Location

Evergreen Rotary Park, 1500 Park Ave, Bremerton, WA 98337 - Pavilions 5 & 6 (near the 9/11 memorial)

Schedule

2:30pm - Welcome!

Grab a beverage, say hi to your neighbors, and find a seat!

3:00pm - Speakers and Q&A

Speakers:

• Deb Wilson and Caroline Hardy are from Leisure Manor Estates, a Hurst & Son Property in Aberdeen. Deb is president of the Leisure Manor Tenants Association and Caroline serves as secretary. The Association has been instrumental in alerting the Attorney General’s office to Hurst & Son violations of tenant protection laws, resulting in a heightened, in-depth, investigation into the company and their business practices. They have also been instrumental in adding a new city ordinance regarding Aberdeen manufactured home parks.
• Lisa deFeria has been advocating for the residents of the Poulsbo Mobile Home Park for over a year. Along with park residents, the Bluebills, and neighbors in Poulsbo she has helped multiple families threatened with eviction.
• Ishbel Dickens is a retired attorney who has worked with manufactured homeowners and consulted on manufactured housing issues for over 30 years. She helped form the Association of Manufactured Home Owners (AMHO), and continues to volunteer with this statewide homeowners’ association.
• Lavender Ciao is a co-chair of the Olympia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. She is a tenant and a labor activist, a rank-and-file member of AFSCME 3758, and is also on the executive board for the Thurston Lewis Mason Central Labor Council. She believes that by uniting working people together into an independent political movement, we can win the battle for democracy and autonomy in our workplaces, in our homes, and in our communities.
• Zade Willow is an organizer with Puget Sound Tenants Union, a member-run collective of tenants that organizes against rising rent, displacement, and eviction.
• Sebastian Miller is an assistant attorney general who works with the Manufactured Housing Dispute Resolution Program.

4:15pm - Food & Next Steps

Chat with the speakers, other residents, and representatives from other partner organizations over light picnic fare. Help us decide where to go from here!