Thursday, January 23 on Urban Forum Northwest:

*Toshiko Hasegawa was recently elected as President of the Seattle Port Commission. She was raised in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. She served as the Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) and has been an equal rights advocate for many years.

*Dr. Benjamin Danielson, the former medical director for the Seattle Children's Hospital Odessa Brown Children's Clinic was awarded $21 million

by a jury in a discrimination lawsuit against Seattle Children's. Dr. Danielson resigned in 2020 and brought suit against the hospital for creating and tolerating a racially hostile work environment.

*Attorney Jesse Wineberry, Sr., co founder, Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) and Attorney Sheley Secrest Anderson, president, NAACP Area Conference (Alaska, Oregon,Washington)will provide an update on their efforts to get a sponsor for Reparations legislation for Washington State's African Descendants of the United States EnSlaved that would be compensated. Washington State Delegates voted 1,092 to 1 at the June 23, 2024 Democratic Convention for a resolution in favor of a resolution for the Governor to sign an Executive Order to commission a study on Reparations.

*Bob Armstead, president, Washington State Chapter-National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) comments on the impact of the Trump administration move to eliminate DEI and inclusion of minority businesses in federal contracting.

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