Saturday, March 5, Orcas Center
— from Gretchen Krampf —
TEDx Orcas Island is bringing fourteen incredible Speakers and Musicians to the Orcas Center Stage on March 5th. Athletes, musicians, lawyers and tribal leaders will bring their perspectives on our theme, “Best of Both Worlds.”
Martellus Bennett
Chicago Bear tight end Martellus Bennett is 28 years old. He has been playing professional football since the age of twenty. Marty is a successful artist, animator and published children’s author, as well. Developing his creativity has been as important as developing his athletic abilities.
Deborah Parker
Deborah Parker, tsicyaltsa, is a former Vice Chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes. She is of Tulalip, Apache and Yaqui ancestry. She has served for many years as a motivational speaker, educator and activist. Most notably, Parker helped the passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 2013.
Hilary V. Bricken
Hilary V. Bricken is a partner at Harris Moure, PLLC in Seattle, Washington. Licensed to practice law in Washington, California, and Florida, she is one of the premier cannabis business and regulatory attorneys in the United States. As chair of Harris Moure’s Regulated Substances practice group, which includes the Canna Law Group, she helps cannabis companies of all sizes with their cannabis related legal issues.
Mike “The Wanz” Wansley
The last three years have been a whirlwind for Mike “The Wanz” Wansley and much of it a musician’s dream come true. It started inside a recording studio, where Macklemore and Lewis invited Wansley to record the “Thrift Shop” chorus one fateful evening in Seattle. The entire session took 45 minutes, and the rest, well, is history. The musician now spends Monday through Friday at a desk inside Tableau Software as a quality-assurance engineer.
Tickets for the day-long conference and catered luncheon are still available at www.tedxorcasisland.com or by cash/check at Outlook Inn.
Contact:
Gretchen Krampf, Co-curator
Tel: 360.317.8220
Email: speakers@tedxorcasisland.com
Feeling sad that I was not accepted as part of TEDx Orcas Island this year, especially since my show, The Climate Monologues, is so timely and is part of the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival this March. I am very glad to see that my friend Deborah Parker and other interesting folks will be part of this year’s event.
I’m surprised that such excellent Orcas talent as Sharon Abreu was passed over in the section of TEDx Orcas Island. This event should be first and foremost about what talents our fair island has to offer the outside world, shouldn’t it?