Carmen Pacheco Jones, African American Health Initiative Specialist with Spokane Regional Health District formerly Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Coordinator with Washington State University, State Certified Trainer in Diversity and Social Cognition, Certified Forensic Peer Counselor, Community Health Worker, Whitworth graduate, and Masters Candidate in Education with Gonzaga University. Carmen is a Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council member, in that capacity she is Chair of the council's Racial Equity Committee.
Carmen also serves as a board member of Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, Northwest Justice Project, Lumen High School/Early Education Center. Carmen also serves on the Department of Health Community Health Worker Task Force, Legal Foundation of Washington Race Equity Grants, Spokane Legislative Lead for EJI, and Gonzaga University Civil/Community Advisory Committee. As a formerly incarcerated individual, Carmen is dedicated in her work to transform the criminal legal system to create equity and justice for all who are impacted.
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