Urban Forum Northwest

guests include: Francine Johnson and Larry Williams of The Anchor Group Attorney Yohannes Sium and Roberto Jourdan Reverend Dr. Leslie D.Braxton Shaude’ Moore, President, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition (SMLKOC), Katie Harris, Workshop Chair, SMLKOC, and Kendra Liddell, Program Chair, SMLKOC Steve Bury, Facilitator, Pastors Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast (...

Guests include: Hayward Evans Attorney Yohannes Sium Clarence Williams Corey Spruill Cardell Thompson Leslie Patten Kimi Irene Ginn, CEO and President of Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guests include: Bob Barnes was a co-founder of the Annual Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Day March in 1983. Bishop Reggie Witherspoon Sr. Pastor, Mount Calvary Christian Center, COGIC. Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guests: DeiMarlon Scesney                  Hayward Evans                        Larry Williams                       Francine Johnson                     Clarence Williams                     Roberto Jourdan                       Cardel Thompson                     Yohannes Sium                         Claude Harris     See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

Congressman Adam Smith (D) WA-9th Congressional District will discuss the possible government shutdown Elton Mason, Dontel Ball, and Terry Calloway comment on the Black Truckers protest yesterday at the state capital in Olympia WA. Cliff Wyatt of the Seattle Martin Luther King Organizing Coalition (SMLKOC) Lyric Redditt is a member of the Seattle MLK Organizing Coalition (SMLKOC) intern program C...

Thursday, December 12 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Shaude' Moore, President, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition and Tana Yasu, Treasurer for the organization updates the efforts for the January 20, 2025 MLK Holiday that will include Workshops, Rally, Opportunity Fair, and March at Seattle's Garfield High School. The Reparations Workshop will be held on Saturday, January 18,2025 at W...

Guests include: Washington State Senator John Lovick (D)-44th LD Bob Armstead, President, Washington State Chapter-National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)  Teresa Everett, Director, Public Relations & Research Development, Atlantic Street Center  Gerald Bradford and Franklyn Smith co founders, Fresh Start Professional Services  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Ca...

Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos Shaude Moore                Congresswoman Waters       Jesse Hayes IV               Josephine Howell     See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today, Thursday, November 21 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Olympia Washington Mayor Dontae Payne comments on the reaction from the unanimously passed Resolution No. 2576. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Olympia, Washington Requesting the Washington State Government and the United States Government to Create a Commission to Study Reparations for the Descendants of Enslaved African Peop...

Thursday, November 14 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Michelle Merriweather, President & CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle invites you to the 23rd Annual Breakfast:Era of Essential Service featuring special guest, Taraji P. Henson. The event will be held on Friday, November 22 beginning at 8:30 am at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building 900 Pine Street, Seattle 98101. *David Cuerpo...

Guests include: Lyle Quasim  Reginald Robinson Attorney Sheley Secrest Anderson  Reverend Dr. Carey Anderson Shaude’ Moore, CEO, McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Guests include: Nick Brown is a candidate for Washington State Attorney General. Chipalo Street is a candidate to retain his 37th district house seat. Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. Reverend Dr. Harriett Walden, Founder, Mothers for Police Accountability and Host of the Mothers Justice Show. Matthew Gray comments on how the New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Future Leaders Scholarship helped...

Today, Thursday, October 24 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Jaime Harrison, chair, Democratic National Committee (DNC) is on the "I Will Vote" bus tour. The tour has been to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and he is North Carolina today and will give is perspective on the effectiveness of his and the tour on voters. *Larry Gossett and Davida Ingram of the Seattle King County African American Reparatio...

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D) WA-7 Reverend Dr. Carey Anderson, Pastor, Seattle First AME Church Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Braxton, Pastor, New Beginnings Fellowship, Kent WA Dontae Payne, Mayor, Olympia WA Robert Woodard, Fir State Golf Club and Kathy Colombo, Beacon Hill Community Council Shaude Moore, President, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition See Privacy Policy at https://...

Today, Thursday, October 10 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Attorney Jesse Wineberry Sr. Co Founder, Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) comments on the contents of the draft Charles Mitchell Executive Order and why it's so important for Governor Jay Inslee to sign off on the Executive Order so the Commission's work could be done before the legislature convenes January 13, 2025. Pastor Carey Anderson...

Thursday, October 3 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Seattle School Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones comments on the district's revised plan to now only close five schools instead of the earlier report that 21 schools would be closed fo the 2025-2026 school year. Over the past five years the Seattle Public Schools has experienced an enrollment loss of 5,000 students. The 9% drop in enrollment has cost the...

Thursday, September, 26 on Urban Forum Northwest *Attorney Angela Rye, Owner, Impact Strategies, former Senior Adviser and General Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee, and Executive Director and General Counsel for the Congressional Black Caucus. She is a Co Host of Native Land pod with Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillum. She will comment on the political landscape and the significance of Elec...

Guests include: Reverend Dr. Linda Smith, Pastor, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Baptist Church, Renton WA Estela Ortega, Executive Director, El Centro de la Raza Agnes Navarro, Executive Director, Filipino Community Center (FCC) Michelle Fadera, Small Business Project Manager at FCC, Vickie Thomas, Workforce Development Intern at FCC, and former Washington State Representative and FCC’s Small Bu...

Guests include: Joseph Todd, Vice Chairman, Washington State Commission on African American Affairs Rontel Batie, Owner, Batie and Associates Reverend Walter Kendricks, Chair, Washington State Commission on African American Affairs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thursday, September 5 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (D) WA-10 comments on Project 2025 and the negative impact and restriction of rights it would have on a significant number of the country's population. She will also comment on her legislative priorities. *Attorney Jesse Wineberry, Co Founder, Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) who was instrumental in crafting a d...

Thursday, August 29 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Korbett Mosesly, Managing Director, Community Reinvestment Program, Washington State Department of Commerce comments on grants awarded to the various communities and discuss the process and how your organization could be a beneficiary. *Maisha Barnett, Paul Mitchell, and William Lowe invites you to the Sunday, September 1 Relatives Of Old Timers (ROOT...

Thursday, August 22 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Reverend Dr. Leslie D. Braxton, Pastor, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, (NBCF) Kent, WA will be the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration/Continuation Committee (MLKCC) program where we will be acknowledging the 61st Anniversary of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington DC for Jobs and Freedom. The Wednesday, August 28 eve...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 IS INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY Thursday, August 15 on Urban Forum Northwest: *Consulate General of India in Seattle-Consul General Prakash Gupta is a career diplomat having served in several countries around the world and the United Nations. The Seattle Consulate opened on February 23, 2024. Consul General Gupta will comment on activities for India Independence Day (1947) Thursday,...

Thursday, August 8 on Urban Forum Northwest on 1150 AM KKNW/www.1150kknw.com, on Alexa and my podcast 2:00-3:00 pm (PDT) my scheduled guest for the hour are: *Attorney Jesse Wineberry, Co Founder, Washington Equity Now Alliance (WENA) and Winona Hollins Hauge, WENA comment on the progress of an Executive Order that would create a commission to study Reparations for African Descendants of the Unite...

Thursday, August 1st on Urban Forum Northwest: Seattle Port Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa Shaude Moore, CEO, Central District Community Preservation and Development Authority aka the McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins State Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)-37th LD, Chairwoman, House Education Committee  Lance Lyttle, Managing Director,...