Join us to hear Supreme Court Justice speak
Ann Strosnider, League of Women Voters of Kitsap
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The League of Women Voters of Kitsap would like to invite everyone to a free Zoom Webinar featuring Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis of the Washington State Supreme Court. She will speak May 19 at 12:30 p.m. following the League’s annual meeting.
The justice will discuss her journey to the highest court in Washington and what state courts can learn from tribal courts. The event will last for about an hour, and there will be time for questions after the talk.
Justice Montoya-Lewis is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta and a descendant of the Pueblo of Laguna, two federally recognized tribes in New Mexico. She is the first enrolled member of any tribe to sit on a state supreme court in the U.S. and the second Native American to sit on a state supreme court. She is also of Jewish descent.
Washington State Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis Credit: Office of Governor Jay Inslee
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