Evening of Choice:
Shifting the narrative

Friday, September 26, 2025

6:00 - 9:00pm

Federal Way Performing Arts Center

(31510 Pete von Reichbauer Way S, Federal Way, WA 98003)

This year’s theme, Shifting the Narrative, is a deep dive into harmful narratives, their impact on young people, and how we can work together to shift narratives to be more honest, supportive, and accepting.

Join us to hear a powerful keynote speaker, Shannon Ross. Shannon is the CEO/Founder of The Community, which he founded with invaluable outside support in 2014 while serving a 17-year prison sentence. The Community addresses the effects of the criminal legal system with two arms: Pre-entry and Correcting the Narrative. Since his release September 2020, Shannon is also a founding partner of the Multidimensional Justice Solutions firm Paradigm Shyft, an Ed Trust and Rockwood alumn, a Represent Justice ambassador, a consultant with Marquette University’s Higher Education in Prison program, a keynote speaker, and a graduate of the Masters in Sustainable Peacebuilding program at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Register now and enjoy a fun evening of powerful stories, delicious food, music, a 360 photo booth, and more. Enter to win a fabulous raffle prize and support our mission. Invite your friends and make new connections on the journey toward justice.

Are you interested in sponsoring 2025 Evening of Choice?
Email Nneka Payne, Executive Director, at npayne@choose180.org.

Thank you to 2025 Evening of Choice Partners:

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Brettler Family Foundation logo
Puget Sound Energy Logo
Umpqua Bank logo
urban league of metropolitan seattle logo
Sambataro Family Foundation logo