Background
Sterkovsky, Julia Ellen was born on August 30, 1960 in Toledo, Ohio, United States.
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Julia Ellen Sterkovsky
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Julia Ellen Sterkovsky, American Activist, organizer. Named Honorary Woman of Color, Creative Women's Collective, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991; recipient Lila Wallace International Artist's award, Lila Wallace Reader's Digest, New York City, 1994, Distinguished Svc. award, Miami University Ctr.for Black Culture, Oxford, Ohio, 1995, Alumna Achievement award University Toledo, 1995.
Education
Bachelor in Psychology, University Toledo, 1982. Master of Arts in Social Sciences, University Chicago, 1986.
Career
Director Collingwood Springs Redevelopment Corporation, Toledo, 1986—1988. Patient advocate, trainer Center Choice II, 1986—1988. With Coalition for People, New Haven, 1988—1989.
Volunteer coordinator Anawim Homeless Shelter for Men, 1990. Organizational facilitator Domestic Violence Training Project, 1990—1991. Director New Haven Women's Liberation Center, 1989—1991, Women's Center Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1991—1996.
Exec director Seattle Human Services Coalition, Seattle, since 1998. Consultant Dwight Hall at Yale University, New Haven, 1990. Consultant, Winona (Minnesota) State University Women Studies, 1994.
Consultant Florida International University, 1994-1995, Wright State University Women's Center, Dayton, Ohio, 1995-1996. Instructor Nature-based Spirituality, University Washington Associated Student's Experimental College, 1997. Proprietor designer, Woven Gloaming,eclectic artisan jewelry for ritual and adornment, since 1997.
Founding member tryptos studio collective, since 2002. Instructor fusion beads Loom Weaving of Beads: Design and Practice, 1998-1999. Presenter conferences on women's issues and social change, 1992—1998.
Membership
Director Seattle Human Services Coalition, since 1998. Founding member King County Alliance for Human Superior vena cava syndrome. Member Indiana Sector's National Working Group on Human Services and Social Change, 2004.
Member Steering Committee, Human Services and Housing, 2003. Member American Association of University Women, National Organization of Women, National Association Women in Education, Juno Network (founding member), Butler County Alliance for Women (founding member, steering committee), National Association Women's Centers (internal coordinator 1992-1994, officer).
Interests
Connections
D. William Thomas and Jacquelyn Agnes (Swick) Lester. Married Brian Keith Culkowski Sterkovsky, February 11, 1984.
Awards
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Named Honorary Woman of Color, Creative Women's Collective, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991. Recipient Lila Wallace International Artist's award, Lila Wallace Reader's Digest, New York City, 1994, Distinguished Service award, Miami University Center Black Culture, Oxford, Ohio, 1995, Alumna Achievement award, University Toledo, 1995. Leadership Legacy award, Center Ethical Leadership, Seattle, 2008.Named Honorary Woman of Color, Creative Women's Collective, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991. Recipient Lila Wallace International Artist's award, Lila Wallace Reader's Digest, New York City, 1994, Distinguished Service award, Miami University Center Black Culture, Oxford, Ohio, 1995, Alumna Achievement award, University Toledo, 1995. Leadership Legacy award, Center Ethical Leadership, Seattle, 2008.