Today, Thursday, April 17 on Urban Forum Northwest:

*Shaude Moore, CEO, Central District Community Preservation Development Authority (CDCPDA) aka the Reverend Dr. Samuel B. McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development. Shaude' was recently honored by the Seattle King County Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration/Continuation Committee (MLKCC). The CDCPDA invites you to Springing Forward: Brunch for Black Economic Brilliance being held on Saturday at 11:00 am.

*Former Seattle SuperSonics Fred Brown a long time friend of Slick Watts who will be Memorialized on Thursday at Seattle's First AME Church at 11:00 am. Fred first met Slick when both were playing basketball in Iowa, Fred at the University of Iowa and Slick at Grandview JC in Des Moines, Iowa. Fred also was instrumental in having SuperSonics Coach Bill Russell to recruit Slick Watts.

*Spencer Haywood a Seattle SuperSonics All Star and responsible for the Spencer Haywood rule that allowed college basketball players not to wait for four years after high school before signing a contract to play in the National Basketball Association(NBA). He was the youngest member of the1968 USA Olympic Basketball team that won the Gold Medal. He and Slick Watts are from small towns in Mississippi and were close friends.

*Lenny Wilkens, NBA Hall of Fame Coach and Player who coached the 1979 NBA World Champion Seattle Supersonics. He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States "Olympic Dream Team". He will reflect on his friendship with Slick Watts.

*Ed Hill, Worshipful Master, Union Lodge #43 talks about how the lodge gives back to the community by providing a backpack giveaway in the fall, partner with another lodge to feed the needy. The lodge sponsors a youth group that will attend a youth conference in North Carolina.

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