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Roy Wilson, Program Director, has a BA in English and Masters in Creative Writing both from the University of Washington. Roy is a published author, scholar and presenter on civil rights, nonviolence and libratory leadership practices. He has served as director of various non-governmental entities including Seattle Managua Sister City Association, International Relations Director for El Centro de la Raza, and is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Community Leadership and the Jack Hunter O’Dell Education Center. Roy has received international, state and regional awards for his work in civil rights and confronting racial and socio-economic disparities. He is widely published and his work has been featured in Life Magazine, the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Seattle Times, Oakland Tribune, and in a National Public Radio TV Special “The United States of Poetry” and a National television feature on the Nickelodeon Network. |
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Karen Bohlke, Development Director has thirty years of administrative, managerial, grant writing, fund development and advocacy work with educational organizations serving youth and families. She has successfully managed a capital campaign for the O’Dell Education Center in Kent, WA, and numerous federal grants including as partner for Gear Up at the University of Washington, as director of Jose Marti Child Development Center bi-lingual Head Start and Therapeutic Day Care, leadership programming with Metro Miami Dade County Teen Court Program, an ARRA Federal Stimulus work study program with the Oakland Civic Green Campaign, oversight of Department of Justice Appropriation with the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, Oakland, CA and a twelve year Washington State Legislative Appropriation with the Institute for Community Leadership. Karen coordinates our fund development and government relations efforts. Karen has a BA in Education from the University of Washington and Ma Ed from Antioch University. Karen is a Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellow. |
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Sasha Rabkin, Youth and Family Coordinator, oversees school relationships and youth and family organizing for the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center. Sasha received a BA from the University of Redlands in Southern California, did graduate work in Education and is currently working on a Doctoral Degree in Education at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA. After college Sasha worked in the Office of Senator Patty Murray in Washington DC, and then in Special Programming for the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sasha has facilitated classes, leadership exchanges, public speaking events, community organizing campaigns and nonviolence trainings working directly with diverse urban, rural and tribal communities of the west coast. He is a trainer of trainers in the nonviolence leadership curriculum at the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center. Sasha has worked with the Freedom Center since 2006. |
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Genay Markham, Office Manager and Bookkeeper, is in pre-nursing at Contra Costa Community College. Genay excelled as a youth participant at the Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center her last three years at Berkeley High School and was a delegate on the Gratitude for Peace Tour, traveling to 23 cities of the west coast making public presentations, teaching workshops and conducting press conferences. She was selected as a delegate for the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama, traveling with Congresswoman Barbara Lee and other Members of Congress. Genay is an exemplary student and teacher of the principles of nonviolence, an outstanding peer coach and applies the studies of nonviolence in her personal and family life. In addition to facilitating classes and speaking publically, Genay oversees day-to-day operations in the office and does agency bookkeeping. |
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Jabari La Chaux, Youth Leadership Coach received his high school diploma at Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy and currently attends Merritt College. Jabari’s intent is to complete a four year degree in Political Science at Dillard University. Jabari organized a community response to the killing of Oscar Grant, testifying in numerous hearings, attending private sessions with the BART Board of Directors, and he and his family are recently spotlighted in the All of Us Around the Table…Together BART community dinner program (see video on web site). Jabari has been a Youth Leadership Coach with the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center since fall of 2007. Summer of 2010 Jabari worked as an instructor at the Oakland Green Civic Campaign facilitating classes with 180 14-24 years olds in intensive work force readiness and ethical leadership training. Jabari is a trained Ethical Nonviolence Leadership Coach. |
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Stephanie Martinez, Youth Leadership Coach, is a graduate of Castlemont High School and has been an active participant with the Freedom Center for five years. Stephanie is an active organizer for immigration reform and issues and has keynoted various regional events including the Markus Foster Education Fund Annual Dinner. She has participated in the capacity of Leadership Coach and in administrative and community outreach capacities. Stephanie participated in the Gratitude for Peace Tour visiting 23 cities of the west coast speaking at press events and community gatherings. She is a nonviolence leadership participant with the Institute for Community Leadership’s Jack Hunter O’Dell Center. Ms. Martinez was born and raised in Oakland and is a current student of Chabot Community College. Her intent is to transfer next fall one of California’s public universities to study sociology. Ms. Martinez currently serves as president of the Chabot College Book Club and is a dedicated member of Students for Social Justice. On her spare time, Ms. Martinez volunteers with the San Luis Beltran Church teaching catechism to members of her community. |
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Eric Fuller II, Youth Leadership Coach. Eric is a graduate from Oakland’s Castlemont High School and has been an active participant with the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center since his freshman year. Eric has organized nonviolence leadership classes and numerous leadership exchanges with youth from the Bay Area and various urban, rural and tribal communities including the Yurok an Quinault Nations. Eric served as a delegate to the Congressional Black Caucus Political Training Boot Camp, and as a participant on the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama with Members of Congress. He has participated in nonviolence trainings at the Jack Hunter O’Dell Education Center. Eric’s interest in the principles of nonviolence and the history of the Civil Rights Movement has resulted in interviewing Congressman John Lewis, Dorothy Cotton, Jack O’Dell, Bob Zellner, Bernard Lafayette and James Lawson. Eric attends Merritt College where is working on an AA degree after which he plans to transfer to Sacramento State. Eric is a student of the principles of nonviolence and works with his colleagues to become what Dr. King calls, a “transformed nonconformist.” |
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