Urban Forum Northwest

Lenny Wilkens and more..

Thursday, September 23 on Urban Forum Northwest:

*Lenny Wilkens, NBA Hall of Fame Coach and Player that led the Seattle Super Sonics to the 1978-79 NBA Championship will have a street named for him. The street run parallel to the Climate Pledge Arena formerly known as the Coliseum and Key Arena. The Lenny Wilkens Foundation raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charitable causes most notably is Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic.

*Shaude Moore, Chair, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition comments on the progress being made for the January 17, 2022 MLK Holiday. She will let you know how you can get involved in this annual event.

*Kevin Young, Owner, MAD Construction comments on his joint venture with Absher Construction on the Africatown Plaza project on 23rd Avenue in Seattle’s Central District.

*Dr. Charlie Walker III, retired Seattle High School Principle talks about growing up in Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights struggle that included the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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