Today, Thursday, April 3 on Urban Forum Northwest

*Lance Lyttle has served as Managing Director of Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA) for the last nine years. He has guided the airport expansion and did an outstanding job at one the nations busiest airports. Lance is leaving to take the top job at the Orlando Florida Airport. He comments on his time at SEA TAC.

*Shaude' Moore, CEO, Central District Community Preservation Development (CDCPDA) aka the Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development comments on the status of the center and shares that 37th District Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos has proposed $500,000.00 for the agency in the house budget.

*State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos (D) 37th LD comments on the the long session and the obstacles local governments face with the changes at the national level. She has been a supporter of the Central District Community Preservation Development Authority (CDCDPA) and Americans 4 Equality/MLK Gandhi Empowerment Initiative, a technology training program.

*Hayward Evans, Co Convener, Seattle King County Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration/Continuation Committee (MLKCC) reveals the details for the April 4 "Day of Remembrance" that recognizes the 57th Anniversary of the Assassination of the the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event will be held on Friday, April 4 at Seattle's Holgate Street Church of Christ beginning at 5:30 pm.

*Attorney Jesse Wineberry Sr. Co Founder, Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) has been advocating for a study on Reparations for African Descendants of the United States Chattel Salves. There is a question if there will state funds available for the study. At the June 23, 2024 Democratic Convention 1,092 Democratic Delegates voted for a resolution to have Governor Jay Inslee sign an Executive Order to establish a Commission to study Reparations. The Washington State Commissioners on African American Affairs voted unanimously at their September 13, 2024 meeting for an Executive Order to establish the Commission

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