Community Conversations for Democracy is a new program sponsored by NKI, to bring knowledgeable speakers to open a dialog about important issues that affect us all as neighbors and community members.
Conversation #1: Immigration
Our first event will be 10am-noon April 11, 2026 at the Village Green in Kingston, and the topic will be Immigration.
For this event we will have a panel discussion with three distinguished guests:
Ross Coen is a Lecturer in the History Department at the University of Washington, where he received his PhD in 2021. Among the courses he teaches at UW is one focused on the history of U.S. immigration and citizenship from the colonial era to the present. He is the author of three books and several scholarly articles on the political, social, and environmental history of the American West.
Malou Chávez
Executive Director
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Jessica E. Salvador, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center
The event will begin with introductions and introductory words by the panelists, followed by questions and comments from the audience.