Oliver was a leader in the Black Lives Matter, civil rights, and criminal justice reform movements in Seattle,[1][2][3][4][5] before relocating to Detroit in 2022.

[11] This included Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, which argued in federal court that its "anti-gay hiring policy is religious freedom at work".

Oliver announced they would be representing the "Peoples Party of Seattle", a collection of community and civic leaders, lawyers, artists, activists and teachers that began organizing after the 2016 presidential election.

[1][2] They work as co-director of Creative Justice Northwest, a nonprofit organization that offers programs to youth most impacted by the school-to-prison pipeline.

[4][5] During a closed-door meeting with Mayor Jenny Durkan, Police Chief Carmen Best, and other community leaders, Oliver live-streamed the discussion.

[22] In January 2020, Oliver was featured as the keynote speaker for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Edmonds Community College.

[23] They have been featured as a guest lecturer and speaker at the University of Michigan,[24] Reed College,[25] the Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund,[26] KTCS 9,[27] Pod Save the People,[28] and Town Hall Seattle.