Guests Speakers

Arias Hoyle is an Afro-Indigenous artist and youth activist, Arias Hoyle. Many of Hoyle’s raps include lyrics in Lingít, the Tlingit language as well as shout-outs to his hometown of Juneau, AK. “It pretty much started in middle school, I was just starting to learn to speak Lingít. Ever since I learned some words, I’ve tried to piece together words that rhyme in Lingít. It makes things even better that for a while Lingít was a completely dying language." He first started writing and recording music at the age of 14. In 2021, Arias Hoyle helped orchestrate the inaugural "Rock Aak’w Fest" which was among the first Indigenous-focused music festivals in the nation which hosted 30 artists and streamed digitally to people globally. 

Vivian is a comics artist, illustrator, basketball pro, and expert chef currently living in Seattle. Vivian tells funny, charming, and kind stories about occurrences both everyday and fantastic.

She can be found wearing the color yellow, often in or near the water (very like a duck), equipped with watercolors and a camera (not like a duck). Vivian likes fruits and hates carrots.

If you see Vivian, ask her to dunk! She can do it! If she says no she is lying.

Chay Dixon is a representative for Women in Aviation International (WAI), a nonprofit organization that encourages the advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests. WAI began in 1990 and the Washington chapter of the organization first met in 1999.  WAI provides year-round resources to assist women in aviation and aerospace and to encourage women to pursue aviation careers.  WAI also offers educational outreach programs to young people nationally and internationally. 

Seattle Kokon Taiko is a performing group based in the local Japanese American community. SKT traces its roots to the Seattle Taiko Group, which formed in April 1980 following a dynamic performance by Ondekoza at the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival. 

Through taiko, we hope to contribute to the development of a uniquely Japanese American art form –Japanese in origin, American in expression– that weaves threads of continuity between generations and builds bridges of understanding among people of all nationalities and walks of life.