Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995 World Conference for Women and becoming friends with the Cuban delegation. Domingo worked for the Central Area Motivation Program, coordinated Larry Gossett’s first run for the King County Council, and was his chief of staff on the council until 2020.

Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle working on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown International District (previously the International District Improvement Association, now InterImCDA). Prior to heading Inter*Im, Ko was director of volunteer and community services at Harborview Medical Center, vice president for Primerica, head of the International District Housing Alliance, director of the Office for Citizen Participation of the Seattle Engineering Department, and the director of the City of Seattle's Office for Women's Rights, established to advocate for economic and social equality for women and sexual minorities. In 2008, Elaine Ko was appointed the director of the Office of Social Responsibility at the Port of Seattle. Ko also worked as a legislative assistant for Seattle Councilmember Richard Conlin from 2000-2013. As of 2021, Ko is a member of InterImCDA’s board.

In this image, Elaine Ko and Cindy Domingo speak at a press conference as members of the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV). They were calling for the investigation into the murders of Filipino-American activists and union reform leaders Silme Domingo (1952-1981) and Gene Viernes (1951-1981) to be reopened after the murder of a person of interest in the case. Cindy Domingo is Silme’s sister. Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes were murdered in Seattle on June 1, 1981, at the offices of Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). Two gunmen were immediately captured, and the murders were originally thought to be an isolated act of violence. However, a decade long investigation spurred on by the CJDV showed that the murders were political assassinations with far-reaching connections. Constantine "Tony" Baruso (1928-2008), a former ILWU Local 37 president, was later convicted of organizing the killings at the order of corrupt Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989) in retaliation for the victims' anti-Marcos organizing through the Seattle chapter of Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP). The investigation also proved that the US government knew about the assassinations and shielded the Marcos dictatorship from accountability.

Caption information source: "Women's History Month: Cindy Domingo," by Sharon Maeda, South Seattle Emerald, March 9, 2020, retrieved from https://southseattleemerald.com/2020/03/09/womens-history-month-cindy-domingo/
Caption information source: The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, University of Washington, retrieved from https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/cindy_domingo.htm