Sharon Tomiko Santos
Template:TOCnestleft Sharon Tomiko Santos is a State Representative from Washington.
Supported Progressive Health Care Reform
In late 2009, Sharon Tomiko Santos was one of more than 1,000 state legislators to sign a letter entitled "State Legislators for Progressive Health Care Reform". The letter was a project of the Progressive States Network and was developed in consultation with national health care reform advocates, including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Community Catalyst, Families USA, Herndon Alliance, National Women's Law Center, Northeast Action, SEIU, and Universal Health Care Action Network. The letter reads in part,[1]
- "Failure to pass national comprehensive health reform now will further jeopardize state and local budgets, undermining public services like education, public safety, and transportation infrastructure... We, the undersigned, call on President Obama and the Congress to enact bold and comprehensive health care reform this year – based on these principles and a strong federal-state collaboration – and pledge our support as state legislators and allies in pursuit of guaranteed, high quality, affordable health care for all."
"Summary Execution" booklaunch
All are invited to attend the Commemoration and Book Launch Party celebrating of the lives and work of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, and the publication of Summary Execution: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes by Michael Withey, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 (2018)at the Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave.
- On June 1, 1981, Domingo and Viernes, two young Filipino activists were murdered in Seattle in what was made to appear a gang slaying. The victims’ families and friends suspected that they were considered a threat to Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his regime’s relationship to the United States. In the days after the murders, they formed the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes to investigate. In Summary Execution, attorney and author Michael Withey describes the 10-year struggle for justice waged by that committee.
- Terri Mast (MC)
- Cindy Domingo (Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes)
- State Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (CJDV)
- Jeff Robinson (ACLU)
- Teresa Mosqueda (City Seattle Council Member)
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (by video)
- Nikkita Oliver (Peoples Party)
- Author Michael Withey
- Presentation by Gov. Jay Inslee (subject to availability)[2]