working towards free transit
and reforming a zoning code
that restricts our supply of affordable housing,
forcing longer commute times between work and home.
My campaign has garnered more democracy vouchers
than any other Position 9 race
because we've built community power from the ground up,
from the South End to the North End,
among renters and vulnerable homeowners,
seniors at risk of displacement, and young people alike.
I've been endorsed in this race by UFCW Local 21,
SEIU Local 925, author Ijeoma Oluo,
Seattle City Council members Tammy Morales
and Mike O'Brien,
County Council members Girmay Zahilay
and Larry Gossett,
and Washington State Representatives
Kirsten Harris-Talley and Tarra Simmons.
With their support and yours, we're going to build the city
we say we are, a Seattle where all are welcome
and none are excluded.