“All My Weight” – ”Back to Me” – ”The FOMO Song”

Singer-songwriter and activist Hollis Wong-Wear brazenly confronts contemporary issues, but she does it through surprisingly soothing vocals. Her three original songs that take aim at the political climate, screen time, overwhelm, and even FOMO – fear of missing out. Hollis is accompanied by guitar and keyboards with a little help from the audience.

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Hollis is a songwriter, musician, speaker, creative generator, and community advocate who lives between Los Angeles and Seattle. She was Grammy-nominated in 2014 for her work with Seattle’s own Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

She is a Google Next Gen Policy Leader, an alumna of the Hedgebrook Residency, and is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow. Hollis has been appointed to several boards and commissions, including the Board of Directors for 4Culture and the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, and is currently an ad-hoc commissioner on the Seattle Music Commission.

With her roots in spoken word and slam poetry through the nationally recognized Youth Speaks program, Hollis is passionate about how creativity and the arts fuel and shape civic discourse. She has been a featured speaker at conferences, conventions, and speaker series, sharing her spoken word poetry and her candid insights on her experience as an independent artist and engaged activist. She has performed and spoken for an array of organizations and schools, including KEXP, WrapWomen, Planned Parenthood, University of Washington, YWCA, and the Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute. Hollis has spoken at TEDxUofW, and has presented alongside such luminaries as Gloria Steinem, Kimberle Crenshaw, and Eve Ensler. She was named the recipient of Seattle University’s 2016 Outstanding Recent Alumna Award.

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Hollis Wong – Wear is a songwriter, musician, speaker, creative generator and community advocate who lives between Los Angeles and Seattle. She was Grammy nominated in 2014 for her work with Seattle’s own Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
She is a Google Next Gen Policy Leader, an alumna of the Hedgebrook Residency, and is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow. Hollis has been appointed to several boards and commissions, including the Board of Directors for 4Culture and the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, and is currently an ad-hoc commissioner on the Seattle Music Commission. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx