Joseph Erikson

Joseph Erikson MAT ’13, in his mission to engage the systems that induce and benefit from poverty, became an award-winning political activist and ethnic studies teacher in the greater Seattle metro area. He moved back to Portland during the pandemic to focus on documenting our current historical moment from a class/labor perspective. He’s started development on his directorial debut, Class Wars, which has been sponsored by Film Independent and is currently in production, with a tentative release in late 2024.